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"Random House has launched the online game Black Crown today. The &amp;quot;narrative gaming experience&amp;quot; is played directly though the free-to-play web portal.  &amp;quot;Written by debut author Rob Sherman, players of Black Crown join the shady Widsith Institute as clerks, whose work is managed through the application of bespoke diseases, to facilitate the task of categorising and analysing the Institute&amp;#039;s archive of diaries and journals, belonging to the world&amp;#039;s greatest explorers, those who travel beyond the edge of the world,&amp;quot; said the publisher. As the player progresses through the game, they learn more about the central character Miasma Eremite and encounter a series of shady characters in the institute. The first stage of the game will run for a month before new content is added. Black Crown was built on the Failbetter Games&amp;#039; Storynexus platform. &amp;quot;Black Crown represents Random House&amp;#039;s ambition to push the boundaries in online storytelling, experiment with new business models and launch a debut author in a groundbreaking way,&amp;quot; said Dan Franklin, Random House Group digital publisher. &amp;quot;Rob Sherman is a superb writer and a rare talent, and I&amp;#039;m delighted to be publishing him in this way.&amp;quot; Players can sign up at BlackCrownProject.com. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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