Aki and Pawpaw take on a new adventure in first Nollywood video game
In the first Nollywood video game, Aki and Pawpaw embark on a new journey.
With this new move, these two characters’ status as legendary Nollywood icons is strengthened.
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Aki and Pawpaw now hold the distinction of being the first Nollywood characters to have their own game.
In the ‘Epic Run’ video game, created by Play Network Studio in collaboration with Blueportal Software, the mischievous duo embarks on an epic run in an attempt to escape danger.
It appears that Chinedu Ikedieze and Osita Iheme, two Nollywood actors, provide the voices for these comic characters.
Charles Okpaleke first announced the game in 2021, writing, “We are pleased to announce that, in accordance with our exclusive exploitation rights to the ‘Aki & PawPaw’ brand, we are in the final stages of developing the first ever Nollywood game, Aki & Paw Paw Epic Run, powered by @playnetworkafr and @playnetworkstudios..”
Say hello to the first Nollywood game app!!! Aki and Pawpaw Epic Run
A Play Network Studios initiative pic.twitter.com/qMOvMdeW7Y
— Charles Okpaleke (@charlesofplay) April 27, 2023
In 2021, his studio acquired the rights to the Aki and Pawpaw brand and released a remake of the Aki And Pawpaw film in the same year. Prior to landing a licencing deal with Netflix, the film opened with $30 million.
Ikedieze and Iheme first portrayed Aki and Pawpaw in the 2002 film Aki Na Ukwa.
They are now Nollywood household names, hilarious memes, and Nigerian pop culture icons after more than two decades.
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