Epic secures Fighting Fantasy IP for iOS contest

Epic Games has announced that it has secured the rights to the Fighting Fantasy series for its Unreal Engine-powered iOS development contest, Make Something Unreal.
The deal means that games made by the four teams selected to take part in Make Something Unreal Live, a game jam to be held at the Gadget Show Live 2012 in April, will be based on the beloved series of role-playing books created by Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson, specifically The Warlock Of Firetop Mountain, The Citadel Of Chaos, Deathtrap Dungeon, and Armies Of Death. All four games will be released on the iOS App Store.
Ian Livingstone said: "Steve Jackson and I are delighted to see our Fighting Fantasy books being developed as iOS games by new teams of talented and enthusiastic students. It will be really interesting to see how our IP will be captured and interpreted for the iOS platform.
"The evolving game industry is constantly on the lookout for design innovation and new ways of playing. I am really looking forward to playing one of my books as a game."
The four finalists were selected last November following a game jam at the University Of Bedfordshire. The teams are working under the stewardship of mentors from Deep Red Studios, Mediatonic, Appcrowd, and Epic Games.
Make Something Unreal Live, co-sponsored by Train2Game, takes place during The Gadget Show Live 2012, which runs from April 10 to 15 at the Birmingham NEC.

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