Yes, the Wheel of Time Game Is Real and (Hopefully) Happening

A few weeks ago, news broke the Wheel of Time franchise was being adapted into an open-world role-playing game from Iwot Studios, a subsidiary of the production company behind the show. If that sounds too good to be true, Iwot’s reaffirmed that this is no joke, and the studio hopes to bring the fantasy series back to the medium. Before this news, Iwot acquired the Wheel rights back in 2004 when it was Red Eagle Entertainment, but hadn’t done anything up to now. As such, there’s been a lot of skepticism online among Wheel fans, but Iwot co-founder Rick Selvage and game studio head Craig Alexander told IGN they’re seeing this project through. With the Prime Video show based on the Robert Jordan novels having just wrapped up its third season, Selvage said it felt like the “right time” to get a game off the ground. Alexander revealed they’re currently in the pre-production phase: they’re on the hunt for leadership, followed by a team to build out the prototype, then hope to hire a staff ... Read full article.