Archive for October, 2007

Sam & Max: Ice Station Santa trailer and screenshots

Sunday, October 21st, 2007

Released in anticipation of November 8/9 season premiere

With the November launch of Sam & Max Season Two fast approaching, Telltale has just released a trailer for Sam & Max 201: Ice Station Santa, along with a new batch of screenshots.

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Sam & Max episode 201, Ice Station Santa, will premiere on GameTap on November 8 and will be released to gamers worldwide one day later on November 9 from telltalegames.com. The premiere episode brings the Freelance Police to a bleak and desolate wasteland, to face their most ancient and powerful opponent yet – Santa Claus! More details about the Season Two premiere episode – including gameplay videos, purchase information, and a streaming version of today’s trailer – can be found at samandmaxseasontwo.

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Runaway: The Dream of the Turtle for DS – “Making of” Video Available

Wednesday, October 17th, 2007

Runaway 2 The Making of

True phenomenon in the adventure game genre on PC with more than one million of players across of the world, Runaway comes to Nintendo DS™ with this new version custom-designed for Nintendo’s handheld, featuring enhanced controls, new features and updated content.

Focus Home Interactive is pleased to unveil Runaway: The Dream of the Turtle for the Nintendo DS™ with this first developer video.

Watch the trailer (streaming) 
http://www.runaway-thegame.com/video_ds/RDS.php

Download the video (56 Mb)
http://www.focus-files.com/videos/runaway_ds/runaway_ds_st.rar

Visit the official website
http://www.runaway-thegame.com

While bringing a point ‘n’ click adventure game on Nintendo DS™ seems like a great idea, making one proves to be quite a challenge as explained in this “making of” video. In the video, members of the development team discuss the challenges and advantages of working on Nintendo’s incredibly popular handheld, and how it’s a perfect fit for this type of adventure game. Runaway for the DS is perfectly tuned to take advantage of the touch-screen features of the DS, and the game introduces a wonderful animated graphical adventure taking place at the four corners of the globe. Follow our heroes Brian and Gina on this handheld adventure and meet dozens of eccentric characters while completing wacky puzzles and exploring more than one hundred places with a flick of the stylus! A unique and exciting adventure is at your fingertips!

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Sherlock Holmes versus Arsène Lupin - The Official Trailer

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

Sherloch vs. Arsene

Frogwares and Focus Home Interactive are pleased to release the first official trailer for Sherlock Holmes versus Arsène Lupin, their upcoming mystery game featuring two of the greats of detective and crime literature.

This 90-second video places viewers on the streets of London and inside some of its most famous buildings where Holmes’ latest investigation will take place. In the trailer, viewers will discover some of the game’s riddles and meet some of the characters from this new adventure.

Download the trailer (45.2 MB)
http://www.focus-files.com/trailers/sh4/sh4_trailer_divx.rar

Watch the trailer (streaming)
http://www.sherlockholmes-thegame.com/en/movies/trailer.php

Visit the official website of Sherlock Holmes
http://www.sherlockholmes-thegame.com

Having grappled with the machinations of a cult of Cthulhu in his last PC adventure (Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened), the world’s greatest detective is now ready to challenge Arsène Lupin, the gentleman thief. Lupin, a character invented by renowned French writer Maurice Leblanc, has thrilled millions of readers worldwide with his exploits, and will prove a perfect foil for Sherlock Holmes.

This new Sherlock Holmes game sends players to 19th Century London where Arsène Lupin, a young French burglar with an impressive track record, has just challenged Scotland Yard and the most famous of detectives – Sherlock Holmes. Lupin has announced that he plans to rob the capital of five objects of immense value over the course of five days. The objects are housed in highly prestigious locations such as the National Gallery, the British Museum, the Tower of London and even Buckingham Palace! Sherlock Holmes will have to muster all his courage and ingenuity to save England from terrible humiliation.

About Focus Home Interactive
Founded in 1996, Focus Home Interactive is a French publishing and distribution company based near Paris, France. Known for the diversity, quality and originality of its catalogue, Focus now publishes and distributes many of its titles throughout Europe and also world-wide in both boxed retail and digital distribution formats. The last five years have been very successful for Focus in France, with many of its PC licenses becoming top-sellers. Focus has also published several original titles, including the adventure game Runaway, the renowned Cycling Manager and the much-loved TrackMania. The coming months will be exciting and full of surprises with the release of high-quality games such Blood Bowl, TrackMania United, Loki, Paradise City, Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened and sport games dedicated to major events such as the 32nd America’s Cup or the Tour de France. http://www.focus-home.com

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