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National Geographic Embarks on Videogames

Nov 18, 2008

- 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

- 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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