2K Games has agreed a deal with Sony Pictures for the worldwide publishing rights to a game based on The Da Vinci Code, the best-selling book that is currently being adapted into a Hollywood film.

We all know the rule of thumb: If a video game is based on a movie, it's probably going to be subpar. And the bigger the movie, the worse the game is likely to be. Which of course means the video game ...

If the creepy, self-flagellating albino monk in The Da Vinci Code really wanted to suffer, he’d drop his flesh-shredding cat-o’-nine-tails, pick up a controller and play The Da Vinci Code video game.