Alcon Entertainment executives Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson said they are discussing a major new Blade Runner game, while the franchise’s previous titles provide a long history to revisit.
Alcon Entertainment is discussing the possibility of a new AAA video game based on Blade Runner, according to executives involved with the franchise. Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson, the company’s co-CEOs and executive producers of the upcoming Prime Video series Blade Runner 2099, confirmed the talks during an interview with IGN.
The executives did not announce a developer, publisher, release date or platforms. Kosove emphasized the scale being considered when he responded to a question about bringing the science-fiction property to a modern video game audience.
“Yes” — Andrew Kosove
Kosove also described player interaction with the setting as an important part of the idea. He said the project would need to let players “interact” with the world of Blade Runner, a franchise built around futuristic Los Angeles, artificial humans known as replicants and investigations into the boundary between humans and machines.
Blade Runner’s game history
The property has appeared in four licensed video games, according to IGN’s overview of the franchise. The first arrived in 1985 from CRL Group PLC for the Commodore 64. It placed players in the role of a hunter pursuing replicants, called replidroids in that game. Because movie licensing costs were high at the time, the title was described as being inspired by the original film’s Vangelis soundtrack rather than serving as a direct adaptation.
A more influential interpretation followed in 1997, when Westwood Studios developed a point-and-click adventure published by Virgin Interactive. The game used 3D character models and real-time environments, features that helped distinguish it from many other adventure games of its era. A remake of that title was released in 2022.
- CRL Group PLC released the first licensed Blade Runner game for Commodore 64 in 1985.
- Westwood Studios’ 1997 adventure was later remade in 2022.
- Annapurna Interactive announced Blade Runner 2033: Labyrinth in 2023.
Annapurna Interactive also announced Blade Runner 2033: Labyrinth in 2023. That project was another official attempt to expand the game history of the franchise, which has otherwise seen relatively few licensed releases compared with its influence on science fiction and cyberpunk media.
The latest discussion comes as Blade Runner 2099 approaches its planned Prime Video release later in November. Kosove and Johnson’s comments connect the television expansion with a possible return to interactive entertainment, but the AAA game remains at the discussion stage rather than a formally announced production.
