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The fourth and final instalment in the current run of the BBC’s Doctor Who: The Adventure Games will be released for the PC on Christmas Day. Called Shadows of the Vashta Nerada, it will become available to download on the BBC website right after the show’s Christmas TV special on …
Read More »Doctor Who heading to iPhone
UK developer Tag Games has landed a coup, signing a deal with BBC Worldwide to launch an official Doctor Who game for iPhone and iPad. The game, which is expected to launch before Christmas, will allow fans to play as the Doctor and as his current assistant Amy Pond. "Doctor …
Read More ȣ50m target for BBCs games plan
BBC Worldwide says its move back into video games is like ‘growing a new limb’ and that it could become a 50m business for the firm. The statement comes as the company reveals its first self-published games for iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad, which are Doctor Who: The Mazes of …
Read More »Koch taps into Christmas Doctor Who fever
The annual hype for Doctor Who is sure to boost the Wii/DS tie-in games this Christmas, says Koch. Doctor Who toys and merchandise are regularly big sellers each Christmas, and the show’s annual special episode (previewed tonight on BBC 1’s Children in Need) is one of the most-watched TV broadcasts …
Read More »Release set for Doctor Who on Wii/DS
Developer Asylum Entertainment and distributor Koch have confirmed that Doctor Who’s upcoming Wii and DS titles will both hit UK retail on November 12th. Doctor Who: Evacuation Earth and Doctor Who: Return to Earth will also be released in Australia and other select European territories on the same day. Licensed …
Read More »Doctor Who game exec to leave BBC
The man who commissioned the Sumo-made Doctor Who: The Adventure Games is to depart the BBC. Simon Nelson has worked at the BBC for 14 years, predominantly at BBC Radio, where he introduced iPlayer-forerunner Radio Player. In recent years his role over interactive widened to include all sorts of media, …
Read More »Doctor Who game commissioner to leave BBC
Simon Nelson, BBC's multiplatform controller, leaves corporation at the end of the year
Read More »BBC recomissions Doctor Who Adventure games
Such has been the success of the PC and Mac Doctor Who Adventure Game series that the BBC has confirmed that the games will return for a second series in 2011. To date the first three Adventure Games have been downloaded over 1.6m times, with a fourth release due out …
Read More »Doctor Who ‘perfect for Wii and DS
Developer Asylum says only Nintendo’s platforms can help its Doctor Who games reach a family audience. The two upcoming Doctor Who titles – Evacuation Earth and Return to Earth – are due this year for DS and Wii respectively. And Asylum MD Simon Bailey says that the timing couldn’t be …
Read More »Doctor Who accessories materialise
Doctor Who-branded Wii and DS accessories will land on shelves this October. The new products have been produced by Koch Media’s Blue Ocean Accessories, and will arrive in time for the two Doctor Who video games – Doctor Who: Evacuation Earth for DS and Doctor Who: Return to Earth for …
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