California-based developer and publisher Red Mile nabs games licence for the gritty series of noir graphic novels.
By ,The financial details of the transaction are not known. The Sin City comic series was created by Frank Miller, and the first part was published in 1991 by Dark Horse. The series tells the tales of the residents of Basin City--otherwise known as Sin City--where violent crime rates are high, and the police routinely wear full-body armour.
A co-directed by Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller, and starring Bruce Willis and Jessica Alba, was released in 2005. Filming for the sequel, , is due to start next month. Red Mile's CEO, Chester Aldridge, commented on the deal, "Sin City enjoys a broad and devoted following.
Its crime noir settings, richly detailed characters, hyper-real action sequences, and engaging stories provide an outstanding groundwork for video games.