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Runecraft (company)
Runecraft (later renamed Gamezlab) was a British video game developer based in the United Kingdom. The company was founded in April 1997 and mostly developed games based on licensed properties. History In 2002, the company was commissioned by the BBC to develop a fighting game engine for the company's upcoming ''FightBox'' game show project. However, various financial issues, mismanagement, and other problems caused Runecraft to go bust at the end of December 2002. To keep the show alive, BBC Worldwide acquired the developer and a small number of its staff, and renamed the developer under BBC's core-publishing brand "Gamezlab". Following the failure of ''FightBox'' and the completion of the tie-in games, In February 2004, Gamezlab were commissioned to develop a video game based on BBC's '' Spooks'' TV series for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and Microsoft Windows Windows is a group of several proprietary graphical operating system families developed and marketed by Microsoft. Ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Destination Adventure
''Tintin: Destination Adventure'' is a video game loosely based on the series ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. It was released for Microsoft Windows and PlayStation in Europe in late 2001. Gameplay The gameplay is similar to the previous two Tintin games (''Prisoners of the Sun ''Prisoners of the Sun'' (french: link=no, Le Temple du Soleil) is the fourteenth volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The story was serialised weekly in the newly established ''Tintin'' mag ...'' and '' Tintin in Tibet''), with the exception in some parts where the player can operate vehicles. Aside from this the only other enhancement is the use of full 3D for the game. Release ''Tintin: Destination Adventure'' was released for PlayStation in September 2001 and for Windows in November 2001. External linksThe Cult of Tintin at Tintinologist.org 2001 video games Europe-exclusive video games Infog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gamezlab
BBC Multimedia was a division of the BBC which dealt with the publishing of computer-game versions of well-known BBC television programmes. History The Multimedia division was founded in 1995 and mostly focused on CD-ROM software for Microsoft Windows and Macintosh. The company attended E3 2002 by announcing their first title for the Xbox - '' Robot Wars: Extreme Destruction'', set for a November 2002 release, as well as a game adaptation of the CBBC series ''Ace Lightning'' for the PlayStation 2, with both titles also seeing Microsoft Windows and Game Boy Advance releases. Other CD-ROM titles announced this time were ''Bob the Builder: Bob Builds a Park'', set for a July 2002 release and ''Tweenies: Messy Time'', set for an October 2002 release. In July 2002, the company launched a budget range called "Favourites", consisting of their pre-school titles. On 5 November 2002, the company announced they would publish a ''Fimbles'' CD-ROM for a June 2003 release. On February 6, 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Game
The Game or The Games may refer to: Sports and games * The Game (dice game) (German: ''Das Spiel''), a dice game designed by Reinhold Wittig * The Game (mind game), a mind game, the objective of which is to avoid thinking about The Game itself * Charades (c. WWII American name) * The Game (treasure hunt), a 24- to 48-hour treasure hunt / puzzlehunt / road rally * The Game Headwear, a sports apparel and equipment company * The Game, a nickname of American professional wrestler Triple H College sports * The Game (Harvard–Yale), an annual American college football game * The Game (Michigan–Ohio State), an annual American college football game * The Game (Hampden–Sydney vs. Randolph–Macon), an annual American college football game * The Game (Cornell–Harvard), an annual American college ice hockey game Literature * ''The Game'' (Dryden book), a 1983 memoir by ice hockey player Ken Dryden * ''The Game'' (London novel), a 1905 novel by Jack London * ''The Game'' (King no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |