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03.26.12
Mistborn Bestselling Fantasy Writer Brandon Sanderson Talks Videogames

Publisher Little Orbit is bringing bestselling author Brandon Sanderson’s epic fantasy series Mistborn to the gaming world in 2013 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC and Mac. The upcoming role-playing game (RPG) 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. Sanderson, who penned the Infinity Blade novel and is working with Epic Games on that franchise, discusses his gaming background in this exclusive video interview below.

12.30.11
Modern Warfare 3 and Angry Birds Top Amazon’s Bestselling Products of 2011

Amazon experienced records sales with more than just its bestselling Kindle Fire, which sold over 4 million units in December alone. The online retailer has become the go-to Internet site for everything from technology to videogames, thanks to huge sales that expand beyond Black Friday. Activision and Rovio had great years with their Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Angry Birds games. Sledgehammer Games talks about MW3 in the exclusive video interview below.

11.24.11
Bestselling Author Brandon Sanderson Gets His Game on with Chair Entertainment’s Infinity Blade

SALT LAKE CITY –Epic Games’ Chair Entertainment is pushing the world of Infinity Blade beyond the Unreal Engine 3 game for Apple iPhone 4S and iPad tablets. The game developer has launched Infinity Blade: Awakening, a novella written by #1 New York Times bestselling fantasy author Brandon Sanderson (The Way of Kings, Mistborn, The Wheel of Time). The all-new literary adventure delves more deeply into the fantastical fiction of the Infinity Blade video games, to uncover a world of mystery and intrigue where magic and technology are indistinguishable, and even life and death are not what they seem. The Infinity Blade: Awakening novella is available now for $2.99 via the iBookstore. Sanderson talks about the new book and game in the exclusive video interview below.

09.01.10
Blizzard's StarCraft II Blasts Through 3 Million Sales Mark

Blizzard Entertainment’s StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty has sold over 3 million copies worldwide in the first month of its release, building on the game’s momentum as the bestselling PC game of 2010 and the fastest-selling real-time strategy game of all time.

02.09.10
Electronic Arts' The Sims Turn Ten

It was ten years ago that Will Wright unleashed The Sims on gamers in February 2000. What started out as an architectural project for the acclaimed game creator exploded into the bestselling game franchise of all time. The EA Play Label of Electronic Arts has produced three core games – The Sims, The Sims 2, and The Sims 3 – supported by dozens of expansion and stuff packs with lifetime unit sales eclipsing 125 million worldwide. As the bestselling PC game in nearly every major videogame market worldwide, The Sims has continuously reset the bar over the past decade delivering new content, gameplay elements, platform support, and partnerships that resonate with its global fan base in meaningful ways and take the play experience to new levels of fun and entertainment.