Kuma Reality Games

Infobox Company
company_name = Kuma Reality Games
company_
company_type = Video game developer
foundation = 2003
location = New York, New York, USA
industry = Computer and video game industry
products = Video games
homepage = http://www.kumagames.com

Kuma Reality Games is a computer games developer. They specialize in developing free episodic first person shooters (FPS) since 2004 [ [http://adage.com/article?article_id=119925 Advertising Age ] ] . The company has also created a number of machinima movies for their games, particularly The Dinohunters. [Kuma Reality Games. (2004) KumaWar. [PC] , New York: Kuma Reality Games.]

Kuma Reality Games; along with their original properties KumaWar and Dinohunters also produces games based on other TV properties such as The History Channel's Dogfights and ShootOut! series [ [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/72464-Kuma-Joins-With-History-Channel-For-Dogfights-Program The Escapist : News : Kuma Joins With History Channel For Dogfights Program ] ] , as well as The Kill Point for Spike TV. [ [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117968861.html?categoryid=14&cs=1 Spike ties videogame to series - Entertainment News, TV News, Media - Variety ] ]

Kuma Reality Games currently produces six major 'game-isode' programs. They are all available to download for free.
*KumaWar: This game takes information and strategic data from recent military operations and attempts to recreate the war scenario as it happened. The Missions for KumaWar are missions 1-74. The Missions after That are Kuma\War Missions. This game has come under much praise and criticism for the role it plays in reproducing recent battles. [ [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1956066 Kuma plays war games ] ]

*Kuma\War This is the second version of KumaWar. Which Also Takes information from recent military operations, but this game is a first person. Another thing different about this one then KumaWar is its different missions, and updated graphics.

*Shootout! The Game: Shootout! is a game that is produced in conjunction with The History Channel program of the same name. The episodic games for this title are based on the actual ShootOut! episodes that air on The History Channel. Some of the battles recreated include Iwo Jima, The Tet Offensive, The Battle of the Bulge and an episode on the Vietcong attacking of the US Embassy in Vietnam.

*Dinohunters: The story of Dinohunters is centered around a fictitious reality show on the Total Hunting Channel and sends a crew of washed up celebrities into the past to hunt dinosaurs for sport and big ratings. The crew consists of Australian stuntman and actor Roger Wallaby, country singer Harlan Davis, native New Yorker Shaw, and their sexpot producer Candace "Candy" Spencer.

*: Dogfights is a game that is produced in conjunction with The History Channel program of the same name. The games for this title are based on the show's Season 2 World War II episodes. [ [http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Generic&content_type_id=54949&display_order=5&mini_id=51833 Dogfights The Game - The History Channel ] ]

*: The Kill Point is a free episodic first person shooter based on Spike TV's program The Kill Point. Each game episode mirrors events from each episode of the series; where police try to negotiate the safe release of hostages in a bank robbery gone awry. [ [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117968861.html?categoryid=14&cs=1 Spike ties videogame to series - Entertainment News, TV News, Media - Variety ] ]

Notes

ee also

*KumaWar
*The DinoHunters
*History Channel's ShootOut! The Game
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*Episodic games
*List of free first-person shooters

External links

* cite web
title = Free “Baghdad Surge” Episode Depicts Current Military Push; Puts Gamers in the Boots of An Iraqi Soldier
url=http://www.gameinatrix.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=3741

* cite web
title = GameZone information page for Kuma Games | url=http://search.gamezone.com/cgi-bin/search.exe?PUBLISHER=Kuma%20Games

* cite web
title = Kuma Reality Games Hits CNN, Pisses People Off | url=http://www.gamesfirst.com/index.php?id=884

External links

* [http://www.kumagames.com/ Official Kuma Games website]