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New Thundercats Game a Possibility?
Warner Bros and Bandai America are teaming up for a merchandising mash to help promote the new Thundercats. Could that mean a video game? Warner Bros recently purchased the Midway Games assets and have their own gaming division in Warner Bros Interactive and Bandai is of course a branch of Namco Bandai who, as we all know, also makes video games. 
Since they’re teaming up on a wide range of merchandise and both make games it seems only logical that they make one as well. Plus, the new series is executive produced by Sam Register. Why is that important? He’s also worked on Teen TItans, Ben 10 and Batman: The Brave and the Bold, all of which have spawned video games. Michael Jelenic and Ethan Spaulding are the Producers and they’ve likewise worked on animated series that have spun into games.
An all-new animated series, based on the iconic 1980s action classic, ThunderCats, is currently in production at Warner Bros. Animation. The new ThunderCats, a 21st century reimagining of the series that will air on Cartoon Network, will appeal to viewers who have loved the characters all their lives as well as young newcomers to the franchise. A sweeping tale combining swords and science and boasting ferocious battles with the highest of stakes, the grand origin story of Prince Lion-O’s ascension to the throne – and of those who would thwart his destiny at any cost – takes on epic dimensions in this sharp new telling. As the forces of good and evil battle each other in the quest for the fabled Stones of Power, Lion-O and his champions learn valuable lessons of loyalty, honor and mortality in every episode.
Debuting in 1985, the ThunderCats roared onto the broadcast air waves and created feline frenzy with their band of cat-like heroes from the planet Thundera. Behind their fearless leader Lion-O, the ThunderCats strove to protect their new home on Third Earth and their headquarters, Cat’s Lair, from the Mutants of Plunn-Darr. The ThunderCats pop culture phenomenon had its paws sunk deeply not only in television, but also toylines, apparel and comic books. Twenty-five years later, through the Warner Bros. Consumer Products and Bandai America collaboration, the beloved brand is poised to make a new audience of kids feel the magic and hear the roar once again.
It certainly seems promising that we might see a good video game based on the franchise. There was one other:
In 1987, Elite Systems released the game ThunderCats:The Lost Eye of Thundera, for Commodore64/128 and Sinclair ZX Spectrum personal computer systems. Many years later, Cartoon Network’s official website featured a game that allowed visitors to play as Lion-O and rescue fellow ThunderCats while venturing into Mumm-Ra’s tomb. -Wikipedia
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