John Carter: Warlord of Mars – Historic Sci-fi Legend to make Gaming Debut
4 min readHistoric Sci-fi Legend to make gaming debut, in John Carter: Warlord of Mars. Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Classic Character Brought to Life in a Kickstarter campaign starting 19th April.
Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., today announces they are working with FNCPR to develop and publish the Video Game entitled John Carter: Warlord of Mars. Through this cooperation, the grandfather of science fiction meets state-of-the-art gaming technology in an all-action, first-person adventure video game, bringing the world’s oldest interplanetary warrior to life across PC and Console platforms.
John Carter is the planet-hopping hero that was conceived over 100 years ago by genre-defining writer, Burroughs. As well as being the central character in 11 novels since 1912, he has featured in various comic book incarnations, table-top games and a feature film, spanning several decades. Carter’s adventures have left a lasting cultural legacy, inspiring writers and scientists like Ray Bradbury, Jerry Siegal and Carl Sagan. He also profoundly influenced series like Flash Gordon and blockbusters like George Lucas’ Star Wars and James Cameron’s Avatar. Gamers now have the opportunity to immerse themselves in Burroughs’ epic fantasy world.
The Creative work on the game is well underway, and Tanglewood Games have been appointed by FNCPR as the lead developer for the project.
The voice cast includes two BAFTA winners. David Elliott takes the lead role of Carter, Brian Bovell as Tars Tarkas, and Kezia Burrows playing the Princess of Mars, Dejah Thoris.
Starting in 1945 at the end of WWII, the gameplay will centre on the soldier John Carter, working on a mission to find Hitler’s secret projects general, Hans Kammler. Kammler is experimenting with a new technology that ultimately transports John Carter to Mars, known to its inhabitants as ‘Barsoom‘.
This echoes the dimension-shifting narrative of the original novels and comics, in which the American Civil War veteran dramatically found himself transcending worlds and fighting for the inhabitants of Mars.
James Sullos, President of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., said:
Frazer Nash, from FNCPR, who are publishing the game, said:
The Creative work on the game is well underway and, Tanglewood Games, a dedicated team of Unreal experts, have been appointed by FNCPR as the lead developer for the project. The next step in the process will be launching a Kickstarter crowdfunding initiative to fund the next stage of development. This will be launched on 19th April 2021. To find out more, sign up today on the official website: Jonh Carter: Warlord of Mars or official Social Medial pages: Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
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I was actually interested until I read “Starting in 1945 at the end of WWII”… Why change the freaking time period of the original to WWII ?
Because Nazis, I guess. Everybody seems to love using Nazis as video game villains.
As if the John Carter series didn’t already have plenty of villains to work with.
That and