Shur'tugal's "Where are they now?" column catches up with cast members from the Eragon movie to give you an inside look at what the stars are working on today. This week we'll be taking a look at Chris Egan, who played Roran in the Eragon movie and reviewing his new highly-recommended show, Kings. Continue reading...
It doesn’t take most Inheritance fans long to react to the Eragon movie from 2006. “Hardcore” Inheritance fans’ consensus was dissatisfaction with plot alteration. Unfortunately, in Hollywood this isn’t an uncommon occurrence—in fact, movie studios are infamous for heavily altering the plots of movies adapted from books. Movie studios face a difficult task in converting novels—unrestricted by time length or specific target audiences—into movies that will hit it big at the box office. In some cases, they can pull it off; in other cases, not so much. Continue reading and we'll explore the specifics behind continuing the Inheritance movies! Continue reading...
We're excited to exclusively release the entire Borders Book Club with Christopher Paolini, available only to fans of Shurtugal.com until Tuesday. Some of you may recall our search earlier this month for talkative and excited fans to venture to Michigain to discuss Inheritance with Christopher Paolini and other fans. We now have an hour-long Book Club from the event, edited into ten separate chapters.
The chapters include Creating Eragon and Eldest, Stuff Christopher Likes, Advice for Apsiring Writers, Developing Names and Languages, Home Schooling, Theories and Questions, the Movie and Videogames, and the Online Community. Christopher and the fans discussing with him even discuss Shurtugal.com during their Online Community (Chapter 10) segment! There are a lot of exciting discussions and tidbits throughout the entire show - the discussion is packed with facts and theories. We'll be picking through the entire show and compiling a list of key things, however, until then we encourage everyone to watch and re-watch!
Vivendi Universal recently released their Mobile Eragon game, now available for download on cell phone devices. We've been told by Vivendi that the game is available for people using the following providers: Verizon, Cingular and T-Mobile, and will soon be available to Sprint and Amp'd Mobile users. Vivendi was kind enough to provide Shur'tugal with some exclusive game media, including a trailer for the game, which can all be found on our Eragon mobile game page. Enjoy!
Lots of site updates! Firstly, the online book sale of personalized and autographed (by Christopher Paolini) copies of Eragon and Eldest (Limited Edition) will end on December 5th. All orders placed on or before December 5th will arrive to you on time for Christmas! Also, new support/contact information for the Shur'tugal Store can be found on this page (includes an email address and new phone number). Information on Shurtugal.com clothing will be posted soon!
Second - winners for the Shurtugal.com Eragon Sweepstakes have been announced! Shur'tugal, sponsored by Vivendi Universal Games and Master Cutlery, recently launched a sweepstakes asking fans to answer nine questions taken from Eragon and Eldest. The eleven winners have been contacted (and for privacy reasons, their names won't be posted) and won one of the following prizes: two XBox 360s, four Eragon movie replica swords, five Eragon video games. Big thanks to Vivendi and Master Cutlery for sponsoring this contest, and congratulations to our winners!
We recently purchased a phone number for Shurtycast voicemails. If you're a Shurtycast listener (Shurtycast is Shurtugal.com's official podcast, which can be listened to for free - more information here), you can now call (this is a USA number): (201) 984-1391. Please note, your normal calling rates will apply.
Lastly, we have finally finished sifting through all of the recent staff applications and have made our decisions. Unfortunately, we received too many applications to reply to the ones we were unable to accept at this time, but we do thank everyone who took the time to apply! A warm welcome goes to our new staff members, who we're sure you'll see around the site in the future!
Christopher Paolini sent out his twenty-first Alagaesia Newsletter earlier today, first thanking fans for his happy birthday wishes. Christopher goes on to discuss the Eragon video game, which hit shelves on November 17th. Christopher and a friend beat the game together on co-op mode:
We beat every level and found all the hidden dragon eggs, which unlock extra content. One of the things that impressed me is just how much work the folks at Vivendi and Stormfront studios put into the game—from the orchestra they hired to record the music to the in-depth interviews they included. I usually played as Eragon, but I also spent time as Brom and Murtagh, both of whom have their own unique strengths in battle.
Christopher also talks about a book he checked out of the library, The Fortunes of Captain Blood, by Rafael Sabatini, and the cold and windy Montana weather. If you're not subscribed to Alagaesia News, you can read the newsletter in its entirety on our archives page, and subscribe to the newsletter for free at Alagaesia.com.
Shur'tugal has been working hard since the Eragon game came out on Friday, November 17th, and we are happy to release our first set of images and videos for the game. Four exclusive cutscene videos and three exclusive gameplay videos are now online, as well as many screenshots from the game.
You can view all of Shurtugal's media for the Eragon game on our Game Media page. Check this page regularly, as we will be adding new videos and images soon. Also look for game reviews by the Shurtugal staff releasing in the coming weeks.
The highly anticipated Eragon video game, produced by Sierra Entertainment and Amaze Studios, finally hit store shelves today. The Eragon video game is available for the XBox 360, Playstation 2, and PC platforms, as well as seperate games for Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, and PSP. We hope to have reviews, screen shots, and game play videos up soon!
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Shur'tugal, in collaboration with Vivendi Universal Games and Master Cutlery, is proud to announce the Shur'tugal Eragon Trivia Sweepstakes. Starting today and going through November 24th, Shur'tugal visitors are eligible to enter in our trivia sweepstakes - a series of nine questions pulled from Eragon and Eldest to test just how knowledgeable you are of the trilogy!
Fans who are able to answer all nine questions correctly will be entered in a random drawing to win one of the following prizes: one of two XBox 360s, one of five copies of the Eragon video game for PC, and one of four Eragon movie replica swords produced by The Collector's Edge. Remember, you have until November 24th to enter in the contest, but don't rush things - you can only enter once! You will be notified by email regarding whether or not you've been entered in the drawing. Winners will be announced on November 25th!
Shurtugal.com is proud to release the final part of our Eragon game interview series. This final interview is with lead XBox 360 designer Ray Gresco of Sierra Entertainment and author Christopher Paolini. During the approximately forty-minute interview attached to the most recent episode of ShurtyCast, Ray explains to us the design process of the game, as Christopher gives us his thoughts after playing portions of it. You can listen to the interview on ShurtyCast.
Visit the episode page here. You can subscribe to ShurtyCast here, and you can listen online here.
Shur'tugal has recently received ten new screenshots from the upcoming Eragon video game for the GameBoy Advanced. These screens show various parts of the games and characters within it, including the RPG features and the combat system. See them here:
A new Eragon Game TV commercial has been received by Shurtugal. This 30-second long advertisement for the Eragon video game has been airing on multiple TV stations in the US, and possibly abroad. While it is a game commercial, and features mostly clips from the game, there are some video clips of Saphira and Eragon interspersed throughout the advertisement.
Shur'tugal has received a video of some of the cinematics from the Eragon video game for PC/console. The cinematic, which is a cutscene (not playable - views as a movie between scenes in the game), shows scenes of Brom and Eragon as they journey to Daret, narrated by Ajihad. You can view the cutscene in various sizes and formats below.
Sierra Entertainment, the producers of the Eragon video game, informed Shur'tugal that we should expect a PC demo late this week or early next week. XBox Live subscribers can download an Eragon game demo from XBox Live (available now).
Thanks to Shurtugal fan Jeb and Gamezone.com, Shurtugal is able to post ten new screenshots from the Eragon PSP game, set to release November 17th. These screenshots show both the storyline mode, which is told from Saphira's perspective, and the ad-hoc player vs. player combat mode. View them here:
Shurtugal is proud to release part two of our three-part interview series about the series of Eragon video games. On October 26th, Mike Macauley sat down with three members of the Eragon production team from Amaze Entertainment, the developers of the handheld games, as well as Ben Borth from Vivendi Universal for an approximately forty-minute interview. Today, that interview is released on ShurtyCast Episode 18. Enjoy.
Visit the episode page here. You can subscribe to ShurtyCast here, and you can listen online here.
