HBO, RealNetworks Tempt ‘Fate’

RealNetworks Inc. and Home Box Office are playing games.

The two companies announced Thursday that "Fate: the Carnivale Game," a downloadable Tarot-card game inspired by HBO’s Carnivale, is available for downloading.

Fate is available for trial and purchase exclusively from RNI’s "RealOne Arcade" game service for $19.99 (www.realonearcade.com/carnivale).