The most memorable moment from Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game novel is easily the zero gravity training that the child genius must endure. But how in the hell will the movie version include this? We asked producer Roberto Orci. More »
We haven’t heard much about the Ender’s Game game since March. Now we get to hear more about it, including author Orson Scott Card’s hope and dreams and pinwheel schemes.
Bear with the first bit of this interview so you can get to the juicy bit, which talks about Chair Entertainment’s next big thing: Empire. They decided to kick off their franchise by commissioning a book, Empire, written by Orson Scott Card. That was then licensed to Warner Bros for a film and now they’re going to make it a game. The first Empire game will be downloadable as a “total next-gen side-scroller.” The game should hit this year.
The interview wraps up with some talk about the Ender’s Game… game, which will focus completely on the battle room. Chair’s goal is to make it as authentic as possible, though it will likely be a downloadable game. I’m not sure if that’s a good thing or a bad one.
Undertow developer Chair Entertainment has secured the rights to create video games based on Orson Scott Card’s science fiction classic, Ender’s Game. This really comes as no surprise, seeing as the Chair team of Donald and Geremy Mustard have already worked with Card on the script for unfortunate Xbox failure Advent Rising as well as the original sci-fi IP Empire, which is currently getting the movie treatment via producer Joel Silver. “From the moment I started working with Donald Mustard and his team at Chair, I knew that these were the guys I wanted to do the first Ender’s Game video game,” said Card. “It’s not enough to slap the Ender’s Game name on just any game – it has to be exciting, memorable, and endlessly replayable. Chair shares my understanding of this and I am looking forward to working with them to ensure the game is as authentically Enderish as possible.”
