The upcoming cyberpunk video game Spine will be going beyond just gaming as developer Nekki has teamed with Story Kitchen to produce film and TV adaptations.
The game is “a female-led cyberpunk Gun Fu story set in a dystopian world. The main character, Redline, is an adventurous street artist battling against an autocratic AI regime -and its goons- to rescue her captive brother.”
Who doesn’t love a little gun fu!? Nekki CEO Dmitry Terekhin said in a statement: “We’re pleased to begin our journey with Story Kitchen. We believe that truly great stories always stand out, and the Spine universe will captivate audiences across any media.”
Story Kitchen’s Dmitri Johnson, Mike Goldberg, Timothy I. Stevenson, and Dan Jevons in a joint statement: “When we first learned of this upcoming game from Nekki, we lost our collective minds as Redline could not be more badass!”
Nekki is planning a whole media franchise built around the world of the game, including DLC after release, comic books, a board game, and merchandise. The company also published nine episodes of a Spine webtoon.
As of right no writer or director is attached to the project. Spine will be released on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox, but there’s no release date.
Source: Variety
