From console to celluloid


Despite so-so box office results in the United States, Warcraft has gone on to become the highest grossing videogame movie of all time, thanks to fans in China.

With Warcraft gracing the big screens and Assassin’s Creed coming this year, we look at how movies based on games have fared over the years.

With the popularity of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, you’d think that videogames would be the perfect material for the big screen – like comics, many games feature a rich world with interesting characters and stories.

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