Legendary Announces Monsterverse Video Games

Movie studio Legendary holds partial rights to King Kong and Godzilla, and as you’ve seen, it uses them aggressively across multiple media in a shared kaiju universe they call the “Monsterverse.” The Monsterverse has generated multiple movies and a TV series, but has yet to really dip its hairy toe into video games. That’ll change soon.

Legendary has entered a deal with several video game studios to produce Monsterverse games across multiple platforms and genres. They include an adventure game for PC, a strategy game for mobile, and a special event in Roblox.

Kong: Survival Instinct is the PC game, a 2.5D action adventure now in development at 7Levels. It takes place shortly after the events of Godzilla vs. Kong and doesn’t really focus on Kong, but a father searching for his missing daughter. 7Levels brags of “a compelling narrative and thrilling gameplay,” and we hope so, because there’s potential here for a lot of Godzilla Minus Zero type drama. Kong: Survival Instinct will also be available on PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S in addition to PC; it’s coming later this year.

The mobile game is called Godzilla x Kong: Titan Chasers, and it’s now in development at Hunted Cow Games, with Tilting Point LLC handling publishing. “Set in the newly emerged Siren Isles, players will build bases, form alliances, and engage in tactical, turn-based combat with their Titan Chaser squads, as well as with creatures they’ve collected from across the Monsterverse,” says Legendary. Some of the monsters will be from the films but Godzilla and Kong will also be involved to some degree (you can’t collect them, though, they’re too huge). Godzilla x Kong: Titan Chasers has no release date yet but preorders are open on iOS and Android.

As for the Roblox thing, it’s called the Monsterverse Supersocial Roblox Experience and it will be a promotional game within the Roblox app where players can “become Monarch operatives interacting with fan-favorite Titans.” The event will show up in Roblox later this year.