News From Gen Con: White Wolf To End World Of Darkness
After 12 years of buildup, White Wolf Publishing is bringing its award-winning World of Darkness to a climactic end in an unprecedented series of game supplements and tie-in novels. This is the Time of Judgment.At a special announcement held as part of the Gen Con Game Fair in Indianapolis, IN, White Wolf Publishing brought the exciting and cataclysmic news to its fans and the entertainment community at large. Over the first three months of 2004, the Time of Judgment will unfold and bring a finale to the entire World of Darkness and its trademark games -- Vampire: The Masquerade, Werewolf: The Apocalypse, Mage: The Ascension, Hunter: The Reckoning, Demon: The Fallen, Changeling: The Dreaming, Mummy: The Resurrection, and Kindred of the East. Four hardcover game supplements will allow World of Darkness players and Storytellers to tell their own tales of the Time of Judgment. These books will be accompanied by three tie-in novels and special releases for both Mind's Eye Theatre (White Wolf's popular live-action roleplaying game) and Vampire: The Eternal Struggle (White Wolf's collectible trading-card game).
"We've been building to this point for years," said Justin Achilli, Intellectual Property Manager for Vampire: The Masquerade. "It's time to put up or shut up." Indeed, even the very first edition of Vampire, released to acclaim in 1991, included prophecies of Gehenna, the vampires' version of Armageddon. In 1998, that . . .
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Article publication date: July 28, 2003
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