Amazon is reportedly working on an animated anthology TV series featuring Spelunky and other video game worlds

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Amazon has reportedly commissioned a new animated anthology series for its Prime Video streaming service, which will feature new stories set in a variety of existing video game worlds, including Spelunky and Amazon’s New World.

That’s according to Hollywood news magazine Deadline, whose sources say that the series, rumored to be called Secret Level, is being developed by Tim Miller and his Blur Studio, the creative team behind Netflix’s animated sci-fi series Love, Death & Robots.

Indeed, it looks like Amazon’s new project will follow a similar model to Netflix’s anthology series. Similar to Love, Death & Robots, whose standalone episodes are largely adaptations of existing short stories, Secret Level will presumably feature original short stories set in existing video game worlds.

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It hasn't been revealed exactly which games will be featured, but Deadline suggests that Derek Yu's critically acclaimed Spelunky, Amazon's mediocre MMO New World, and a slew of unspecified PlayStation titles will appear.

The publication states that the full reveal of Secret Level will likely take place during Gamescom Opening Night Live, which kicks off next Tuesday, August 20, at 7pm BST.

Amazon, of course, already had a successful video game adaptation on its hands, thanks to the release of its live-action Fallout TV show earlier this year. Secret Level has a high bar to clear, though it doesn’t currently have to worry about Amazon’s God of War adaptation, which was announced in 2022 but still seems a ways off.

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