The Hunger Games is becoming a mobile game.
The interactive entertainment company Kabam announced Friday that it agreed with the film studio Lionsgate to make a title for play on smartphones or tablet computers based on the dystopian books and films.
The San Francisco-based Kabam specialises in mobile games that are free-to-play, instead bringing in revenue through tactics such as digital ads or hawking virtual goods or abilities.
Kabam’s vision for the game included casting players in roles as District members out to build alliances and liberate themselves in the spirit of the story told in the books on which the film is based.
The story centres around a futuristic society which stages televised death matches among youth.
The next instalment in the series is set for release in November.