Until Dawn debuts as a movie on April 25, 2025.
Until Dawn debuts as a movie on April 25, 2025.
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Until Dawn film strays too far from the game’s story

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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When I reviewed the horror game Until Dawn in 2015, it was my favorite game of the year. I wrote that it would go down as one of the “finest collaborations of Hollywood and gaming.” Sadly, I can’t say the same for the movie based on the game.

Until Dawn, the live-action film, is getting a theatrical release on April 25. I saw it in a preview in San Francisco courtesy of Sony Pictures and PlayStation Productions. It is one of many games being turned into films this year, and it’s coming out right as we hit peak Hollywood and Games — a topic at our GamesBeat Summit 2025 event on May 19-20 in Los Angeles.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.