Funko Pop video game Funko Fusion revealed for console, PC

Funko Pops, those ubiquitous bobblehead collectibles which have destroyed the competition in plastic toys by sheer numbers, will get their own videogame. Funko FusionPop culture property like Jurassic World, Back to the Future, The Umbrella Academy, The Thing, Child’s Play 2, Masters of the UniverseThen, Shaun of the DeadA unique experience is waiting for you early next year.

First trailer of the movie Funko FusionThis is a strange prospect. Sitting alongside family-friendly fare like He-Man and Marty McFly time traveling back to 1985 is the chaotic carnage of dinosaurs eating Funko Pop people and the shock horror of Dr. Copper having both of his arms amputated by the Norris monster from John Carpenter’s The Thing. It’s a slightly darker take on the formula of toy-based games like TT Games’ licensed Lego titles or Disney InfinityBut what is a better vehicle to introduce children to horror than body horror?

Team behind Funko FusionThe 10:10 Games was created by ex-TT Games staff. Based on short snippets of gameplay seen in the trailer, it appears Funko fans can expect an experience similar to efforts like Lego Star Wars and Lego Harry Potter — recreations of familiar movie moments in much sillier toy form. Players will “battle enemies, explore vast environments, and solve intriguing puzzles,” Funko and Universal Games said in a news release. Up to four players can play online multiplayer and immerse themselves into pop culture mashups.

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“It’s incredibly exciting to be able to show everyone what the team here at 10:10 Games has been up to,” said Arthur Parsons, 10:10 Games’ design director and co-founder, in a news release. “Harnessing the incredible properties we’ve been entrusted with by our partners at Universal Games and Digital Platforms, bringing them together into a gaming experience that is incredibly fun, surprising, authentic, and celebrates fandom like never before, all experienced through a Funko lens.”

Developers promise “dozens of playable characters in Funko Pop! form from popular NBCUniversal stories” — including Universal’s slate of famous monsters — in addition to other unannounced properties.

Funko FusionThe game is scheduled to release in 2024 for PCs and consoles that are not yet specified. Given the Funko brand’s broad reach, expect it to be on every console.

Funko’s previous flirtation with video games was in the form Gears Pop, a mobile real-time strategy game based on Microsoft’s Gears of War franchise. Gears PopThe game was launched in 2019 and closed in 2021. Funko produces tabletop gaming, which is based (surprisingly) on popular franchises such as Fast and Furious. The Goonies, E.T. E.T.Jurassic World is a movie that you can watch. The Warriors.

Funko, which is 25 years old, began making Big Boy Banks and bobbleheads that were based off Austin Powers or breakfast cereal characters. The company, which has been around for decades, licensed hundreds of movie, television, comic book, anime and video game characters. They have become a popular brand in stores such as Hot Topic and GameStop. Warner Bros. and Funko announced in 2019 that an animated film would be based on Funko Pop.