Multiple Upcoming Games, Movies Based On Jordan's Wheel of Time 217
Today film studio Red Eagle Entertainment announced plans to establish Red Eagle Games, a studio that will produce games based on Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series. The games will be developed alongside movie adaptations of the series, which Red Eagle announced a few months ago. They'll be working with Universal on the films. "[Red Eagle producer Rick] Selvage said in an interview that the game company will make a series of games that will be co-launched with the movies. In addition, Red Eagle Games will make a massively multiplayer online game based on the Wheel of Time universe." Wheel of Time fan site 'Dragonmount' recently spoke with Selvage about the movie plans.
Re:But Can They Do It Justice? (Score:5, Informative)
I remember reading a review of the demo, apparently of someone who hadn't read the books. "Pretty fog effects. Why am I taking damage?" This was in Shadar Logoth. When I played, the reaction was slightly different - "Fog? RUN!!!!".
This game was why I got a 3D accelerator, but it was delayed many, many times. Fun, I finished it, but nothing memorable.
Re:Closure (Score:1, Informative)
Brandon Sanderson is writing the final book. He's the author of such books as ELANTRIS and the MISTBORN TRILOGY.
I think he'll do a fine job.
Re:Loot The Copyright!!! (Score:1, Informative)
Look at the bright side... (Score:4, Informative)
At least late-game repetitive time-sinks will be source-material accurate.
Re:Closure (Score:4, Informative)
Speaking of which... the third (and last) Mistborn book just came out in hardback. If you have never read anything of Sanderson's, do yourself a favor - go out and buy the first one. Make sure you have some cash left over, though, because, if you are anything like me, you will be back in the bookstore the next day, after having stayed up all night to finish, buying the other two (and anything else of his you can get your hands on).
Mistborn is the best low-fantasy I have ever read, and it's close to the top of my best fantasy in general list.
Re:Loot The Copyright!!! (Score:3, Informative)
Presumably the parent is including New Spring (the prequel) in his count. I've personally felt for a long time that the series should be 13 books (13 being a rather significant number in the WoT universe) and was disappointed that the last book would be numbered 12 (also wondered how one book could wrap up all the open storylines AND fight Tarmon Gai'don). That said, counting New Spring it's 13 books and as long as the final book (whatever it's number) is good, I'll be satisfied. I'll need to re-read the whole thing ahead of time, though....
Re:It would be a miracle if they did it justice (Score:3, Informative)
That would require some impressive new technology, to say the least...
It's not new, there's been several ventures into this arena. See this article [wikipedia.org] for more information.
Re:Loot The Corpse!!! (Score:3, Informative)