Prima Games to Publish Series of Comic Books Based on Perfect Dark Zero Video Game; Comic Series Will Preview in Prima's Official Guide to Perfect Dark Zero in November.ROSEVILLE, Calif. -- Prima Games Prima Games, a division of Random House, is the largest publishing company of video game strategy guides in the United States.[1] It is an imprint of the Random House Information Group, based in Roseville, California. , a division of Random House Inc., today announced the upcoming release of a comic book comic book Bound collection of comic strips, usually in chronological sequence, typically telling a single story or a series of different stories. The first true comic books were marketed in 1933 as giveaway advertising premiums. series based on the Perfect Dark Zero Perfect Dark Zero is a first-person shooter video game developed by Rare and published by Microsoft exclusively for the Xbox 360 video game console. It was released as a launch title in North America, Europe, Australia and Japan. (TM) video game developed by Rare Limited, one of the most highly anticipated launch titles for the Xbox 360(TM) video game and entertainment system. Beginning in spring 2006, Prima will publish six bi-monthly comics, each 32-pages in length. At the end of the series Prima will publish a 192-page compilation of the entire comic series. The comic book story will be authored by Eric S. Trautmann and illustrated by Cold FuZion Studios. Eric S. Trautmann is content developer for the Xbox Franchise Development Group, where he, among other things, writes and edits stories and content for a variety of Xbox(R) games for Microsoft Game Studios. He has contributed dialogue and web content for numerous games, including MechWarrior(R) 4: Vengeance, Allegiance, Crimson Skies(R), and Halo. He is the author of "The Art of Halo: Creating A Digital World" (along with Frank O'Connor) and edited and contributed to the Crimson Skies fiction anthology (both published by Del Rey Del Rey may refer to:
CFZ Critical Friendly Zone (field artillery term) CFZ Canucks Fan Zone (Vancouver Canucks fan site) ) is an IP Development and Visual Arts visual arts npl → artes fpl plásticas visual arts npl → arts mpl plastiques visual arts npl → & Design Studio that excels in the areas of Cinematic & Comic Storyboarding, Character & Concept Designs. "With Perfect Dark Zero, Rare has created a franchise and heroine of uncommon appeal," said Debra Kempker, President of Prima Games. "Prima is thrilled to bring fans this comic series that dives deep into the background of Joanna Dark." "Welcome to the War," issue #0 of Perfect Dark Zero will appear in Perfect Dark Zero -- Prima's Official Game Guide, releasing in mid-November. The 16-page section will introduce the storyline and artistic style that the remainder of the series will follow. Perfect Dark Zero is the prequel pre·quel n. A literary, dramatic, or cinematic work whose narrative takes place before that of a preexisting work or a sequel. [pre- + (se)quel.] to the internationally award-winning and multi-million selling first-person shooter Perfect Dark(R) from famed game developer Rare Limited. In Perfect Dark Zero a secret war has begun between shadowy corporations bent on world domination. Joanna Dark and her father Jack are caught up in the fight for the future of the planet. A routine bounty hunting mission rips open a global conspiracy that will change Joanna's destiny -- forever. About Prima Games Prima Games, a division of Random House Inc., is the world's leading publisher of game guides for computer and console video games, with more than 1,400 titles published and over 90 million guides in print. High quality strategy guides, extensive retail distribution and relationships with top game developers and publishers have allowed Prima Games to claim the highest market share among game guide publishers. More information can be found on the Web at www.primagames.com. Microsoft, Age of Empires, Crimson Skies, Halo, Hexic, Perfect Dark, Perfect Dark Zero, Project Gotham Racing Project Gotham Racing (PGR) is a racing game, first in its series, developed by Bizarre Creations and published by Microsoft for the Xbox gaming console. , Forza, MechWarrior, MSN (1) (MicroSoft Network) A family of Internet-based services from Microsoft, which includes a search engine, e-mail (Hotmail), instant messaging (Windows Live Messaging) and a general-purpose portal with news, information and shopping (MSN Directory). , Rare, Windows, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox Live, and Zoo Tycoon are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corp. or Rare Limited in the United States and/or other countries. Rare Limited is a subsidiary of Microsoft Corp. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. |
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