Mistborn fans may be able to take to the virtual streets of Luthadel eventually, but not for a while. As part of the yearly “State of the Sanderson” blog post, author Brandon Sanderson shared that he has been in conversations with multiple AAA developers about a potential Mistborn project. If the project does come to fruition, it will be years away.
Sanderson seems to be optimistic about the project’s chances. He wrote, “I feel I’m finally getting established enough that we can make a Mistborn game happen. … This is at Step One only, but it’s an encouraging One.” Though he doesn’t name any names, he does claim that he has been chatting with big players in the industry, including ones he is a fan of himself. Sanderson is also seeking maintain his rights to video game adaptations of Mistborn.
It appears that these discussions are in the earliest possible stage. “These rights were tied up with the film rights for the last… oh, six-seven years,” Sanderson wrote, “so I didn’t get to test the market on them until recently.” Sanderson concluded that any studio or publisher interested in developing a Mistborn or Stormlight project should get in touch with his representatives.
Mistborn is one part of Brandon Sanderson’s sprawling Cosmere setting, which also encompasses the Stormlight Archive series. Multiple tabletop games based on Sanderson’s work have emerged in recent years, including Cosmere tabletop RPGs and a Mistborn deckbuilder.
Sanderson himself has some professional experience related to video games. He designed the world and created characters for the tactics game Moonbreaker. Should this project release, it would not be Mistborn’s first foray into video games. A project called “Mistborn: Birthright” was in development for a few years before being canceled. Protagonist Kelsier was a guest character in Fortnite, owing to Sanderson’s long-standing relationship with Epic.
