Team Blog

TIGA scoops four awards

Tue, 07/12/2011 - 16:39 — admin

nDreams have been part of TIGA since we started almost five years ago.

This year, nDream's CEO, Patrick O'Luanaigh, became a director of TIGA, after being hugely impressed with what TIGA are doing with both political representation and practical things to help support the new breed of digital developers and publishers.

On 7th July, TIGA were formally recognised at the annual Trade Association Awards, where they won a staggering FOUR awards:

- Commercial Initiative Award
- Annual Report of the Year Award
- Trade Association of the Year Award; and

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An Epic Season

Thu, 11/11/2010 - 16:46 — admin

This week saw the conclusion of Lewis Hamilton: Secret Life. It has been a truly epic adventure, both for the players and for us at nDreams (and for me in particular). I’ve stayed firmly behind the curtain throughout, but now I’d like to peek round it for a moment and say hi, and thanks, and bye.

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nDreams at E3

Thu, 06/24/2010 - 12:54 — admin

We've just got over the jetlag after a week in Los Angeles at E3, the year's premier games convention.

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Return of the Explorers

Mon, 02/01/2010 - 13:51 — admin

Like most boys, when I was a child I went through a phase of wanting to be an explorer. My aspirations were knocked one day when I realised that most of the world had already been explored long before I was born.

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Naughty Dog - King of the "Wow"

I've spent many evenings engrossed in Uncharted 2 recently, and it has prompted some interesting debate here at nDreams. At first glance, it's an incredible game which doesn't innovate at all; it simply does lots of things that other games have done before, but does them brilliantly well. Great story, great cinematics, great action sequences, great gunplay...

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A Hollywood Horror Story

Tue, 08/04/2009 - 21:21 — admin

It has now been a few years since I left my previous role at a large publisher, so I finally feel able to get a rather big chip off my shoulder. And the chip in question is the truly horrible way that film studios and games publishers have worked together over the last decade.

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The Long Haul

If nDreams appears to have gone a bit quiet lately, it’s because we’re working. Behind our calm exterior, there is a frenzy of activity as we work on a number of new projects – one of which is an ARG. But more about that in a second.

Making and running our first ARG, Xi, was a huge undertaking and took well over a year to complete. For most of that time, we stayed under the radar. It wasn’t until Xi went live that people really noticed nDreams and now, well, many are keeping an eye on us, not least because they want to know how we aim to top Xi.

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An Awfully Big Adventure

Fri, 06/12/2009 - 08:15 — admin

Xi is coming to an end. Its three-month run as a live ARG is over, but we’re keeping the puzzles and games open for a few weeks yet, so people can finish collecting all the butterflies and fragments they want before submitting themselves to the final assessment that concludes their individual experience.

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E3 Reflection

Wow - what a week. E3 is definitely back to its best. Lots of celebrities (Beatles, Spielberg, James Cameron, Jay-Z, Eminem), big crowds, some exciting news from the platform holders and a handful of truly impressive new games.

Pick of the games for us were:

- Splinter Cell Conviction (a stunning demo; best looking game at the show)
- Split Second (the best racing game, awesome in multiplayer)
- Avatar (word of mouth from people who saw the VIP demo in full 3D say that it's jaw-dropping. Managed to get a VIP ticket, but a day too late!)

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