I love Percy Jackson asked Rick Riordan:

Will you make a Percy Jackson based game? I'm wondering because my favorite books is the Percy Jackson series and i do relly like to play video games. And if you haven't thought about it, I will recomend you think about it :)

Rick Riordan Oh, I've been thinking about it and getting this question for years. The problem is 1) getting Disney to act on it, since they hold the rights, and 2) getting the interest of a gaming company that has the reach and the resources to do it right. Both things have been extremely hard. Gaming companies are even more skittish than film studios when it comes to investing in "unproven" properties, which weirdly enough Percy Jackson is still considered to be in many areas. They don't want to risk anything new that might lose money, so it's easier for them not to take a chance, which means the IP remains unproven. The lack of merch / games etc. etc., isn't because we haven't tried and don't continue to try. It's because we are constantly being told, "Eh, we're not sure there's enough interest. Let's wait and see." What they are waiting to see, I'm not really sure. Pretty much any merch / game suggestion you can think of to any major company you can think of, we've tried it, and that's the answer we have gotten. We will keep pitching things, but at this point, I wouldn't hold your breath. Sorry I can't give you better news!

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