Although now the protagonists are Fortnite, Minecraft either call of duty, there are games that have been playing for decades, and it is possible that without them video games would not be what they are now. One of them is Tetris, the well-known puzzle game that surprised people in 1984 and continues to surprise many today. But did you know the story behind the game?
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In the beginning of the 80’s, Alexei Leonidovich together with two other colleagues from the Dorodnitsyn Computing Center, he created what we know today as Tetris. It was a rudimentary game that was surprising for its ingenuity and fun, but what its creator did not imagine was that it would revolutionize the world. The problem is that, living in the former Soviet Union, the rights to the game belonged to the stateand that largely limited the distribution of the game.
But how did Tetris get to the whole world? That’s where he comes into play Henks Rogers, a smart commercial who saw in the game an opportunity of those that should not be missed in life. From here, an incredible story of rights, espionage and even international conflicts because of a video game. Doesn’t that sound like a fantastic plot for a movie? That is Tetris.
The film will undoubtedly serve to show how complicated it was to take the game beyond its place of creation and, mainly, the network of mysteries and espionage that involved its worldwide distribution to avoid the Soviet Union at all costs. .
When it premieres?
Apple has announced that Tetris will arrive on its streaming video platform on March 31, so we only have a month and a half left to enjoy this amazing story about one of the most important games in the industry.
@TaronEgerton stars in #Tetris — the game you couldn’t put down, the story you couldn’t make up.
Streaming March 31 on @AppleTVPlus pic.twitter.com/cUWoOfnRuY
— Tetris (@Tetris_Official) February 16, 2023
The movie is directed by Jon S. Baird, and is written by Noah Pink. The executive producer of Tetris is Iain MacKenzie, and the other producers are Matthew Vaughn, Gillian Berrie, Claudia Vaughn, Len Blavatnik, and Gregor Cameron.
Synopsis: Based on the true story of American video game commercial Henk Rogers (Taron Egerton) and his discovery of Tetris in 1998. As he sets out to make the game available to the world, he finds himself in a dangerous web of lies and corruption that behind the Iron Curtain.
Distribution: Taron Egerton, Nikita Efremov, Toby Jones
