Daedalic Entertainment announces plans to develop a video game based on The Pillars of the Earth, the bestselling novel by Ken Follett which has already been adapted as a television miniseries. The material would suggest a building sim, but word is this will be an adventure game coming to Windows, OS X, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and iOS in 2017, coinciding with the release of Follett's next book:

The project – an adventure game – is scheduled to be published in 2017 on all leading platforms. Amongst others, releases are planned for PC, Mac, Xbox One™, PlayStation®4 and iOS.

This is the first official Ken Follett videogame to be developed. It will revolve around the story of Follett’s best-selling novel “The Pillars of the Earth”. At the same time, Ken Follett is also working on a new novel, which is scheduled to be published in fall 2017, and will be taking readers back to the fictitious medieval town of Kingsbridge in South England.

“Simultaneously to the release of the third Kingsbridge novel in fall 2017, the video game based on ‘The Pillars of the Earth’ will be published on all consoles, PC and mobile devices. We are very proud to not only prolong our long lasting and successful partnership with the exceptional, best-selling author Ken Follett, but to also extend it to new media channels”, explains Thomas Schierack, CEO of Bastei Lübbe AG.