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Kuma Reality Games, History Channel Partner on TV-Gaming Series

Authored by robert on October 20, 2006 - 1:07pm.
New York - Kuma Reality Games, a publisher of military-themed online games whose plots are taken from real-world headlines, announced that it has partnered with The History Channel to develop synergistic gaming and TV programming. The second season of The History Channel series "Shootout!," which debuts Nov. 3, will see new online games for each episode that allow viewers to learn of an historical gun battle -- such as Iwo Jima, Battle of the Bulge and the Tet Offensive -- and then play a 3D game re-creation of the battle.
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ABC's "Lost" to Debut Alternate Reality Game in Show's Off-Season

Authored by dmw on April 25, 2006 - 7:50pm.
New York - ABC plans to debut an "alternate reality game" for fans of its TV series "Lost" on May 3, shortly before the second season of the series concludes, The New York Times reported. "The Lost Experience" is being created by the show's writers and producers, unlike other alternate reality games -- such as those for the Steven Spielberg movie "A.I.", and Microsoft's "Halo" video game -- which were designed by outside marketing firms. The game will introduce new characters and feature a plot that intertwines with that of the TV show. However, players will have to collaborate to track clues dispersed widely across media including fake websites, billboards, e-mails and phone calls. "We wanted to tell stories in a nontraditional way, and there were certain stories that [series co-creator Damon Lindelof] and I were interested in telling that don't exactly fit into the television show," Carlton Cuse, a writer and executive producer on "Lost," told The Times.
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CNET News.com: Alternate Reality Games

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 15, 2005 - 9:02am.
San Francisco - CNET News.com on Thursday reported on the new genre of "alternate reality games" (ARGs), which it calls "part puzzle-infused scavenger hunt, part interactive fiction." The article profiles fantasy author Sean Stewart, as well as 42 Entertainment, a company launched by former Microsoft employees that has created ARGs for "Last Call Poker" -- a promotion for Activision's "Gun" game -- in addition to "The Beast," for the movie "A.I.," and "I Love Bees," for the release of Microsoft's "Halo 2."
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