Official Friday the 13th Game? Only If Part Of The Weinstein Company

Fans want an offical Friday the 13th game. Everybody has been petitioning for a next-gen game to represent Crystal Lake and Jason Voorhees, but nothing has been done with the property for the video game world. Now, if only the Friday the 13th license was owned by The Weinstein Company. For video gaming, here's why it should be.

Shock Till You Drop just reported on a press release pertaining to the Weinsteins entering into a partnership to create video games for their horror film properties. Below is the release.

The Weinstein Company (TWC) announced today a new initiative in the video game space by launching TWC Games. The TWC Games label will utilize The Weinstein Company and Dimension Films' strong and recognizable properties, and work with external partners to develop and publish video games for mobile, social, and console platforms. Properties in The Weinstein Company and Dimension Films catalogue include SCREAM, HELLRAISER, HALLOWEEN, SCARY MOVIE, and CHILDREN OF THE CORN, among many others.

TWC CO-CHAIRMAN BOB WEINSTEIN EXPRESSED EXCITEMENT ABOUT THE NEW INITIATIVE. “The video game marketplace is changing at such a rapid rate. With all of the digital platforms, there are so many opportunities to broaden our audience with compelling, high quality, cost-efficient, video game entertainment.”

TWC Games has formed a strategic consultancy with Beefy Media, a video game production company, to foster relationships with publishers and create high quality games. Beefy Media President, Adam Boyes, will work closely with Matthew Signer, TWC Vice President, Production and Creative Affairs, to foster strategic partnerships and oversee all production aspects of the games.

"The Weinstein Company is an incredible entertainment company, and I share their vision for creating very high quality content for the marketplace,” said Boyes. “We plan to combine our extensive video game developer relationships with the impressive catalogue of properties to create and produce content made by gamers for gamers.”

Now we know why TWC and other companies went after the creators of the fan game Terrordrome to pull characters from the game. It looks as though the Weinsteins were prepping to have their own games created. Warner Bros. also had the video game creators pull Freddy and Jason from the game back in November of 2010. Perhaps video game preparations are being made for those properties as well. Fans can only hope!