[Nieuws] Geschreven door Timo op 2008-05-01 01:22:28

Rubiks kubus krijgt eigen game!

[b]Een game gebaseerd op de wereldbekende puzzel werd vandaag aangekondigd voor de Wii en DS. Lees hier de eerste details.[/B] Ongetwijfeld de bekendste hersenbreker ooit - de Rubiks kubus - zal een eigen game krijgen, zo werd vandaag aangekondigd door uitgever The Game Factory. De Rubiks kubus (ook bekend als de 'Hongaarse kubus') is een puzzel in de vorm van een aan elke zijde anders gekleurde kubus. Elk vlak hiervan is draaibaar en door enkele malen met verschillende vlakken te draaien komen de kleuren volkomen door elkaar te zitten en is de weg terug moeilijk te vinden. Rubik's Cube World is de titel van de game, maar deze zal uit meer bestaan dan simpelweg het oplossen van verschillende kubussen. Men heeft het concept van de kubus bestudeerd en dat gebruikt als basiselement voor een innovatieve puzzelgame. Een voorbeeld dat gegeven wordt in een interview is dat er aan je wordt gevraagd een boom te maken, dit doe je dan door middel van aparte kubusjes zo te construeren zodat je een boom als eindresultaat krijgt. Deze zal dan ingekleurd worden en er verschijnt stilaan een heel bos met jou bomen. Vooralsnog klinkt het een beetje als een 3D Picross. Leuk weetje is dat de titel ontwikkeld wordt bij Two Tribes, een Nederlandse ontwikkelstudio. Het eerste interview kun je alvast hier lezen.

[url=http://www.wiids.nl/files/22rubikscube1.jpg target=_blanc][img]http://www.wiids.nl/files/22rubikscube1.jpg border=0 height=360 width=480][/img][/url] [QUOTE] SANTA MONICA, Calif. – May 01, 2008 – The Game Factory, an international publisher of family-friendly and casual videogames, today announced it has signed a licensing agreement with Seven Towns Limited to publish Rubik’s World, a 3D puzzle game experience for the Nintendo Wii™ and DS™ systems, both inspired by the Rubik’s Cube. “The Rubik’s Cube is one of the most well known icons in the gaming and entertainment industry,” said Henrik Mathiasen, president of the Game Factory. “We’re honored that Seven Towns Limited has chosen us to take the Rubik’s experience to the next level with Rubik’s World. We feel confident that we have created a concept for the whole family that is innovative, challenging and addictive, offering a new twist in the puzzle genre while keeping the Rubik’s Cube core values alive.” “We’re pleased to be working with the Game Factory to enhance the Rubik’s brand with Rubik’s World,” said David Hedley Jones, for Seven Towns Limited, a London-based company that has introduced hundreds of successful original games and toys throughout the world in the past 35 years. “We’re confident that everybody will enjoy this video game experience.” Step Inside the Cube with Rubik’s World For those who have always wondered what the inside of a Rubik’s Cube looks like, the Game Factory will deliver Rubik’s World in the Fall of 2008. Designed for players aged eight and older, this otherworldly game will look and play like no other game on the market. A collection of extremely addictive, easy-to-play puzzle games will increase in difficulty as the player delves deeper into this 3D world. Each version of Rubik’s World will host its own unique and original series of games. Players will test their brainpower by constructing 3D shapes and objects, navigating through mazes and even creating their own soundtracks. The DS™ version will allow players to connect to a community of Rubik’s World enthusiasts through the platform’s wireless connection. The Wii™ version accommodates up to four players and will feature an online message board. Rubik’s World for the Nintendo Wii™ and DS™ Quick Facts: Release Date: Fall 2008 Platform: Nintendo Wii™ and DS™ Rating: RP Developer: Two Tribes Publisher: The Game Factory Suggested Retail Price: $39.99 for the Wii™$29.99 for the DS™ Genre: Puzzle About THE GAME FACTORY The Game Factory, trading as The American Game Factory, Inc in North America, is an international publisher of family-friendly and casual video and computer games, many based on leading international children’s characters. It is a subsidiary of the K.E. Mathiasen Group A/S, the largest Nordic company within children’s licenses and spanning many different product categories such as: Apparel, toys, candy, home furnishing and games. For more corporate and product information, please visit www.gamefactorygames.com. Rubik’s Cube Facts In 1980, the Rubik’s Cube, was launched on an unsuspecting world with a Hollywood party hosted by the “other” famous Hungarian Zsa Zsa Gabor little did anyone know it would become the world’s biggest-selling puzzle. Today it looks the same, it works the same and it’s still incredibly popular. So iconic did the puzzle become that it earned a place in New York’s Museum of Modern Art, and its own entry in the Oxford English Dictionary; not to mention worldwide sales exceeding 300 million copies. Rubik’s Cube has featured in major movies, ad campaigns, generated huge sales of T-shirts and apparel, been used as an iconic image for lottery games and scratch cards and along with the brand’s other 3D twisting puzzles still generates a huge amount of public interest, recognition and affection.[/QUOTE]

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