Tor Books To Release Perfect Dark Novels

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Tor Books, an imprint of Tom Doherty Associates, LLC—the largest publisher of science fiction and fantasy books in the world—announced that it has signed a licensing agreement with Microsoft Game Studios® for the publishing rights to three novels based on the world of Perfect Dark®.* The first novel available in October, Perfect Dark: Initial Vector , sets up the world of Agent Joanna Dark as gamers worldwide eagerly await the upcoming release of Perfect Dark Zero™, a videogame made exclusively for the Xbox 360™ videogame and entertainment system from Microsoft. *As a key title in the Microsoft Game Studios lineup, Perfect Dark Zero is set to showcase the raw power of the Xbox 360 and is already creating a frenzy of anticipation among videogame fans of all ages.*

“Tor's mission is to provide great books that explore human innovation and our ability to push the limits of technology.*Perfect Dark Zero is on the cutting edge of high fidelity interactive games and we think our relationship with Microsoft Game Studios is a perfect match,” says Tom Doherty, President and Publisher of Tor Books.

Perfect Dark Zero is a prequel to the international award-winning and multi-million-selling first-person shooter Perfect Dark from famed game developer Rare, Ltd.*** Players can choose between a story-driven single-player campaign and various multiplayer options, including four-player split screen and co-operative action, for infinite re-playability.**

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[Illidan]

Perfect Dark novels? Nice.

[Col Blair]

I just hope they do a good job.
I am hoping we can get the first one as a review copy and that will allow us to see how they do it. If not I will grab it they are not charging a lot for each one so thats good. I think its a pretty cool Idea if done right.