-By Paul Bond, The Hollywood Reporter
National Geographic is getting into the videogame
business.
Through its for-profit unit, National Geographic Ventures, the
nonprofit National Geographic Society has created National
Geographic Games.
The division's first game,
Herod's Lost Tomb, was developed
in-house and is a free download for PC, Mac and the iPhone. After
that, NGG is coming out with games for Nintendo's Wii, Sony's
PlayStation 3 and handheld devices.
Some will be developed in-house while others will rely on
partnerships, such as
National Geographic Panda from Namco
Bandai and
National Geographic: Africa from Sony.
Chris Mate, previously an executive with Take-Two Interactive
Software and Bethesda Softworks, was named gm of NGG.
NGG is expected to focus on building games that further its theme
of spreading geographic knowledge.
National Geographic Embarks on Videogames
Nov 18, 2008
-By Paul Bond, The Hollywood Reporter
National Geographic is getting into the videogame business.
Through its for-profit unit, National Geographic Ventures, the nonprofit National Geographic Society has created National Geographic Games.
The division's first game, Herod's Lost Tomb, was developed in-house and is a free download for PC, Mac and the iPhone. After that, NGG is coming out with games for Nintendo's Wii, Sony's PlayStation 3 and handheld devices.
Some will be developed in-house while others will rely on partnerships, such as National Geographic Panda from Namco Bandai and National Geographic: Africa from Sony.
Chris Mate, previously an executive with Take-Two Interactive Software and Bethesda Softworks, was named gm of NGG.
NGG is expected to focus on building games that further its theme of spreading geographic knowledge.
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