- Novarama
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Novarama Technology Type Video game developer Industry Video game industry Founded 2003 Headquarters Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain Key people Daniel Sánchez-Crespo
Alberto Díaz
Juan Luís Abadía
Marc de Miquel
Rubén LópezProducts Video games Website http://www.novarama.com/ Novarama Technology is a video game developer based in Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain. It is a Sony first party exclusive studio.
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History
The studio was founded in July 2003 with the mission statement of creating innovative games with mass appeal. The studio began developing PC games, releasing Fallen Lords: Condemnation on Christmas 2005 through a local publisher. Moving into the console space, Novarama began developing Wild Summer for the PC and Xbox360. The game was cancelled due to a publisher restructuring. Surviving the crisis with just a small core team, Novarama released Music Monstars for the Nintendo DS(known as Monster Band in the USA[1]) in Christmas 2008, a music title for young gamers.
Novarama's most well known project is the augmented reality based Invizimals, produced by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, where players need to hunt for invisible monsters around the house with the aid of a PSP and a camera[2], which makes them visible. The game was announced at E3 2009, showing the first game trailer and a playable demo[3]. Invizimals was released November 2009 across PAL territories, receiving generally positive reviews that highlighted the innovative gameplay and technology[4], and becoming one of the Best-Selling PSP games of the Christmas 2009 season across Europe. Invizimals has spawned a sequel, Invizimals: Shadow Zone, released 2010, as well as several product lines including toys and collectible stickers.
A second sequel to Invizimals, entitled Invizimals: The Lost Tribes was announced in June 2011 for a Fall release. This announcement coincided on the same day as Sony Computer Entertainment Europe announced their exclusivity agreement to all of Novarama's games in the future. [5]
Games
Game Title Release Date Platform(s) Fallen Lords: Condemnation 2005 PC Music Monstars / Monster Band 2008 Nintendo DS Invizimals 2009 PlayStation Portable Invizimals: Shadow Zone 2010 PlayStation Portable Invizimals: The Lost Tribes 2011 PlayStation Portable Reality Fighters 2012 PlayStation Vita Awards
- Invizimals. Special Achievement for Innovation, IGN.com Best of E3 2009, winner.[6]
- Invizimals. Special Achievement for Technological Excellence, IGN.com Best of E3 2009, winner.[6]
- Invizimals. Game of the Show, IGN.com Best of E3 2009, runner-up, lost to Little Big Planet.[6]
- Premi Ciutat de Barcelona 2009, Technological Innovation, for Invizimals.[7]
- Invizimals. Best Overall Game. Gamelab Spanish National Video Game Awards 2010, winner.
- Invizimals. Best Technology. Gamelab Spanish National Video Game Awards 2010, winner.
- Invizimals: Shadow Zone. Best Handheld Game. Gamelab Spanish National Video Game Awards 2011, winner.
References
- ^ Monster Band on Metacritic
- ^ Preview at IGN
- ^ Invizimals E3 2009 Trailer at Gametrailers
- ^ Invizimals on Metacritic
- ^ "PlayStation nabs another exclusive developer". CVG. http://www.computerandvideogames.com/309431/news/playstation-nabs-another-exclusive-developer/. Retrieved 2011-06-29.
- ^ a b c "IGN: Best of E3 2009. Playstation Portable". IGN. http://psp.ign.com/articles/992/992659p2.html.
- ^ "Web Premis Ciutat Barcelona". Ajuntament de Barcelona. http://www.bcn.cat/cultura/premisciutatbcn/2009/secun6.shtml.
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