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Dreamfall Chapters completes The Longest Journey to pre-production

Dreamfall Chapters is finally in pre-production, five years after first being announced by Funcom as a sequel to Dreamfall: The Longest Journey. The long-hoped-for Chapters is being developed by series creator Ragnar Tørnquist at new studio Red Thread Games. Tørnquist is maintaininig an “advisory role” as creative director on Funcom MMO The Secret World, with Joel Bylos stepping up as game director.

Funding and production are being handled by Red Thread, with Funcom licensing out the IP with an agreement to share revenue. Tørnquist revealed today The Norwegian Film Institute has provided $175,000 to assist Red Thread with pre-production.

In 2008, Tørnquist admitted Chapters was far from Funcom’s highest priority, but hadn’t been abandoned. Four years on and with The Secret World now released into the wild, Tørnquist has kept his word.Continue reading Dreamfall Chapters completes The Longest Journey to pre-productionDreamfall Chapters completes The Longest Journey to pre-production originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 01 Nov 2012 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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