Guillermo del Toro has finally confirmed the long-standing rumours that he was in talks to make a movie adaptation of first-person sci-fi shooter .

Del Toro has a rocky relationship with video games. His survival horror game was cancelled in 2012 after two years of development and he worked with Hideo Kojima on P.T., a playable teaser for a cancelled game. “I’m the albatross of video gaming,” he said back in 2021. 

Now, the acclaimed director has confirmed that he had a “disastrous” experience trying to make a movie adaptation of 2007’s .

“You know, I tried [to get it made],” he told . “We had a very contentious call about a couple of games. I find that the dynamics of a video game are very different than a movie. They may be cinematically similar in terms of the camera moving and this and that, but the storytelling is very different, because you’re not solving puzzles. You’re not assembling. We had a couple of calls [about adapting ] and they are probably some of the most disastrous calls I’ve ever had.”

He went on to say that he “never” wants to get involved in video game development again, after his experience on . 

Speaking about his favourite games on the last year, del Toro said: “The most immersive has to be and . The best universe is . The one that I’m really good at and love is . I like the big, sandbox games like . is a masterpiece. It’s atmospheric and poetic and tragic. And some of the games are just some of the best cinematic experiences I’ve ever had.” This year he confirmed that he still plays every day. 

was added to the World Video Game Hall Of Fame in May alongside the original and .