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Funko, the company that made a splash with its incredibly popular line of licensed Pop! figurines, has decided to enter the videogame marketplace. Its first game will also be the first release from 10.10 Games, a new studio formed in 2021 by Jon Burton. Burton has a storied career in videogames, founding developer Traveler's Tales in 1989, who would go on to be well-known for their series of licensed LEGO videogames. Burton directed several of these titles, such as the first three LEGO Star Wars games, LEGO Indiana Jones and the first two LEGO Batman games.

This Funko Pop! game, described as a "AAA action platformer" with "major third-party studio integration," stars Freddy Funko, a crown-wearing Pop! figurine who acts as the company's official mascot. While there was no mention or hints at licensed franchises appearing in the game, Funko CEO Andrew Perlmutter indicated that every product portfolio decision is made with the goal "emotionally connect[ing] fans to their favorite fandoms," so it's likely we'll see some licensed franchises here. Funko and 10.10 Games are also expecting a T for Teen rating from the ESRB, possibly indicating some more mature franchises may be appearing.

While this is the first game produced with direct influence from Funko, the Pop! aesthetic has been used before, with the free-to-play real-time strategy mobile game Gears Pop! which used Pop! versions of Gears of War characters.

The as-yet-untitled Funko Pop! videogame is expected to launch in 2023.

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[x65943]

Gah, perhaps the game will be good but

How do these things sell? They have zero artistic merit and sell for an overly inflated price

I don't understand why anyone buys these cookie cutter figurines for often more than it would cost to actually get a faithful representation of a character

 

[The Catboy]

Oh this is going to be shit

 

[MorningBlunt]

Inb4 cancelled.

 

[Deleted member 194275]

Do they will tell the story behind why they're are so ugly and overpriced? Because right now those are the only facts about Funko that are canonical.

 

[x65943]

Oh this is going to be shit

The trailer for the supposed platformer with no platforming shown and questionable production values didn't sell you?

 

[SG854]

Do people actually like funko pops?

 

[The Catboy]

The trailer for the supposed platformer with no platforming shown and questionable production values didn't sell you?

I didn’t watch the trailer. I literally saw the title of this thread and that was enough for us ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[x65943]

Do people actually like funko pops?

I think it's the same people who eat peeps and watch the big bang theory

 

[SG854]

I think it's the same people who eat peeps and watch the big bang theory

Makes perfect sense

 

[The Catboy]

Oh, that trailer actually made me lose more hope in the quality of this “game”

 

[dragonblood9999]

Do people actually like funko pops?

The only pops I buy are the venon/venomized and carnage pops and even then it's only cause I'm a fan of them. I don't care for the pops themselves.

 

[Cris1997XX]

Most games made by Travellers Tales are amazing technically but shit gameplay-wise, and Jon Burton has been in the business since the Amiga days, hired by the lowest bidder. As much as I like Toy Story 1, 2 and Sonic 3D Blast, it's about time he retires

 

[DoctorBagPhD]

 

[StrayGuitarist]

I seriously despise the unsettling, zero-effort Pop figurines, especially since most companies also produce figurines with actual detail and in most cases, articulation. The pop aesthetic will be gross, especially with how annoyingly generic the backgrounds will be. But the Lego Star Wars games are famous for a reason, so I'm not completely dismissing it.

 

[Deleted member 194275]

The only pops I buy are the venon/venomized and carnage pops and even then it's only cause I'm a fan of them. I don't care for the pops themselves.

O good friend of mine is a Pikachu freak. She get everything Pikachu related, her bedroom is Pikachu yellow (despite being 35 or so). Even she couldn't tank the hit of buying a Pikachu Funko. This says a lot: even an adult lady that has a yellow bedroom found funkos aesthetically unpleasant.

 

[wartutor]

Im waiting for them to add ntf's and make it like lego dementions or skylanders. Try and make people buy their over priced garbage.

 

[CeeDee]

Bet you anything it'll be a free-to-play live service game where you have to buy pops of characters you like with real money, or you get stuck with default boring pop thats abilities suck

 

[MarkDarkness]

Legit excited about this... the LEGO games are a mainstay for me and my SO.

 

[KitChan]

I don't know why Funko Pops are still around. I always found them unsettling and thought 'who would waste money on this ghastly thing when much more tasteful figures exist?'