A new King Kong game titled Skull Island: Rise of Kong has today been announced for PS5 and PS4. It's slated to arrive later this year from developer IguanaBee Studios, priced at £34.99. Check out the reveal trailer above. Taking control of King Kong himself, you'll fight to avenge your parents and become king once more in this third-person action-adventure.
The game is pitched as an origin story where you begin your journey as an orphan and then work your way to the top of the food chain, eventually exacting revenge on Gaw, the beast responsible for your parent's death. As well as brawling dinosaurs, you'll explore Skull Island and uncover collectibles and secrets in other areas.
A base version of the game costs £34.99 on PS5 and PS4, or you can opt for the Colossal Edition at £44.99. This comes bundled with eight film grain filters, 10 different colours for King Kong, an exclusive boss rush mode, behind-the-scenes content, and an orchestral soundtrack. With the film grain filters, you can make the title look like it's been pulled straight out of the 1933 original film, or the version from 1976.
Skull Island: Rise of Kong is developed by IguanaBee Studios, which has made other licensed games in the past such as Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl and G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout. Are you interested? Let us know in the comments below.
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Oh noooo this is gonna bomb so hard 😬
GOTY material right there. Worthy to be on the throne with LOTR: Gollum
The cheap movie license based games have made a return!
I hope it's on the same level as the Godzilla game
This looks Gollum-bad, but at least it's not full price I guess.
I don’t know why people are so critical. I think it’s a fun idea having kong slowly take over an island. Could be a pretty good ps2 era brawler.
I wish we get peter jackson's king kong 2015 games remaster. I played and finish it back then, it's a fun game, it just need 4K and 60 fps for ps5 version 😃
This could have been good but it looks like its an indie game.
WarnerBros owns the IP. The same company that funds NRS games with good graphics like Mortal Kombat and Injustice...so why does this look so off?
Getting major Gollum vibes
I am actually getting Maneater vibes-fearsome animal grows and gets power and eventually takes over the area. Cheesy graphics, limited story and combat, but good for a few hours of fun.
A new Maneater type of game would be a good outcome here!
Game of the year contender?
Cute I would see myself playing it! I did play Ben 10 on Ps5 so this is not that far off
It’s one of those games that could be a guilty pleasure, as long as it’s not released in a broken state. And it’s not £69.99 either ! Roll on the autumn, and the reviews prior to a buy, of course.
Looks janky af! I love the premise but by seeing the snippets of its execution I hate it. Looks like ape out is where I still will come for my king kong fix
Interesting. Didn't expect to wake and see a King Kong game announced, lol.
There should be a deathclock in the game. When it expires, Godzilla shows up and kills Kong.
If this was a Godzilla game I’d be all in (it’s looks a bit jank but I’m okay with that). Kong just never seemed as exciting.
I think they missed the movie release
Ok, now entire game modes are only available with pre orders??
Doesn't look like a game I would play or spend 35£ on.
You could not make a more boring looking King Kong game than this. Honestly such a cool IP with so much possibility and you make an uninspired low budget button masher.
Actually looks quite fun to me. If it isn't a buggy mess (like most medium size studio's licence games these days) it could be a nice game to buy.
follwoing in the footsteps of gollum!
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