10 Potential Superhero Video Games (And Who Should Make Them)
7. Green Arrow: Guerrilla Games
DC Comics
I'll admit, it was hard not to consider Crystal Dynamics for Green Arrow duty, given the similarities between their Tomb Raider reboot and Oliver Queen's Cast Away-style origin story, but then came along Horizon, and, well, the rest is history.
Any title to feature the Emerald Archer really has to nail the feel of a bow, and Horizon - with all its crafting and Ollie-esque trick arrows - easily illustrated Guerrilla's talents when it comes to nailing ranged combat. Couple that with the fact that Ollie and Aloy fight and move in very similar ways, and it almost seems too obvious how well suited Guerrilla are to tackle Green Arrow on screen.
It's not as if there's a shortage of ways to tackle the character either; an origin story, situated during Ollie's time on the island, is prime video game material, as is a story situated at the peak of his career in Star City. Either way it's an ideal fit, and one I could surely see Guerrilla making a success given the opportunity.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
