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You Are Hearing Me Talk….About DISNEY INFINITY & STAR WARS

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So Disney Infinity 3.0 has been out for a couple of weeks now, and the Star Wars prequel-era Twilight of the Republic playset I worked on has been joined by the Rise of the Empire playset from the ‘classic’ trilogy, with another release coming at Christmas to synch up with The Force Awakens – and m’colleague Adam Rosser at BBC Radio 5 Live had me on his show Game On this week to discuss the toys-to-life genre, Star Wars and more…


You can stream the show or download it as a podcast right Here.

DEUS EX & DARK FUTURE interviews

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Recently I chatted to the Game Debate website about a couple of futuristic game projects I’ve been working on – Deus Ex: Mankind Divided and Dark Future: Blood Red States – and they’ve now posted both parts of an interview with me over on their website.

Part one, where I enthuse about Deus Ex and drop some hints about my tie-in novel Black Light, can be found Here.

Part two, in which I speak about the concepts and intentions for Blood Red States, can be found Here.

You Are Hearing Me Talk…to Forge The Narrative

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Once more, Chris and Paul from the Forge The Narrative podcast have had me on their show to talk about stuff…
 


While FtN is primarily a Warhammer 40,000-themed podcast, they also do episodes that “take a deep dive into nerdom” – and this is one of them! In this edition, I’m discussing the work I did on the Disney Infinity 3.0 video game, specifically the Star Wars Twilight of the Republic playset…and I drop a few hints about some of my other upcoming projects as well.

To visit Forge the Narrative‘s website and listen to the show, click Here. (The interview starts at the 26.33 minute mark)

 
 

DEUS EX: MANKIND DIVIDED arrives February 2016

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Start the clock – Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, the next blockbuster game in the Deus Ex saga, will be arriving on PC, XBox One and Playstation 4 platforms on February 23rd 2016.
 


The 23rd is going to be a busy date for me – I have a new novel coming out that day too! Keep an eye on the official Deus Ex website (and this blog!) in the months ahead as the launch date approaches; I’ll be talking more about my work on the game in the near future….

You are seeing me talk… To SBOC

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This week sees the release of Disney Infinity 3.0, along with a whole bunch of Star Wars themed materials – including the Twilight of the Republic playset, Clone Wars and Rebels figures I worked on as scriptwriter.

Reviews are looking good – the gamer community is liking what we’ve done – and I’ve been able to talk a little bit about the game (and also the other big project I’m working on, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided) with the gang from the SBOC video podcast.

 

 Check out episode #6 of SBOC‘s Weekly Show and find me from the 26.32 mark…

DISNEY INFINITY 3.0 – STAR WARS is out this month!

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A Galaxy Far Far Away is finally coming to the worlds of Disney Infinity with the release of the 3.0 version of the game at the end of the month, and I’m pleased to say that the launch playset is Star Wars: Twilight of the Republic, which I worked on with the top folks at Lucasfilm and game developers Ninja Theory and Disney Intertactive. Check out our trailer!
 
 

 

 We’ve created a cool action-adventure in the style of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated series – in the trailer above you’ll see Cat Taber, Sam Witwer and Matt Lanter reprising their roles as Padme Amidala, Darth Maul and Anakin Skywalker, and they’re joined by the rest of the Clone Wars cast in the game.

Of all the fictional worlds I’ve enjoyed and wanted to tell a story in, Star Wars is one that’s always eluded me – but now that’s changed! Writing the storyline and script for Twilight of the Republic (as well as character scripts for all the prequel trilogy figures and Star Wars: Rebels figures too) has been a great experience – and it’s just the start…