10 Awesome Video Games You Had No Idea Were Getting Movies

10. Detention

Detention, originally known as 返校 (Fanxiao), was made by Taiwanese developers Red Candle Games. A 2D side-scrolling horror game set in 1960's Taiwan during that country's long period of martial law. Released in early 2017 with a Metacritic score of 83 - being rated 2nd best game of 2017. The game has already received a novelization by author Ling Jing, released later in that year.

Thanks to a partnership with Warner Bros. Taiwan it will also get a film adaptation, to be released in just a few months (September 2019). It looks to be a pretty solidly designed atmospheric horror film, just like the game. No word on whether it will get an English release, but considering it was ranked 3rd only three days after its release on Steam it would be a shame not to see a western release.

It will be Taiwanese director Xu Hanqiang's (John Hsu) first feature film and is starring Wang Jing (Gingle Wang) and Fu Meng-po in the lead roles. Though, there could be some worry that the movie won't do well in the Chinese markets, given Red Candle's latest game Devotion being banned in the mainland for what was considered to be anti-Chinese criticisms.