raid: shadow legends, The hit mobile and desktop title from Plarium Games is getting the TV treatment.
The fantasy role-playing game is being adapted into a limited 10-episode animated series, which will be released weekly on YouTube starting May 18.titled The Raid: The Arbiter’s Call, The animated series is being produced by former Marvel Television and Animation president Eric Rollman along with producer Jay Oliva, who previously directed the 2012 animated film Batman: The Dark Knight Returns and worked as a storyboard artist for DC and Marvel films such as wonder woman, Zack Snyder’s Justice League, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Thor: Ragnarok and more.
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The main characters of the animated series come from attack The video game centers on Arbiter, an ancient guardian who seeks to return and revive the land known as Teleria, which seems to have been abandoned by the gods and ravaged in conflict.
“There’s a lot of demand from gamers who want to know more about the story, the characters and the experience,” said Michael Lang, CEO of Plarium’s parent company, Pixel United. The Hollywood Reporter. “[We were not] Trying to follow all the other gaming companies that have had some success with IP recently. It really comes more from our players who want to expand on the storyline that this game represents. “
Raid: Shadow Legends First released as a mobile game in 2018, it was later available on desktop.
Lang said the decision to release the series on YouTube was to help the series “resonate globally,” rather than the company putting the series on a paywall and making it only available in the U.S.
Watch the trailer below.