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New Publisher Red Eagle Games Announces Plans for Wheel of Time Games

Complete Console Line-Up and MMORPG Based on Robert Jordan’s Fantasy Series in the Works

Los Angeles, Calif. – November 12, 2008 –Red Eagle Games is bursting on to the digital-entertainment scene, launching its new Los Angeles based videogame publishing studio with the rights to one of the most popular and beloved fantasy epics of all times—Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time series.

A Wheel of Time feature-film production is planned with Red Eagle Entertainment’s executives Rick Selvage and Larry Mondragon as producers, and now Red Eagle is unveiling plans to bring Jordan’s fantasy universe to life via two distinct lines of interactive entertainment.

A line of stand-alone Wheel of Time games is planned for release on all major videogame platforms, including consoles, personal computers, handheld systems and wireless devices. In addition, Red Eagle will launch and operate a massively multiplayer online role-playing game encompassing the themes, characters and world of the Wheel of Time novels.

The rich details of Jordan’s meticulously crafted series have captivated readers since 1990, when The Eye of the World, the first book in the series, was published. Eleven additional books, including one prequel, have since been added to the series and have consistently appeared on the New York Times Bestseller List with the last four of his novels in the series debuting at No. 1. Jordan passed away in 2007 at the age of 58, but a final book, A Memory of Light, will be finished by fantasy writer Brandon Sanderson using notes and a partial draft left with Jordan’s wife and editor, Harriet Rigney, and is expected to be published in fall 2009 by Tor Books.

“I am confident in Red Eagle Games’ ability to capture the timeless appeal of The Wheel of Time story as they adapt its characters and themes into this new electronic medium,” Rigney said. “I expect fans of the series will be delighted by these new interactive additions to the Wheel of Time universe.”

Jordan’s wildly popular books have been translated into 24 languages, and have sold about 44 million copies worldwide. In addition, the series has a vast global on-line community of tens of thousands of dedicated fan Web sites.

“There are few properties as well-loved and influential as Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series,” said Rick Selvage, chairman and president of Red Eagle Entertainment. “The Wheel of Time books have captured the imagination of millions of readers around the world, and we expect our interactive recreations of Jordan’s complex universe to garner a similar level of devotion and enthusiasm.”
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An EA game..... :?
 
I hope that don't bastardize it, but hope only goes so far.
 
I read these books when I was younger and they're fond childhood memories so to speak. obviously I never finished the series but I'm hoping to do that someday. wouldn't mind a new game since the old one seems to suck pretty hard, but I'm not sure I like the idea of a movie that much.
 
TorontRayne said:
I hope that don't bastardize it, but hope only goes so far.
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You hope they don't bastardize the most convoluted, ridiculously long and boring fantasy series in the history of man?

I hope at least the game series will get to some sort of ending before the 12th game, and the games aren't filled with 3-page descriptions of moss growing.
 
I agree with Sander, what's there to ruin? It's mediocre source material of a hopeless series of pointless fantasy.

Wheel of Time blows the big one.
 
Yea, no thanks. I'm curious to see how they'll compress the 1200 pages of nothing in the later books into some sort of game. Or maybe they mean "generic fantasy game with a licensed title to sell more"
 
I can understand how they will do an MMO. Lord of the Rings Shadows of Angmar pulls it off quite nicely. That game is completely catered to the lore whores.

Just over time they will release expansions that add areas from the books.
 
Sander said:
TorontRayne said:
I hope that don't bastardize it, but hope only goes so far.
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You hope they don't bastardize the most convoluted, ridiculously long and boring fantasy series in the history of man?

I hope at least the game series will get to some sort of ending before the 12th game, and the games aren't filled with 3-page descriptions of moss growing.
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While I agree it is a bit long a pointless I really want to see a new fantasy epic. I have only read the first book and it was ok, so I guess I'm not exactly a expert when it comes to the Wheel of Time.
I found LOTR to have the same issues that you describe. Walking,eating,and overly descriptive details about the grass and tress.
 
There was a crappy FPS a few years back, I recall. I'm not a big MMO fan though, so I don't really care.
 
TorontRayne said:
While I agree it is a bit long a pointless I really want to see a new fantasy epic. I have only read the first book and it was ok, so I guess I'm not exactly a expert when it comes to the Wheel of Time.
I found LOTR to have the same issues that you describe. Walking,eating,and overly descriptive details about the grass and tress.
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The first book is decent albeit pretty standard. It goes downhill a lot from there.

And yes, LotR suffers from the same problems, but it's almost as if Robert Jordan set out to create a series just to outdo LotR in that respect.
 
Brother None said:
I agree with Sander, what's there to ruin? It's mediocre source material of a hopeless series of pointless fantasy.

Wheel of Time blows the big one.
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Agreed. Too much purple prose, too much filler, not enough substance. I think I read 4 of the books, and by read I mean i skipped every 5 pages of no dialogue.
 
Yeah, in my opinion the series contained something like 40% decent stuff (mostly about Rand) and 60% filler. It even outlived Jordan, as he died in late 2007 or so. Hopefully, the last book(s) can be made more compact and readable.
 
yes, there's definitely too much filler in there. that's the reason I stopped reading. but the core story and characters and nice and I have fond memories of reading the books. might be different if I read them again now however.

that's why I think they could create a pretty good gaming world though - they have a lot to build on and don't exactly need to come up with stupid ideas themselves.
 
TorontRayne said:
I found LOTR to have the same issues that you describe. Walking,eating,and overly descriptive details about the grass and tress.
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The difference being Jordan's grasp of the English language compares to that of Tolkien, and T isn't that great of a prosaic writer either.
 
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