DJs CREATE NOISE ABROAD
Britsoft Publisher Scoops Deal To Bring Ace
Adventure ‘The Moment of Silence’ To Scandinavia, Benelux and South Africa
11 October 2004
British publisher Digital Jesters has grabbed the
rights to publish the lavish adventure game ‘The Moment of Silence’ in
Scandinavia, Benelux and South Africa. These territories are in addition to its
existing UK publishing agreement.
The Moment of Silence, due in November 2004 for
PC CD-ROM, marks the pinnacle of adventure gaming, with an intricate tale of
espionage, government conspiracy and action. Developed by adventure specialists
House of Tales, it mixes stunning production values with an intuitive interface,
bringing the often-neglected genre bang up to date.
"Adventure games fans have been treated pretty
poorly recently," says Terry Malham, Director, Digital Jesters, "which is why
we’re keen to bring The Moment of Silence to as many gamers as possible. These
publishing agreements outside of our native territory are the first steps to
becoming a truly international company, so we’ll be going all-out to make the
game as successful and as popular as possible."
The Moment of Silence will be published in the
UK, Scandinavia, Benelux and South Africa by Digital Jesters in November 2004,
price ç44.99.
Features:
- Cinematic adventure with pre-rendered
sceneries - Mouse driven 3D characters
- Multiple-choice dialogues
- Highly immersive espionage thriller
- Researched visions of the near future
- 75 locations, designed by award-winning CG
artists - More than 500 interactive screens
- More than 35 speaking 3D characters – 8 hours
of dialog - 30 minutes of full screen video Audio
- 8 hours of professional voice acting – Lip
synchronisation using phonetic voice analysis - Inverse Kinematics character animation, motion
capture and Real-time facial expressions - Dynamic dialog scenes (camera angle changes)
- Cougar Adventure Engine 2.0 (Developed by
House of Tales)
For more information, please visit
www.momentofsilence.com
About Digital Jesters
Founded in 2003, Digital Jesters is a
British-based publisher of computer and video games. Set up by the duo
responsible for launching and establishing the Sudden Strike and Cossacks series
of games in the UK, the firm’s remit is simple: to source and publish the best
games available. The company’s commitment to originality resulting in it
snapping up the original TrackMania game from French developer Nadeo and DJ’s
ethos of community development strategy resulted in the game becoming one of the
sleeper hits of the year. A tie-in with record-breaking yachtswoman Ellen
Macarthur for the firm’s second release Virtual Skipper 3 ensured the game
received widespread attention among the elusive non-gamer, and firmly placed the
publisher on the map. The firm has enjoyed three top 10 PC hits and is expanding
its operation to cover additional territories. It has also published its own
comic book to widespread critical acclaim.
