Rampage is a series of video games released by Midway (1986–2009) and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (2009–present) for arcades and consoles. Due to experiment-related accidents, the player controls a human transformed into a giant monster. The player using their chosen monster to destroy cities around the world while attacking or avoiding police and military forces. A film adaptation was released in 2018.

Premise

Humans have been undergoing strange transformations into giant animalistic kaiju due to experiments conducted by the evil and corrupt Scumlabs. These monsters proceed to travel through the United States, around the globe, into space and eventually through time itself destroying (and occasionally devouring) everything in sight. Heavy inspiration is drawn from various monster movies such as King Kong and 20 Million Miles to Earth. George was turned into a giant ape, Lizzie was turned into a giant dinosaur, and Ralph was turned into a giant werewolf.

Games

Film adaptation

A live-action film adaptation was released on April 13, 2018, directed by Brad Peyton and starring Dwayne Johnson. The film features the classic trio of George, Lizzie and Ralph, this time as mutated animals rather than transformed humans. To tie into the film three separate video games were created. One is an arcade game created exclusively for Dave & Buster's who co-created the game alongside Adrenaline Amusements for their restaurant chain, and a augmented reality app called RAMPAGE: AR Unleashed, while the second is a free-to-play browser game called Rampage City Smash. The third is a virtual reality game called Project Rampage VR.