Night Trap and Bandersnatch fans, rejoice: The FMV genre is not dead. In fact, it's now glitzier than ever, with the announcement of Aviary Studios' debut game, The Gallery, coming to the Nintendo Switch this April.
The Gallery, a "part hostage thriller, part social drama" choose-your-own-fate game, is set in both 1981 and 2021, as an art curator is held hostage by a portraitist who wants to paint them — and threatens to detonate a bomb if they are interrupted in any way.
The cast of The Gallery includes a few names and faces you might know:
George Blagden (Versailles and Vikings)
Anna Popplewell (The Chronicles of Narnia)
Kara Tointon (Mr. Selfridge and Eastenders)
Rebecca Root (The Queen’s Gambit)
Richard Fleeshman (The Sandman and Coronation Street)
Shannon Tarbet (Killing Eve and Love Sarah)
Fehinti Balogun (I May Destroy You)
The game will also be released simultaneously across cinemas in the UK, where the audience can vote by majority (with glowsticks, by the looks of things) to decide which choice to make, and on digital and online streaming platforms. There will be a linear version with the choices removed available to watch on TV.
The Gallery is apparently the "first in the series" of FMV games — or "interactivisions" — that Aviary Studios plans to make. The director, Paul Raschid, has also written and directed several other FMV games, like Deathtrap Dungeon and The Complex, both of which are on Switch, and the former of which is due out this year.
Excited to relive your '90s FMV memories? Let us know in the comments.
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Great"! now that dvd players are dead we to put up with these 'half games' on consoles. I like a bit more interaction with my computer games.
Still waiting on the best FMV game ever made! To get a switch release!
Texas Ground Zero!
Go to the cinema multiple times to see all possible endings!
Contradiction is currently my favorite one. If you want to make a sequel for that I’ll be first in line.
I loved “Return To Zork”, a computer game that was released in 1993 and made use of FMV. In fact, it was the first game that I ever played to make use of FMV. Playing it, back then, made me feel like I was in another world. It came free with our computer that we purchased in the early 1990s.. “Want some rye? Course you do!”.. / “Hey, Hey, I’ve been talking a long time.. I need a new battery.. Can you hear me? A new battery!”.. 😁
@Lord LOL I remember that game...kinda cheesy but might be fun to revisit 😄
I love FMV. Yes please.
As streaming services challenge movie theaters to broaden their business model, there could be something thrilling in attending an interactive showing, seeing how people will vote. You can learn a lot about your neighbors that way. 🤣😬
FMV games are a guilty pleasure of mine. It's not something I'd go to the cinema to see, but could be worth a play.
@dew12333 Nope, sorry. This is the 2022 game, none others released this year. Just wait until next year, though, with the 2023 Game; it's a Pong clone set in prehistory, called "Pung".
I’m more upset about the people that act like an interactive story is new in the trailer. We’ve had video games and choose your own adventure for how long?
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