Video Gaming News - August 2005
New York, NY (August 25, 2005) - Tor Books announced today that it has
signed a licensing agreement with Microsoft Game Studios for the publishing
rights to three novels based on the world of Perfect Dark.
From Tor Books:
The first novel available in October, Perfect Dark: Initial Vector, sets up
the world of Agent Joanna Dark as gamers worldwide eagerly await the upcoming
release of Perfect Dark Zero, a videogame made exclusively for the Xbox 360. As
a key title in the Microsoft Game Studios lineup, Perfect Dark Zero is set to
showcase the raw power of the Xbox 360 and is already creating a frenzy of
anticipation among videogame fans of all ages.
“Tor’s mission is to provide great books that explore human innovation and our
ability to push the limits of technology. Perfect Dark Zero is on the cutting
edge of high fidelity interactive games and we think our relationship with
Microsoft Game Studios is a perfect match,” says Tom Doherty, President and
Publisher of Tor Books.
Perfect Dark Zero is a prequel to the international award-winning and
multi-million-selling first-person shooter Perfect Dark from famed game
developer Rare, Ltd. Players can choose between a story-driven single-player
campaign and various multiplayer options, including four-player split screen and
co-operative action, for infinite re-playability.
Set in the year 2020, three years before the original Perfect Dark, players of
Perfect Dark Zero assume the role of Agent Joanna Dark in a gripping story where
the action in this sci-fi thriller centers on espionage, conspiracy and a
mysterious global conflict.
“We wanted gamers to find out more about Joanna,” said the Perfect Dark team.
“What’s her background? Where did she come from? How does she turn into this
‘perfect’ agent?”
The novel, Perfect Dark: Initial Vector (available in trade paperback from Tor
at $12.95) will be the first in a line of three novels that will answer those
questions and take fans and newcomers alike deep into the Perfect Dark universe,
building on the game $B!G (Bs rich action and intrigue as readers enter into a
shadowy world of the near future. The novel will go on-sale October 4th and will
be authored by Greg Rucka, acclaimed thriller novelist and commonly considered
to be one of the "Big Three" writers at DC Comics.
“The team at Rare has done some amazing work on the Perfect Dark storyline. The
life of Joanna Dark is so rich and mysterious, it only seems natural to explore
it further in novels,“ says Tor Editor Eric Raab.
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