Universal scores movie rights to video game Asteroids

They're massive. They're relentless. And they never... ever... stop.

Get ready to rock: Universal Studios has won a bidding war to the rights for Atari's 1979 arcade game Asteroids, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

There's not much to tell, plot-wise: The player pilots a triangular spaceship around the screen, shooting asteroids which break into progressively smaller pieces. Oh, and occasionally a UFO will appear to try and shoot down the player's ship.

Universal has been snatching up rights to a number of seemingly plot-light properties, most notably Battleship and "Where's Waldo?" Projects are also being developed around Candy Land, Ouija Board and Monopoly.

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