Iwot Studios introduced lately that it has launched its personal sport growth studio, referred to as Iwot Video games. The brand new studio is helmed by Craig Alexander, previously the VP of product growth at Warner Bros. Video games. Its first undertaking is an open-world RPG based mostly on The Wheel of Time sequence authored by Robert Jordan, with an eye fixed in direction of a multi-platform technique based mostly across the mental property.
Based on Iwot, the brand new sport will construct on the success of The Wheel of Time Amazon Prime present by delivering extra of the sequence’ world and lore to its neighborhood of followers. Iwot is concerned with the manufacturing of the prime present. Alexander plans to start growth by establishing a headquarters in Montreal with plans to construct the management group out within the coming months.
Alexander stated in an announcement, “Adapting such a legendary mythology into an open-world RPG is a uncommon and bold problem. It takes imaginative and prescient, scale, and a vibrant inventive setting — all of which Montreal gives. I’m thrilled to steer the hassle and construct a world-class group able to honoring this beloved world.”
This isn’t the primary time Iwot — or Crimson Eagle Leisure, because it was previously recognized — revealed its intentions to make video games based mostly on Jordan’s world. Again in 2008, Crimson Eagle introduced its intention to adapt the sequence into video games and movies, although a deliberate collaboration with Obsidian by no means appeared to go wherever.
Rick Selvage, Iwot Studios CEO, stated in an announcement, “Growing a sport worthy of The Wheel of Time model required the fitting second, the fitting chief, and the fitting location. Craig brings the management, imaginative and prescient, and expertise we want, and Montreal provides the inventive expertise to convey this to life. We’re assured this group will ship one thing actually particular for the followers.”
