Sharknado: The Video Game is a real thing

Did you know there’s going to be another Sharknado film? There is. And now there’s going to be a game too.

Syfy’s 2013 b-movie outing Sharknado was for reasons unfathomable to man a cult hit. So much so, in fact, that the station will on July 30th debut Sharknado 2: The Second One. Yes, that is its actual name.

Majesco Publishing has been handed publishing duties on the iOS game, which – shock horror – is an endless runner in which you hit sharks with swords. Obviously.

When Majesco approached us about making a Sharknado game, we said ‘yes’ before they’d even finished asking,” designer Frank Cifaldi told IGN. The game we came up with is very much in the spirit of the films: ridiculous, overblown, yet oddly sincere.

We can’t wait for fans to sink their teeth into it.”

We’re sorry.