Director of Moulinarts, Nick Rodwell added that the ambition of the partnership is "to provide a mainstream audience with a fun and friendly game for everyone to enjoy."
The Tintin game is yet to receive a title, firm release date, or even specific release platforms - but the release asserts that these details and more will be revealed in due course.Microids previously worked on licenses such as Asterix & Obelix, Blacksad and Garfield, and are known for creating the Syberia series of adventure games.
Many moons ago in 2011, The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn launched on consoles as a tie-in to the film of the same name from Steven Spielberg. Check out our review of the game, which we thought was "hard to recommend to anyone other than diehard fans." Jordan Oloman is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow him on Twitter.