It's Time To Revive The Lost Movie Tie-In Games Of The PS2 Era

Following the announcement that Nightdive Studios is remastering the 2002 game, which was based in the world of John Carpenter's horror movie of the same name, could it be time to revisit some of the other movie tie-ins of the PlayStation 2 era? Up until the 2010s, movie tie-in games were regularly pumped out by studios looking to capitalize on a popular blockbuster's release, with practically every major cinematic franchise being represented in some capacity, and while these often varied in quality, there were some diamonds among all the rubbish.

The PlayStation 2 era — which already has one of the most impressive game catalogs across the different console generations — had some particularly good movie tie-ins to match some of the epic franchises hitting cinemas at the time. These included the likes of 2002's and 2003's, 2004's, some of the earlier titles, and Peter Jackson's, the latter of which combined intense first-person shooter action for the human characters with third-person brawler gameplay that let players take control of Kong himself to tell both sides of the story.

Although no longer popular, movie tie-in video games were a great product of their time, offering hours of fun. These are the best!

Movie tie-ins varied in quality, often due to just how rushed the developers were to meet the movie's release date. While some studios were given an insight into the movie's story very early on due to early copies of the script or concepts — or, in the case of tie-ins for movies that were adapting novels, could reference the source material — others were pushed into rushing out a title as something of an afterthought, which led to some bizarre tie-ins for movies that didn't really need them.

This was evident even in the earlier days of game development when it didn't take quite as long to produce games, but anyone who has been following the industry in recent years can see just how much development windows have increased for AAA titles, with some games taking