Can you imagine the expansion of Breaking Bad in GTA? His creator had plans for this, and it wasn’t his only idea.

Vince Gilligan, who is also behind the Better Call Saul spin-off, also talks about how difficult it is to develop a video game.

breaking Bad It has established itself as one of the most popular series in recent years, so no one would be surprised if its creators announced a major video game. And it seems that there were indeed plans developing series-based video games and even some kind of expansion for GTA, but none of these ideas materialized.

Who owns Grand Theft Auto? Could it be a Breaking Bad addon?Vince GilliganThis is how he explains it Vince Gilligan, creator of Breaking Bad and its spin-off Better Call Saul, in a recent episode of the Inside The Gilliverse podcast (via ComicBook): “I’m not a video game gamer, but how could you not know about Grand Theft Auto?” Gilligan comments on the show. . “To those who currently run Apple… To those who actually said yes to Breaking Bad, who owns ‘Grand Theft Auto’? Can’t be a Breaking Bad addon?’ I think it still makes sense!”

Gilligan isn’t content to point out whether his team has actually contacted Rockstar, but continues by citing other projects that will bring Breaking Bad to video games: “There have been a few video game trials,” the creator recalls. “And some of them are on the market. a VR experience With Sony PlayStation VR glasses. We made a mobile game that took a while…”.

However, Gilligan realized that video game development requires a lot of “energy, resources, and talent”: “Making video games So hardJudging by how little I learned along the way,” he explains on the podcast. years and years and millions of dollars, especially when you’re trying to break new ground with VR and stuff. It never came to fruition. It’s a shame”.

As Gilligan commented on the show, Breaking Bad really got into the show. mobile games With Breaking Bad: Criminal Elements. However, that game closed in 2020, and after seeing a recreation of Breaking Bad in Unreal Engine 5, fans are looking forward to seeing a triple-A game in the series more than ever.

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