A four-studio bidding war has ended and Universal Pictures has won the film rights to the classic Atari video game “Asteroids.” Asteroids was originally released as an arcade game in 1979. In the game, players control a triangular spaceship as they attempt to shoot and destroy masses of rock and an occasional flying saucer while avoiding running into either obstruction.Unlike today\u2019s games, Asteroids lacks a story line or fancy world-building mythology so Universal Pictures must create a plot from scratch. The<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A four-studio bidding war has ended and Universal Pictures has won the film rights to the classic Atari video game “Asteroids.” Asteroids was originally released as an arcade game in 1979. In the game, players control a triangular spaceship as they attempt to shoot and destroy masses of rock and an occasional flying saucer while avoiding running into either obstruction.Unlike today\u2019s games, Asteroids lacks a story line or fancy world-building mythology so Universal Pictures must create a plot from scratch. The Continue reading