Neill Blomkamp Joins Gunzilla Games As Chief Visionary Officer

Game developer Gunzilla Games has announced that its team will be joined by Academy Award nominee Neill Blomkamp (writer/director of District 9 and the upcoming Demonic).

The studio is working on an unannounced multiplayer shooter for consoles and PC, and hopes that the filmmaker will bring some magic to the story.

As Chief Visionary Officer, Neill will be a key member of our team. Adding the perspective of filmmaking to video game development brings interactive entertainment to the next level. We all share the same vision, and Neill is the perfect completion to the narrative and visual art lead roles in our team. We are extremely proud that he is joining us - while we are creating our own universe, some of our inspiration originates in his works. We always hoped we can add a bit of his magic to our game - now this is happening. The team have been working hard on pre-production over the past year - having Neill joining us at this stage is bringing us closer to fulfilling our mission of delivering the next evolution of shooter games

- Vlad Korolev, CEO, Gunzilla Games

Blomkamp had this to say about Gunzilla Games:

Gunzilla has a strong vision that clearly stands out. With a team of incredible talents and long-time industry veterans, it is creating a new, exciting multiplayer AAA shooter game that pushes the boundaries of gameplay, player freedom, customization options as well as narrative experience within the shooter genre. My own big screen film experience will hopefully help shape new ways of interactive storytelling and next-generation visuals. And by making best use of everything today’s video game development technologies have on offer we will jointly create an immersive experience like we’ve never seen before.

- Neill Blomkamp, Chief Visionary Officer, Gunzilla Games