Squanch Games Really Wants Danny DeVito to Play a Gun in High on Life 3

Squanch Games has talked earlier astir trying and failing to get Hollywood fable Danny DeVito to play Gene Zaroothian successful High connected Life. But the workplace remains determined, and wants to person DeVito to prima arsenic a weapon successful High connected Life 3 — should it get the accidental to marque it.

With High connected Life 2 waiting successful the wings, Squanch Games’ Mikey Spano and Matty Studivan told IGN successful an interrogation astatine gamescom 2025 that they are going to springiness Danny DeVito different spell erstwhile they yet get to making what feels similar the inevitable 3rd crippled successful the drama first-person shooter series.

Could Danny DeVito play a weapon successful High connected Life 3? Photo by Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images.

“I truly privation Danny DeVito,” main originative serviceman Spano said. “We tried to get Danny DeVito for the archetypal game, and astatine that clip we didn’t truly person the cachet to sway him. But I’m hoping aft this crippled we tin effort again and get him successful there.

“I person the cleanable plan for a Danny DeVito weapon successful my caput that I privation to spot truthful bad!”

So, wherefore didn’t DeVito enactment retired for High connected Life? According to enforcement shaper Matty Studivan, it was felt that DeVito would person been truthful improbable to accidental yes, that it wasn't adjacent worthy the ask.

Studivan said: “I judge the effect we got was, ‘We would instrumentality this to him but his cause doesn’t adjacent cognize if he’ll recognize what it is, and he’ll astir apt conscionable accidental no.’ We’re gonna effort truly hard connected the adjacent one."

Spano past issued the call: “Danny DeVito, scope out! We’re acceptable for ya!”

Whether Danny DeVito appears successful High connected Life 3 oregon not, Squanch Games has a much pressing matter: High connected Life 2. As announced astatine gamescom, the sequel launches February 13, 2026 connected PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and S and Game Pass day-one.

The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ Galactus histrion Ralph Ineson plays Sheath, a caller quality and boss, and is joined connected the formed by Betsy Sodaro, J.B. Smoove, and Richard Kind.

High connected Life was a breakout deed and 1 of the biggest Game Pass launches ever. It proved truthful fashionable that enactment connected a High connected Life amusement was yet announced successful 2024.

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