THQ - Del Toro is a hardcore gamer, could be a great game director

“[Del Toro is] a hardcore gamer, he’s passionate about bringing some new thrills to gaming, he’s completely engaged with myself, Paul DeMeo - head of our writing team at THQ - and the guys at Volition who are making the game. He’s already been out there [in Canada, to Volition’s studio]. We just got through the fiction flow of the game just before [Christmas]. He was in every meeting, he sat there all day long kicking stuff around. He’s funny as hell, a huge fan of games; he’s just like the rest of us. He’s not going anywhere. If he were here now, he’d tell you: ‘I do not want to be one of those film-makers who puts my name on something and doesn’t do the work.’ Is Del Toro a great game director? Hopefully we have the skills to filter his talent into that. He will learn tonnes [on the first game], and then on the second InSane he’ll be even more opinionated because he’ll know more things to poke at. Rest assured, this is a Guillermo Del Toro game for sure.” - THQ CEO Danny Bilson

Well, it’s going to be a long time before we actually see if Del Toro can pull this off. I have a bad feeling that this is going to turn into another Spielberg situation.

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