Video game adaptations have now arrived in the mainstream. Regularly, movies and series based on video games are released. This does not seem to end in the future. MeinMMO lists all video games currently being adapted.
Adaptations and adaptations of well-known video games are now regularly announced and released. This includes both film and series adaptations.
We list all movies and series based on video games that have been announced and are set to be released in the future. If possible, we will provide you with the known release date, director, or showrunner.
The announced projects have been divided into different categories, which you can jump to directly via the table of contents:
All video game adaptations expected to be released in 2025
In the following section, we will list all video game adaptations that are expected to be released this year:
- Castlevania: Nocturne Season 2 by Sam and Adam Deats (Release: January 16, 2025)
- Minecraft by Jared Hess (Release: April 3, 2025)
- Devil May Cry by Adi Shankar (Release: April 3, 2025)
- Guilty Gear Strive: Dual Rulers by Shigeru Morikawa (Release: April 4, 2025)
- The Last of Us Season 2 by Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann (Release: April 14, 2025 – May 25, 2025)
- Until Dawn by David F. Sandberg (Release: April 24, 2025)
- Twisted Metal Season 2 by Michael Jonathan Smith (US Release: July 31, 2025)
- Mortal Kombat 2 by Simon McQuoid (Release: October 23, 2025)
- Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 by Emma Tammi (Release: December 4, 2025)
- Fallout Season 2 by Graham Wagner and Geneva Robertson-Dworet (Release: December 17, 2025)
- The Exit 8 by Genki Kawamura (Release: September 9, 2025)
- Splinter Cell: Deathwatch (Release: October 15, 2025)
All video game adaptations expected to be released in 2026
In the following section, we will list all video game adaptations that are expected to be released in 2026:
- The Super Mario Bros. Movie 2 by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic (Release: 03.04.2026)
- Street Fighter by Kitao Sakurai (previous release: 19.03.2026, postponed to an undefined date)
- Resident Evil by Zach Cregger (Release: 2026)
- Return to Silent Hill by Christophe Gans (previous release date: 2025, postponed to January 22, 2026)
- Mortal Kombat 2 by Simon McQuoid (previous release date: October 23, 2025, postponed to May 14, 2026)
- The Super Mario Galaxy Movie by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic (Release: April 2, 2026)
- The Angry Birds Movie 3 by John Rice (Release date: December 23, 2026)
All video game adaptations expected to be released in 2027 and beyond
In the following section, we will list all video game adaptations that are expected to be released in 2027 or beyond:
- Sonic The Hedgehog 4 (Release: 18.03.2027)
- The Legend of Zelda by Wes Ball (Release: 26.03.2027)
- A Minecraft Movie 2 by Jared Hess (July 22, 2027)
All announced video game adaptations without a specific release date
In the following section, we will list all video game adaptations that have been announced but do not yet have a specific release:
- Assassin’s Creed (Series)
- Bendy and the Ink Machine
- Bioshock by Francis Lawrence
- Comix Zone
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Days Gone
- Death Stranding
- Dead By Daylight
- The Sims by Kate Herron
- Dredge
- Duke Nukem
- Elden Ring
- El Paso, Elsewhere
- Fallout Season 3
- Firewatch
- Gears of War by David Leitch
- Ghost of Tsushima by Chad Stahelski
- Ghost of Tsushima (Anime)
- God of War (Series)
- Gravity Rush by Anna Mastro
- Helldivers
- Horizon Zero Dawn
- Iron Lung by Mark Fischbach (Markiplier)
- It Takes Two
- Just Cause by Ángel Manuel Soto
- Just Dance
- Martha is Dead
- Mass Effect (Series)
- Mega Man by Herny Joost and Ariel Schulman
- Metal Gear Solid by Jodran Vogt-Roberts
- Minecraft 2
- Outlast
- OutRun by Michael Bay
- Pac-Man
- Phasmophobia
- Pokémon: Detective Pikachu 2
- Poppy Playtime
- Portal
- Rabbids
- Riders Republic
- Saints Row by F. Gary Gray
- Sifu
- Slime Rancher
- Space Channel 5
- Space Invaders
- Split Fiction by Jon M. Chu
- Stray
- Streets of Rage
- Talking Tom
- The Last of Us Season 3
- The Mortuary Assistant by Jeremiah Kipp
- To the Moon
- Uncharted 2
- Vampire Survivors
- Watch Dogs by Mathieu Turi
It should be noted in the last list that many of the projects are currently only in a conceptual phase, so it is possible that some movies and series will never be released. However, Fallout Season 2 is being released this year: Fallout: New Vegas is considered one of the best games in the series; soon you can see it in the Fallout series
