Rampage (franchise)

Rampage is a series of video games released by Midway (1986-2009) and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (2009-present) for the arcade and various consoles. The basic premise of the games is that, due to various lab accidents, the player controls a human transformed into a giant monster. The gameplay revolves around the player using their chosen monster to destroy cities around the world while attacking or avoiding police and military forces.

Rampage
Genre(s)Action
Developer(s)Midway Games (1986)
Game Refuge Inc. (1997)
Point of View (1997)
Saffire (1998)
Digital Eclipse (1998)
Avalanche Software (1999–2000)
Ninai Games (2001)
Pipeworks Software (2006)
Publisher(s)Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (2009-present)
Midway Games (Europe; 1997–99)
Platform(s)Arcade
Atari Lynx
Commodore 64
Game Boy Advance
Game Boy Color
GameCube
Microsoft Windows
Nintendo 64
PlayStation
PlayStation 2
Sega Saturn
Wii
First releaseRampage
1986
Latest releaseRampage
2018

A film adaptation titled Rampage was released in 2018.[1]

Premise

Humans have been undergoing strange transformations into giant animalistic kaijus due to experiments conducted by the evil and corrupt Scumlabs. These monsters proceed to travel through the United States, around the globe, into space and eventually through time itself destroying (and occasionally devouring) everything in sight. Heavy inspiration is drawn from various monster movies such as King Kong, Godzilla, and An American Werewolf in London, as well as arcade games such as Donkey Kong.[2]

Games

Film adaptation
Main article: Rampage (2018 film)

A live-action film adaptation was released on April 13, 2018, directed by Brad Peyton and starring Dwayne Johnson. The film features the classic trio of George, Lizzie and Ralph, this time as mutant animals rather than as transformed humans.

To tie into the film four separate video games were created. One is an arcade game created exclusively for Dave & Buster's who co-created the game alongside Adrenaline Amusements for their restaurant chain,[3] another is an app called RAMPAGE: AR Unleashed,[4] while the third is a free-to-play browser game called Rampage City Smash.[5] The fourth is a virtual reality game called Project Rampage VR.[6]

References
  1. Kit, Borys (November 17, 2011). "Classic Video Game 'Rampage' Headed to Big Screen From New Line (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter.
  2. "Rampage film review - even shallower than the arcade game". Eurogamer. April 20, 2018.
  3. "Rampage Returns To Arcades As A Dave & Busters Exclusive". arcadeheroes.com. March 27, 2018.
  4. "Rampage: AR Unleashed". Warnerbros. March 27, 2018.
  5. "Rampage City Smash". Warnerbros. March 29, 2018.
  6. "Project Rampage VR". Warnerbros. April 24, 2018.
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