Raven Software, the developer behind the X-Men Legends games and recent first-person shooter Singularity, has laid off around 40 employees. Raven has been scaling its workforce back considerably since Activision acquired it in 1997..

Historically, the translation of a movie into a game has been challenging to say the least. Though there may have been a few exceptions through the years, the vast majority have received fair to poor reviews. Take two games based on recent movies for instance,