Wheel of Time is getting a new AAA open-world RPG adaptation

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Wheel of Time is getting a new AAA open-world RPG adaptation

Wheel of Time is getting a new video game adaptation, but it's still a long ways off.

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Wheel of Time is getting a new video game adaptation. The popular fantasy book series has already seen an imagining for the small screen with an Amazon Prime Video series that is currently airing its third season. Now iwot Studios, which has a hand in creating the Amazon show, is launching a new game studio to create a AAA open-world RPG set in the same fictional universe.

iwot brought in Craig Alexander to helm its new video game studio. Alexander has held management and leadership roles at game operations including Warner Bros. Entertainment, Activision, EA and Sierra On-Line. According to Variety, the studio is projecting a three-year development for the game, which seems pretty ambitious considering the it's still hiring team leads. iwot is also behind a planned live action movie as well as an animated feature film set within the same world as Wheel of Time. According to iwot Studios CEO Rick Selvage, the company will have "a lot of continuity in regards to how we approach our transmedia strategy" across the different projects.


This isn't the first time Robert Jordan's books have been source material for a game. Legend Entertainment released a first-person shooter based on Wheel of Time in 1999, and it's still available to play on modern hardware thanks to the preservation efforts at GOG.

 

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So 2032 if it doesn’t get cancelled

 

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They are all over the place.

New ‘Wheel of Time’ Animated Series, Feature Films and Video Game in the Works From ‘Arcane,’ ‘League of Legends’ Producer Thomas Vu (EXCLUSIVE)

A slew of new projects based on Robert Jordan's "The Wheel of Time" fantasy novels are in the works from IP owner iwot Studios and "Arcane"

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New ‘Wheel of Time’ Animated Series, Feature Films and Video Game in the Works From ‘Arcane,’ ‘League of Legends’ Producer Thomas Vu​

A slew of new projects based on Robert Jordan’s “The Wheel of Time” fantasy novels are in the works from IP owner iwot Studios and “Arcane” producer and Riot Games’ “League of Legends” vet Thomas Vu.

Under a new production partnership between iwot and Vu and Anthony Borquez’s media company, Initiate Entertainment, the pair will collaborate with iwot Studios CEO Rick Selvage and chief operating officer Larry Mondragon (both producers on Amazon’s now-ended “The Wheel of Time” live-action TV series) to develop and produce a new video game, animated feature films and a new animated television series based on “The Wheel of Time.”

Vu’s new “Wheel of Time” PC/mobile video game, and film and TV series projects, which do not yet have attached streamers or distributors, are “aimed at broadening the franchise’s reach across platforms and engaging fans worldwide.”

wot confirmed to Variety these projects from Vu are “distinct” from and in addition to the previously announced forthcoming “Wheel of Time” films, including 3D feature “The White Tower” and director Kari Skogland’s live-action movie “Age of Legends,” and the open-world AAA RPG video games iwot studios currently has in development at iwot Games Montréal.

These new projects, which come on the heels of iwot Studios’ recently announced joint venture platform with Framestore, mark the latest pieces in iwot’s long-term transmedia strategy for “The Wheel of Time” following the live-action TV series’ cancellation at Amazon last May.

Previously head of creative and IP franchise at “League of Legends” maker Riot Games, Vu is best known for shaping the massively popular online video game, which boasts more than 100 million monthly active players, and a franchise spanning esports, music, games and television. Vu was also an executive producer on Netflix’s “Arcane,” a critically acclaimed animated series adaptation of the video game.

Borquez is the founder of Grab Games and co-founder of Grab Labs, an AI development company focused on the video game and entertainment industry through interactive storytelling and immersive experiences. Borquez co-founded the University of Southern California School of Engineering’s video game programs.

“I see tremendous opportunity in expanding ‘The Wheel of Time’ into fully authentic, integrated, interactive, and animated storytelling experiences,” Vu said. “The depth of the mythology provides a foundation for sustained, multi-platform franchise growth.”

“Thomas has consistently demonstrated the ability to scale narrative worlds into global entertainment franchises,” iwot studios CEO Rick Selvage said. “His background at the intersection of storytelling, technology, and franchise architecture makes him uniquely suited to help expand ‘The Wheel of Time’ in new immersive formats. We look forward to working closely with Thomas and Anthony as we bring the next chapter of ‘The Wheel of Time’ to audiences around the world.”