Popular Internet game to appear on Wii, Nintendo DS, and PC
Deep Silver, the games label of Koch Media, a leading producer and distributor of digital entertainment products, and the developer inXile Entertainment are going to publish a brand-new version of the popular Internet game “Line Rider Freestyle” for Wii™, Nintendo DS™, and PC in 2009. Koch Media has secured the publishing rights for Europe, Turkey, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, and the Commonwealth of Independent States.
“Line Rider” is a true phenomenon, with a seemingly simple, addictive principle. Millions of gamers have already played the Internet version. Numerous “Line Rider” video clips are found on the Internet, along with fan sites and increasingly spectacular tracks. At the Game Developers Conference, “Line Rider” was awarded the innovation prize.
UBISOFT SIGNS DEAL TO PUBLISH THE DIRECTOR’S CUT VERSION OF BROKEN SWORD – SHADOW OF THE TEMPLARS
Genre-defining Adventure Game that Introduced Gamers to the Mysteries of the Knights Templars Makes its Debut on WiiTM and Nintendo DSTM Systems with a Special Edition
London, UK – DECEMBER 19, 2008 – Today Ubisoft, one of the world’s largest video game publishers, announced a publishing agreement to release the special edition of Broken Sword – Shadow of the Templars on Wii™ and Nintendo DS™ systems.
Unlike the typical multiplatform game, a good majority of critics have been giving the Wii version of Shaun White Snowboarding the most accolades. The game has also sold fairly well at 259,000 copies sold in November and the Wii version has raked in 40% of those sales. So, it shouldn’t be surprising that a sequel is in the works.
Said Shaun White himself, “Now that I have the knowledge and I can speak to programmers better and I understand a lot more about what’s possible and what’s not possible, this will all help with the next game.”
– based on the original Broken Sword, possibly the best adventure game ever created
– lots of new content, new puzzles, new locations, expanded story
– controls obviously redone for DS and Wii
– some new animations by Dave Gibbons (Watchmen)
– developed by Revolution, published by Ubisoft
– game’s pretty much gone gold, coming to Europe in March 2009
