Orson Scott Card and Chair Entertainment (the developers behind Undertow) just announced today that they're collaborating on a project to bring sci-fi novel Ender's Game into the video game world. Geeky fun!Newsweek's N'Gai Croal confirmed that Chair Entertainment will begin developing Ender's Game sometime later this year and that the gameplay will not be focused on the entire novel, but instead will be more focused on the Battle Room. Croal also confirmed that Chair will be developing the game as a digital distribution title for release on services like the Xbox Live Arcade. A fully geeked out press release can be read after the break.
[Via Game Stooge]
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1-29-2008 @ 12:56PM
xenocidic said...
o...m...g... !
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1-29-2008 @ 12:56PM
xenocidic said...
always remember:
The enemy's gate is down!
1-29-2008 @ 12:59PM
jimy said...
That's just badass.
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1-29-2008 @ 1:04PM
mrhammerstein said...
this might be the first XBLA game i'm excited for.
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1-29-2008 @ 1:10PM
livinonnosleep said...
i've heard of the book but never actually read it, hopefully the game will be better. I was woefully disappointed with undertow
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1-29-2008 @ 1:20PM
xenocidic said...
my god, get the book soonest !
1-29-2008 @ 1:38PM
Larry said...
I wonder what type of game they will go with.
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1-29-2008 @ 1:48PM
BowserUSC said...
I've always wanted to try the battle room. Favorite book of all time.
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1-29-2008 @ 2:09PM
Jerrod said...
Oh boy. This could be really great.
How on earth has there never been an Ender's Game game?
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1-29-2008 @ 2:14PM
TurboFool said...
Thank god it's not being done by those buggers, Majesco. Now maybe the game will have a shot at not sucking.
Ho Ender!
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1-29-2008 @ 3:32PM
Royale said...
buggers... lol.
1-29-2008 @ 3:33PM
Royale said...
buggers... lol.
1-29-2008 @ 2:16PM
DemonGSides said...
Guarantee, since there isn't gravity, it'll be a reskinned undertow with a new ability to freeze teammates into barriers.
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1-29-2008 @ 2:21PM
Techno-Kid said...
For anyone that might be interested in trying a game similar to the space battles Ender and his friends play near the end of the book you should check out the Homeworld games on the PC. Sadly there aren't any for the 360 and it seems development on the series has stopped so there probably won't ever be.
It will be interesting to see if Chair can make the battles fun and exciting while maintaining the level of strategy described in the books (Ender's Shadow offers a slightly different perspective of some of the same battles). I hope it offers full zero-g movement and such.
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1-29-2008 @ 2:57PM
g-fro said...
Kinda weird, I'm literally in the middle of reading this book for the first time. Its an awesome book so far though.
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1-29-2008 @ 3:27PM
endersgame said...
I loved the book. I finished it in one weekend of nonstop reading. I cant wait for the game. Hope its just as awesome as the book. (keeping fingers crossed)
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1-29-2008 @ 3:54PM
CalabreZ said...
I remember reading this book when I was thirteen and I was enthralled. Honestly though, I think the main draw to the book are certain elements that cannot make it through in a game. If the game is just gonna be about the Battle Room why bother basing it on Ender's Game? I dunno, they're going to have to handle this license properly for me to be even remotely interested.
Any Ender's Game fans agree with me?
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1-29-2008 @ 4:43PM
xenocidic said...
I have some reservations about this too but what would they really base it on otherwise
1-29-2008 @ 7:24PM
Dr Rumble said...
Hell yeah, son!
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1-29-2008 @ 8:17PM
Peff said...
best book ive ever read. ever. ive always wanted to fight in the battle room. that would be interesting to make a full scale retail rpg game on the entire novel. mmm...
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