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EA to distribute Red Eagle's 'The Wheel of Time' adaptations
While we're still not getting our hopes up, Red Eagle's The Wheel of Time games now have a distributor in the form of Electronic Arts. We wish we could tell you more, but that's literally the only new info we have since we first heard about the adaptations back in November. In case you missed it the first time: Upstart developer Red Eagle Games, an off-shoot of WoT film production studio Red Eagle Entertainment, is planning to release tie-in games for all consoles, computers, handhelds and wireless devices ... and it's going to launch and operate an MMO based on the series. Excited? Yeah, us neither.
Red Eagle Games to develop The Wheel of Time MMO
Red Eagle Games is a relative newcomer to video game publishing, but their first MMO will be based off of a well-established IP -- Robert Jordan's "The Wheel of Time" series of novels, which are a blend of fantasy and eastern mysticism. Although Jordan passed away in 2007, he left behind 11 novels and a deep imaginative legacy that could prove to be a popular setting in the MMO world. Rick Selvage and Larry Mondragon from Red Eagle Entertainment, which has spun off Red Eagle Games, recently spoke with VentureBeat's Dean Takahashi about their plans to bring The Wheel of Time into the realms of film and games. Film tie-ins with The Wheel of Time IP have already been funded, they're still in the process of raising funds for Red Eagle Games, according to Selvage. "That could prove to be difficult, but he said he has already received an enthusiastic reaction, largely because the rights to the series are considered so valuable," Takahashi writes. Funding issues aside, whether or not Red Eagle Games can break free of the stigma connected with games released in tandem with films isn't clear yet. "Selvage said he is aware of the risks and he believes that most games based on movies fail because they are made in too short a time and there isn't enough cooperation with the movie studio," Takahashi adds. Are you familiar with The Wheel of Time series of novels, and do you think the setting and lore would lend itself well to a massively multiplayer online title?
