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Mistborn Announced for Video Game Platforms
March 26, in the year of our Lord 2012 - Rancho
Santa Margarita, CA - Little Orbit revealed today that they will
be bringing bestselling author Brandon Sanderson's epic fantasy
series Mistborn to games late next year for PlayStation®3
computer entertainment system, the Xbox 360® video game and
entertainment system from Microsoft, Windows PC and Mac.
Mistborn is set in a dark world of ash, mist, and gothic fantasy
creatures, dominated by a seemingly immortal villain known as
the Lord Ruler. It also follows individuals who use a powerful
rule-based magic system known as Allomancy that allows them to
temporarily enhance their physical and mental abilities by
ingesting and "burning" flakes of metal. Those who have the
ability to burn a single metal are called Mistings, and those
who can burn all metals are known as Mistborn.
The upcoming RPG video game titled Mistborn: Birthright will
feature an original storyline created by Sanderson, set several
hundreds of years before the first Mistborn novel, and will
focus on a unique combat system that puts Allomancy into the
hands of gamers. Players will suit up as Fendin "Fiddle"
Fathvell, an arrogant young nobleman who must quickly master his
newfound Allomantic abilities before forces at work can destroy
his entire family.
"I'm a huge fan of the series, and I cannot wait to get this
into the hands of gamers," said Matthew Scott, CEO of Little
Orbit. "Between the distinctive magic system, the story twists
Brandon has planned for the game, and the rich depth of
character skills, we're creating something very unique for
players to enjoy."
Sanderson is no stranger to video games. He recently completed
story development on the Infinity Blade II video game including
the accompanying Infinity Blade: Awakening novella. In between
writing his popular Mistborn and Stormlight novels, he is also
finishing work on the final novel in Robert Jordan's Wheel of
Time series. Sanderson has been labeled "one of the most popular
new fantasy writers to emerge in the last ten years".
"As an avid gamer, I'm extremely excited by this opportunity,"
said Sanderson. "The chance to write the story for a Mistborn
game while working with a team of talented developers is, quite
literally, living a dream."
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