November 12, 2008
Red Eagle Games Announces Wheel
of Time Games
Complete Console Line-Up and
MMORPG Based on Robert Jordan’s Fantasy Series in the Works
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."
