Archive Entertainment announced on Thursday the release of Archive Games, a digital distribution platform that strives to connect independent video game developers with players. Three new independent studios have partnered with Archive Entertainment: Vultrix, Per Olofsson and 174 Studios.
Overflow, by Vultrix, is a puzzle game in which players must redirect the flow of a dangerous body of water. Gamers can draw bridges and barriers to divert and block the water. Space Pizza, by Per Olofsson, places gamers in the role of a rookie pizza delivery driver that must avoid obstacles under a time limit. Take Down Online, by 174 Studios, is still in development, but will be a combat-orientated NMO where gamers must capture points with teams as they travel by foot, humvee or helicopter.
These games can now be downloaded for free through Archive Games. For more details, visit http://www.ArchiveGames.net/.
Newegg.ca announced last week that LanFest 08 will be available to online gamers, where they will have a chance to compete for over $15,000 CAD in prizes. The online tournament is currently underway, and features numerous PC and Xbox 360 titles, such as Call of Duty: World at War, NHL 09 from EA Sports, and Guitar Hero. There are a variety of tournaments and ladder competitions available, from one-on-one to five-on-five formats.
Registration for LanFest 08 is open at www.newegg.ca to all Canadians 13 years and older.
Montreal-based band Arcade Fire is set to release a concert film which includes both live and behind the scenes footage. The material is from the band’s European and North American tour.
Arcade Fire announced the project through a new website (Miroir Noir or Black Mirror) which shares the same name of a song on the album “Neon Bible”.
Fans can catch a clip of the film – which is set to release on Monday – on the site, according to a news release. The documentary is 70 minutes long and will be available to download and on DVD in 2009.
The film focusses on the period after the band recorded “Neon Bible”. This includes appearances on “Saturday Night Live” and “Friday Night With Jonathan Ross”.
The documentary was shot by French filmmaker Vincent Moon, who has also worked with REM.
Online movie provider Movielink has come to an agreement with 20th Century Fox to provide content from all of Hollywood?s major film studios on its website.
Thanks to the deal, Movielink, a legal download service, will add 1,200 Fox titles to its film library.
?Broadband connections continue to improve, and the movement to (direct film delivery) to TV continues to become more of a reality,? says Peter Levinsohn, Fox president of worldwide pay television and digital media. ?As with any consumer product, we want to make sure we’re in every distribution outlet.?
Movielink was created several years ago by five Hollywood studios to provide a legal alternative for people who want to watch films on their computers and to combat the threat of illegal downloading and copying.
Movielink has been selling almost 100,000 films a month, and with the growing frequency of high-speed Internet connections and new devices linking the Internet to television, the number of downloads is only expected to increase.
Movielink is a joint venture of studios owned or operated by Viacom Inc., Time Warner Inc., General Electric Co. and Sony Corp.
