Uwe Boll is at it again: this time he has acquired the rights for the film adaptation to an unreleased action-RPG Legend: Hand of God. The relatively unknown game hits German stores on October 12, with international release next year.

“I think Legend will be very successful because of its unique blend of high fantasy and dark atmosphere,” said Boll. “The world of Legend contains major crossover potential and was already adapted as novel and audio book.”

The film is said to have a $40 million budget, with Boll set to begin shooting in 2009. He is currently working on Far Cry; his next release Postal will arrive in theatres later this month.

One of the largest publishers from Europe, dtp today announced that it will be present at the Leipzig Games Convention that will take place in Germany from August 22-26.

“The Leipzig Games Convention is still the most important exhibition for us,” reads the press release. “Especially this year, because the E3 expo is, with all its changes, no longer an important place for many European publishers.”

This year the company will be showing off Overclocked, Reprobates, So Blonde, Memento Mori, Undercover: Dual Motives, Legend: Hand of God and more. All these games will be present at their booth F40 in Hall 2.

dtp will also hold other activities like autograph sessions and game presentations with well-known game developers at its booth. The company also notes that there will be some “important new announcements.”

Compared to the likes of Diablo and Prince of Persia (odd comparisons, I know) by the German PC Games magazine, ANACONDA has announced Legend: Hand of God, a new action RPG set for release during Q2 2007.

As with others in the genre, Hand of God has players fighting evil in a fantasy scenario using a “cinematic combat system”. Unlike its brethren, the game will have players fighting enemies according to the size: “it can happen that Legend’s hero jumps on the back of a giant troll to finally finish him.”

Legend: Hand of God is in development at Hamburg based studio Master Creating. It is also being worked on by US writer Susan O’Connor, Hollywood artist Paul Campion and creative director Andreas Adamek (one of the Gianna Sister’s creators).

According to the announcement, German players can read more about the game in the upcoming September issue of PC Games magazine, which, unlike the actual month stated, will be available from July 26.