Movies, animation, comics, gaming and tech. Want to know what’s happening in Africa and beyond? Here’s the Run Down for this week.
NEWS OUT OF AFRICA – Gaming/Comics
Remember Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan?
Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan is the name of West African game developers, Kiro’o Games, highly successful video game-turned-comic.
Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan follows the story of an exiled king and queen who must fight to regain control of their kingdom. Heavily inspired by African culture, the game brings a fresh perspective into the RPG genre and has made quite a mark on the African continent. Now, Kiro’o Games intend to take their brand all the way to Europe.
Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan Is Going to Europe!
Kiro’o Games have signed a representation agreement that will see the company, Mounia Aram, helping them in expanding their brand to Europe. The expansion is part of Kiro’o games cross media strategy that will see Aurion expanding into cartoon, films and more.
Apart from Mounia Aram, Kiro’o Games also plan to partner up with other companies to give their Afro-fantasy tale the best chance of international exposure. If all goes well, we may just get the chance to see a new African-inspired story out in the world.
Find out more https://gamesindustryafrica.com/2021/05/14/kiroo-games-partners-with-cross-media-company/
What is Africa Comics?
Africa Comics is an online database of more than 2500 drawings created by artists in almost all of Sub-Saharan Africa. This database is one the richest collection of original African comics in the world. And the journey to create it all began in 1999.
Where It All Began
In 1999, a team of experts of African cultural heritage and contemporary creativity were in search of a way to present African in a modern and diverse way. They wanted to depart from the stereotypical views of the continent.
Two organisations, Africa e Mediterraneo and Lai-momo, decided to focus on the medium of comics as a way to do achieve this. They partnered up with African cartoonists in various projects that culminated in a Pan-African competition that spread African comics across the globe with exhibitions in Bologna, Dakar, New York and many other places.
The work from all their initiatives is featured on the Africa Comics online database. So, if you’re eager to see the creative images, thoughts and stories of these African artists check out the website below.
Check out morehttp://www.africacomics.net/project/
NEWS BEYOND AFRICA – Gaming/Movies
Injustice: Gods Among Us From Video Game to Movie
The fighting game Injustice: Gods Among Us is set in an alternate DC Universe where Superman has been driven mad after being manipulated into killing his unborn child and his wife Lois by the Joker. Five years later, Superman holds the world in his tyrannical grip which forces the original DCU Justice League to cross dimensions and fight against him.
It has been revealed that the video game will be turned into a movie. The trailer for the upcoming movie titled Injustice, is part of bonus features on the Blue Ray set for the movie Batman: The Long Halloween, Part Two.
Other than the release of the trailer, not much else has been revealed about the Injustice film and there is yet to be a formal announcement made.