A new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles AAA video game based on IDW's best-selling The Last Ronin comic series is in the works, according to Polygon.com.
It sounds like the project is only in the very early stages (a developer has yet to be announced), but the game is expected to be significantly darker and more adult-oriented than any previous TMNT titles.
Doug Rosen, senior vice president for games and emerging media at Paramount Global, likened the upcoming third-person action role-playing game to Sony’s recent God of War titles and said it will be "authentic to the story of The Last Ronin arc, which is set in a future where only one of the turtles has survived."
The Last Ronin is a The Dark Knight Returns-style story which imagines a future where one member of the Awesome Foursome is the last living Turtle, setting out to avenge the death of his brothers and Master Splinter by bringing down Shredder's grandson and the authoritarian descendants of the Foot Clan.
Spoiler alert: the first issue concludes with the big reveal that it's actually Michaelangelo behind the black bandana!
A God of War-style action adventure game based on The Last Ronin could be something special, and it's about time developers looked at some of the grittier takes on these iconic characters for inspiration.
Details on this game are few and far between for now, but we'll be sure to update as more info becomes available.
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