THQ Teams Up With Book Publisher To Make New IPs

[aashell13]

I don't know. I've read some videogame-to-book ports before, the one for ST:O, I forget the title, and a bunch of the Halo books, and they all came off as really average.

I guess I'm more interested in the reverse, taking an interesting book and making a game out of it. Sure, it'd be linear as all get out, no other way to do it, but that might not be such a bad thing.

I think it depends a great deal on the richness of the universe the game is set in.

I personally loved the warcraft books which ive read because they really seemed to add depth to the game rather than being a cheap cash in.

It does depend a great deal on the depth of the universe in question, but that's only the starting point. Star Trek is deep and expansive to the point of being downright unwieldy, and Halo's big at least, but I didn't think the book adaptation for either was well done.

We'll see how it turns out. I like a good book, particularly since the paperback versions are usually cheaper than a trip to the movies where I live. Somebody brought up the Mass Effect universe on another thread, there's a book adaptation I'd be curious to see.

 

[KO4U]

The Homefront novel was entertaining (blasted through that in a couple sittings).

I'd like to see some more attempts like this, after all, a part of the promise is NEW IP's.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

I don't see how THQ are going to get in on 40K books.

The Black Library has a huge catalogue of 40k property. I guess if they can squeze some money from sticking 'Dawn of War' in the title then kudos to them.

Oh God no. The Dawn of War books were fucking terrible. C.S Goto has a fetish for multilasers.

hahah, didn't even realise they did DoW books.

Am currently loving Caiphas Cain, Gaunts Ghosts and the Heresy series.


..the heresy series which ends with a compolation of short stories.. FUCK YOU GW! I READ THE WHOLE FUCKING SERIES WAITING FOR THE FINAL STORMING OF THE IMPERIAL PALACE AND THE FIGHT BETWEEN HORUS AND THE EMPOROR AND YOU FUCKING END WITH A SHITTY SHORT STORIES COLLECTION! FUUUUUUUUUCCK YOUUUUUUUU!!!

...as you can tell I'm not in favor of how they're planning on ending the horus Heresy series, but its still been a damn good read.

If they don't put Ollanius Pious back in the final confrontation, I'll be pissed. That dude was the biggest bamf in all of 40k.

I sir shall show my ignorance. Who is that?

All Im aware of is Emporor, Sanguinus and Horus in the confrontation.

At the end of the Horus Heresy, Sanguinus was slain by Horus, and the Emperor boarded Horus' vessel to end the war. After Horus had pushed the emperor to a standstill and landed a fatal wound, a lone imperial guardsman burst into the room, and stood between the emperor and Horus. He was killed instantly, but he stood up to a mother fucking god, giving the emperor time to strike down horus.

Bad. Ass.

Unfortunately, this brave bastard was written out of the scene and replaced with a Custodes warrior to make Horus look more powerful. Because Horus beating a super human instead of a lowly infantryman is so much more inspiring.

 

[The Random One]

I can't wait to read the Saints' Row novel.

'And then I punched him in the balls.'