{"id":30300,"date":"2013-07-08T10:45:34","date_gmt":"2013-07-08T15:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=30300"},"modified":"2013-07-08T10:45:34","modified_gmt":"2013-07-08T15:15:34","slug":"splinters-of-ares-everquest-i-and-medal-of-honor-makers-seek-funding-video-game-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=30300","title":{"rendered":"Splinters of Ares – Everquest I and Medal of Honor Makers Seek Funding – VIDEO GAME NEWS"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Splinters of Ares<\/em>\u00a0is a transmedia project that involves an MMO and a\u00a0series\u00a0<\/a>[DA1]\u00a0of feature films in a shared universe where the actions of players will drive the evolving storyline.\u00a0 Bulltiger Productions launched a crowdfunding campaign for the project at funding.splintersofares.com.[DA2]<\/p>\n

The team of industry veterans behind\u00a0Splinters of Ares<\/em>\u00a0have more than 50 films and games to their credits including\u00a0Everquest I\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0II, Medal of Honor, Guild Wars, Star Wars Tie Fighter, The Sims, Need for Speed, The Shawshank Redemption, The Crow, Crimson Tide, Apollo 13<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0The DaVinci Code<\/em>. The team is looking to raise $1 million to fund a playable demo and trailer of the gritty new film.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe began the process by assembling a really killer team and securing distribution, something that indie game developers sometimes wait until after all funds kick in to do,\u201d says Stephen Brent, founder and Creative Director, Bulltiger Productions. \u201cThe entire project is based around finding ways to put control in the hands of the players and to get players completely immersed in the game. We\u2019re using the film and other media as a way to really explore the stories and NPCs in the game.\u201d<\/p>\n

The team is focused on creating a story and IP with both the game and film in mind from day one.<\/a>[DA3]<\/p>\n

\u201cFilms based on games or games based on films are always afterthoughts. We\u2019re developing an entirely new franchise, something completely original, and there\u2019s something really scary about that to the Hollywood old guard,\u201d adds founding partner and Chief Writer, Adam Rodriguez.<\/p>\n

The MMO, in addition to incorporating elements of the film, includes a number of patented new technologies. The Morphic World engine allows in-game player choices to affect the way the world works in major ways. \u00a0Players will be able to kill off major NPCs, build player-controlled dungeons and even destroy entire areas for questing in the game.\u00a0<\/a>[DA4]<\/p>\n

In return for their pledge, players can provide voice-over talent for the game, secure mountaintop fortresses, or visit the set for one of the transmedia shoots, among others.<\/p>\n

Splinters of Ares<\/em>\u00a0is set to be a major turning point in the way stories are told and games are made.<\/p>\n

To pledge, visit funding.splintersofares.com.<\/p>\n

For more details on the game, visit splintersofares.com<\/p>\n

Follow on Twitter: @bulltigeraustin<\/p>\n

Facebook:\u00a0www.facebook.com\/SplintersofAres<\/a><\/p>\n

Media Enquiries to:
\nSue Bohle, The Bohle Company,\u00a0sue@bohle.com<\/a>\u00a0310.785.0515 x223
\nKate Meehan, Bulltiger Productions,\u00a0kate@bulltigerproductions.com<\/a>512.666.7441<\/p>\n

About Bulltiger Productions:
\nBulltiger is a transmedia company interested in telling the kind of stories they like to read. Their team includes the developers of Everquest I and II, Tie Fighter, DDO Stormreach, Guildwars, The Sims, Need for Speed and others, alongside veterans of a number of different industries. They\u2019re pretty convinced that, between the veterans and visionaries, they\u2019ve constructed a superteam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Splinters of Ares\u00a0is a transmedia project that involves an MMO and a\u00a0series\u00a0[DA1]\u00a0of feature films in a shared universe where the actions of players will drive the evolving storyline.\u00a0 Bulltiger Productions launched a crowdfunding campaign for the project at funding.splintersofares.com.[DA2] The team of industry veterans behind\u00a0Splinters of Ares\u00a0have more than 50 films and games to their […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30300"}],"version-history":[{"count":-4,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30300\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}