RPG by McFarlane, Salvatore Confirmed for 2011
An open-world RPG by R.A. Salvatore, Todd McFarlane and Ken Rolston is heading to the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
EA and 38 Studios announced today that the upcoming open-world RPG Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning will arrive on the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in Fall 2011.
According to EA, the virtual world was created by New York Times best-selling fantasy author R.A. Salvatore and brought to life in a visual sense by renowned artist Todd McFarlane (Spawn, Web of Spider-Man). To round out the development package, Ken Rolston of Big Huge Games, lead designer of Bethesda's Elder Scrolls III and IV, is heading the project.
While KoA:R sounds like it would be an awesome MMORPG, aparently gamers will only receive the single-player campaign treatment.
"In Reckoning, we started with Bob and Todd's exceptional Kingdoms of Amalur game setting and imagery," said Ken Rolston, Lead Designer at Big Huge Games, a subsidiary of 38 Studios. "On that foundation we built the open-world exploration, vast narrative and character customization fans expect from the best RPGs. And we've added something new that we've always wanted from the genre -- a fast-paced, graphically stimulating action combat experience with fluid control and immersive, discoverable gameplay fans haven't seen before in other fantasy RPGs."
EA and 38 Studios didn't offer any additional details on the upcoming RPG, saying only that Amalur is "a magical world, filled with strange landscapes, exotic cities, colorful characters and terrifying creatures," and that players will set out on a heroic journey to unlock the world's mysteries. More is expected to be revealed Thursday at Comic-Con along with a cinematic video launching on the website around the same time.
- EA,
- rpg ,
- roll-playing ,
- mmo
- Samsung Unveils 1TB Drive for Notebooks
- AMD Moves Up New CPU, Graphics Chips for 2010
- MSFT Patents Dual, Wired and Wireless Controller
- Welcome Back to Alice's Mad World
- EA Confirms Sci-Fi Action/RPG Darkspore
- Kingston Digital Announces SSD Video Contest
- Deals for July 20: 27'' Dell UltraSharp LCD $899
- Be A Hero: Sign Up to DC Universe Online Beta
- Crytek: Crysis 2 Will Have Best Game AI Ever
- Intel Processor Price Cuts for July 2010
- Windows vs. Ubuntu: Dell's New Confusing Take
- HP Accidentally Posts Windows 7 Slate on Website
- Verizon R2-D2: The Droid You've Been Looking For
- Apple Reveals Q3 Revenue; Still Swimming in $$$
- Alienware Brings LAN Party Hummer to Comic Con
- Intel to Settle With FTC (Upd: But Not This Week!)
- Can World of Warcraft Boost Your Career?
- Deals for July 22: Pre-order Starcraft II at $44.99
Let's hope they can think up a better name, but aside from that I'm a little intrigued. Then again, i haven't been that interested in McFarlane work since his Where the Wild Things Are toys a few years back.
hype
"While KoA:R sounds like it would be yet another crappy MMORPG, luckily gamers will be treated to a focused and carefully crafted single-player campaign."
FTFY.
Mmm I miss Todd McFarlane.
HOLY SH17! My Favorite author is going to make a game.
Salvatore and McFarlane, mixed with the awesome of a lead dev from Elder Scrolls?
Preorders?
Wow, this group should make an interesting story and game world. Very interested in seeing how this turns out.
"While KoA:R sounds like it would be yet another crappy MMORPG, luckily gamers will be treated to a focused and carefully crafted single-player campaign."FTFY.
Thank god I'm not the only one who thought that.
I'll certainly keep an eye out for this game but frankly comments such as
I'm personally old-school in that I prefer my RPGs turn-based and tactical.
Did anyone else notice "roll playing" in the URL? I hope we all know the differences between roll and role ^^... unless we're talking about, you know, classic DnD style dice "rolls" here.
Actually when i read McFarlane, I thought about Seth McFarlane!!
Fantastic! I am SO interested.... one of my absolute favorite authors.
Reading "The Pirate King" right now.
Be glad this isn't a MMO. If you think the Drizzt craze in other MMO's is bad, think of the levels it would reach in a game actually created by Salvatore.
R.A.Salvatore is one of my all time favorite authors, and I'm really looking forward to what he can bring to the story. Alas, Drizzt may yet get a game about him, that would be awesome.
Single player! Yes! Who wants another MMO anyway? Market is saturated already.
Always thought R. A. Salvatore was very "meh." Good to see Todd McFarlane doing work again, though.
I may very well like this one, as long as it doesn't require too much hand-eye coordination and is a click-fest. Will wait for more details.
Single player! Woohoo!! I'm getting so tired of all this MMOG hype.
Mmm I miss Todd McFarlane.
You know he's part of the creative team behind Haunt, right?
You should be able to tell anyway because the story involves shape-shifting superpowers and a guy that looks like Spiderman. McFarlane just can't seem to let go of that stuff.
I am only playing if I can be Drizzt Durden hand drawn by McFarlane. Incredible Hulk #340 FTW, yes I own it!
@kalogagatya: As did I! Imagine a `Family Guy` RPG ¬_¬
I hope this game plays like the Elder Scrolls. I love that first person RPG style
Can we call it "The Elder Scrolls: Diablo" then? Though I'm sure it'll be better than a simple combination of the two with the promise of a good story...
Nice group.
Could be pretty cool, like Elder Scrolls with Force-unleashed-like combat maybe? We'll see in a year or so....
Chrono trigger was made by a "dream team" and it turned great. lets hop that this one is half as good,
Elder scrolls experience with good art/animation? Sign me up.
I love all TES games but am really excited to see if McFarlane and crew can step it up in terms of animations. Fallout3 was there best yet in that regards but with things like Assasins Creed where everything is so fluid I just can't get over what TES could be.
Single player! Yes! Who wants another MMO anyway? Market is saturated already.
The world will also have an MMO version out. Much like World of Warcraft being based off the Warcraft lore.
Never read any Salvatore. I've read dozens of fantasy novels (currently reading the Malazan series). I'll have to check out his books, anybody have a recommendation on which one to read first?
OMG OMG OMG... one of my favorite authors and my favorite comic book artist are collaborating on a video game, my favorite way to waste time.
Have I died and gone to heaven? I don't think the stars have ever aligned so perfectly for me. And I'm married to a wonderful woman.
I'm going to be watching this one VERY closely.
Now we just need Hollywood to make a Drizzt movie and a 7 part Incarnations of Immortality movie franchise and I can die a happy man.
Never read any Salvatore. I've read dozens of fantasy novels (currently reading the Malazan series). I'll have to check out his books, anybody have a recommendation on which one to read first?
Start with the Dark Elf Trilogy