Holocaust DS title is “to educate”, says Bernard
Holocaust DS title is “to educate”, says Bernard March 10th, 2008 @ 13:40 Speaking here, Luc Bernard, developer of DS title Imagination is the Only Escape, has defended the game’s setting saying its aim to to educate children about the Holocaust. “It’s to educate children about awareness and racism,” he said. “There won’t be any violent scenes, the bottom screen just displays the reality of what happened - you can find that information in books. “I hate World War II shooters. I think they a
Nintendo Europe “scared” of DS Holocaust game, says creator, but he’s hopeful of release
Nintendo Europe “scared” of DS Holocaust game, says creator, but he’s hopeful of release March 10th, 2008 @ 12:19 Speaking here, Imagination is the Only Escape creator Luc Bernard has said that he’s heard Nintendo Europe is “scared” of the Holocaust-based game, but that he doesn’t think the company is trying to stop the game’s release despite this morning’
That headline is perhaps misleading in that it’s a gross over simplification of the issue at hand. That issue being that a game is currently being developed in Europe centered on the Holocaust. In it, you play a young French boy who escapes the horrors of Nazi occupation during World War II by retreating into a fantasy world. Does that premise sound familiar to you Pan’s Labyrinth fans? Nintendo officials have stated the game will not see a US release. The game, titled Imagination Is the Onl
Imagination Is the Only Escape non arriva in America
E nemmeno in Europa. Secondo un articolo del New York Times, Nintendo avrebbe dichiarato che non sono previsti attualmente piani per portare Imagination Is the Only Escape nel territorio americano. Il gioco, creato dal 21enne Luc Bernard e pubblicato da Alten8, è ambientato nella Seconda Guerra Mondiale ed è la storia di un ragazzo francese che per scappare dagli orrori della guerra si rifugia nel suo mondo fantastico. Bernard ha dichiarato che nel gioco non sono presenti scene di violenza, e
Nintendo Europe blocks release of Barnard DS Holocaust title
Nintendo Europe has confirmed it has the same stance on releasing Holocaust-based DS game Imagination is the Only Escape as Nintendo US, telling videogaming247 that you’re unlikely to be playing it any time soon. “There are no plans to bring this to Europe or the UK,” said a Nintendo spokesperson this morning. The title is based on [...]
Alten8 Limited is a British video game developer and publisher, with offices in Luton. It produces both licensed retro games and current format video games.
History
The company was formed by the current CEO Paul Andrews after his involvement with the website Retro-Trader, which lead him to be commissioned to gather retro game licenses for a plug-into-TV video game console using games such as Ant Attack (originally on the Sinclair ZX Spectrum). For financial and business reasons out of the control of Andrews, this was never realised. He then formed Alten8 to make use of the gathered licenses. Since then, it has expanded its remit, gaining Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS and Wii developer status, as well as other formats and publishing following. An initial GBA release, GT Racer, through another publisher convinced Alten8 to self-publish all titles where possible from that point onwards, or to develop console titles under contract only from major publishers.
Alten8 now publishes over 500 licensed retro games across formats such as the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amiga and other computers. With many mobile phone games, both developed and owned by Alten8, and with other licensed PC and Nintendo DS games also published across the globe, Alten8 has also worked with new pioneering mobile phone companies, such as Greystripe and Vollee. Alten8 bills itself as the "Alten8 way of publishing games".
