20 Things You Didn't Know About Heat
7. A Video Game Adaptation Was Announced In 2006 (But Eventually Cancelled)
If you're a video game fan, you might vaguely remember that, in 2006, future Borderlands developers Gearbox Software announced a video game based on Heat due to come out on PS3 and Xbox 360.
However, three years later it was revealed that Gearbox no longer had the license to make the game. In an interview, Gearbox's Randy Pitchford said:
"In a nutshell, we're nowhere. We have passionate game makers that would love to do it. We've got filmmakers that think it's a great idea that would love to see it done. We have publishing partners that would love to publish it. But we have no time. That's the limiting factor. Because of the situation, we're not keeping the IP locked down anymore. So if somebody else were in a spot where they could do it, and everybody was comfortable with that, then conceivably that could happen."
With the lauded, clearly Heat-influenced multiplayer game Payday: The Heist hitting storefronts in 2011, it seems like that ship has most likely sailed.