Eidos announced today that Timeline, an interactive world based on Michael Crichton's recent novel, will be ready for the holidays. The game's story should closely follow the novel's, which portrays time-traveling students sent on a mission to fourteenth-century feudal France to locate their missing professor amidst the warring parties of the English and French. The company developing the game, Timeline Computer Entertainment, was formed last year to produce PC titles based on Crichton's best-selling works.
"There is a vast market of personal computer owners who haven't experienced the excitement of interactive entertainment and I see Timeline as a great introduction for them," said Crichton. "With its immersive story and diverse authentic environments recreating life in the 14th century, Timeline will have broad appeal."
The game's Web site includes shots from the game and journal entries from Professor Edward Johnson, who is in charge of the dig.