It's Game On for Medfield Resident Curt Schilling and 38 Studios

Medfield resident and former Boston Red Sox pitcher, Curt Schilling, along with his gaming company, 38 Studios, will be launching the group's first video game: "Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning" next Tuesday.

According to an article in the Boston Globe, "Schilling set to launch first video game," the Medfield resident's Providence, R.I. based company is launching its first video game in its six-year existence. The fantasy role-playing game will be published by Electronic Arts Inc. and released on Feb. 7.

The awareness for Reckoning has gone through the roof," Schilling told the Globe's Hiawatha Bray Tuesday. "And that is something I’m ecstatic about. ... "This is our lead-off hitter. This is our introduction to the gaming world."

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38 Studios published the following summary of its debut game on its website:

"Reckoning is an epic, open world role-playing game that gives fans their first experience with Kingdoms of Amalur, a new universe imagined by R.A. Salvatore, brought to life by Todd McFarlane, and designed by Ken Rolston and his team at Big Huge Games. R.A. Salvatore is the creator of the immortal Drizzt Do’Urden and author of The New York Times best-selling Forgotten Realms series. Todd McFarlane is a Grammy and Emmy-award winning artist, writer and toy designer best known for creating the fantasy series Spawn. Ken Rolston served as the lead designer of The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind® and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® before joining Big Huge Games development studio, the Baltimore, MD-based wholly-owned subsidiary of 38 Studios. Set in the Kingdoms of Amalur universe, Reckoning will offer unrivaled RPG action combat, seamlessly integrating magical and melee attacks into an innovative and visceral experience. Reckoning includes hundreds of quests, characters, creatures, weapons and spells."

Schilling said Reckoning was "only the beginning" for his gaming company.

"Reckoning is just the beginning of the deep, expansive lore and massive world that is Amalur,” Schilling said in an August 2011 press release published on 38 Studios' website. "We’re working with iconic visionaries who have trailblazed the direction of their respective fields. Todd McFarlane lends his expertise to inspire the game’s bold art style and combat design, R.A. Salvatore created the deep, immersive history and culture of the world, and industry-icon Ken Rolston forges the expansive systems that RPG fans know and love. Reckoning has developed into something amazing and beyond my wildest dreams – I cannot wait to share it with gamers across the world [in] February.”

The game will be available for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC.