Q.U.B.E. nominated for Develop Award
Posted: May 28, 2012 Filed under: Alumni, Awards, Student Successes | Tags: Dan DaRocha, Dave Hall, Develop Awards 2012, Jon Savery, Newport Alumni, newport computer games design, Newport Graduate, Q.U.B.E., QUBE, Steam, Student Project, UDK Leave a comment »Q.U.B.E. has been nominated for a Develop Awards 2012.
Q.U.B.E. has been nominated in the ‘New Studio’ category. The award ceremony will take place on Wednesday, July 11th 2012. Good luck guys.
Q.U.B.E. is half price until the 2nd June 2012… Q.U.B.E. available on Steam
Newport Grads talking at Develop
Posted: May 22, 2012 Filed under: Alumni, Events, Student Successes | Tags: Dan DaRocha, Develop Conference, Indie Dev Day, Jon Savery, Mike Bithell, Newport Alumni, newport computer games design, Newport Graduate, Q.U.B.E., QUBE, Thomas Was Alone Leave a comment »Once again the Develop Conference will be taking place this year in Brighton from the 10th-12th July.
This year three Newport alumni will be panel members for discussions held as part of the Indie Dev Day.
Mike Bithell will be a panellist for “Marketing: Explore the Dirty Indie Secret“, which will be taking place on 11th July 2012.
Dan Da Rocha and Jon Savery will be panellists for “Ways To Fund Your Indie Game“, which will be taking place on 12th July 2012.
For full details please click the links above.
Q.U.B.E. will be exhibiting at Rezzed
Posted: May 21, 2012 Filed under: Alumni, Events, Releases, Student Successes | Tags: Dan DaRocha, Dave Hall, Jon Savery, Newport Alumni, newport computer games design, Newport Graduate, Q.U.B.E., QUBE, Rezzed, Student Project, UDK Leave a comment »Q.U.B.E. will be exhibiting at Rezzed, in Brighton on the 6th & 7th of July 2012.
Rezzed is a gaming event focused on PC & indie games, it is being organised by the team behind the Eurogamer Expo.
Rezzed takes place at the Brighton Centre, on Friday 6th & Saturday 7th July. The show will run from 10am to 6pm on both days.
New trailer for Thomas Was Alone
Posted: May 1, 2012 Filed under: Alumni, Releases | Tags: Mike Bithell, Newport Alumni, Newport Graduate, Ones to Watch, Thomas Was Alone, Unity Leave a comment »
Mike Bithell has been very busy lately continuing the development of Thomas Was Alone. There is a fantastic new trailer with voice over by Danny Wallace and a great new website.
Q.U.B.E. Soundtrack to be Released
Posted: May 1, 2012 Filed under: Alumni, Releases | Tags: Dan DaRocha, Dave Hall, Jon Savery, Newport Alumni, newport computer games design, Newport Graduate, Q.U.B.E., QUBE, Soudtrack, Student Project, UDK, Wales Indie Leave a comment »After the successful release of Q.U.B.E. back in January, the Toxic Games team have decided to release the original soundtrack for the game.
The Q.U.B.E. original soundtrack will be released on Friday 4th May, and will be available on iTunes, Amazon and Steam for $5.99/£4.99/€5.99.
There will be over 30 Electronica, Drum and Bass and Electro House tracks from the game and special bonus tracks composed by Ben Chandler, Felix Zirwes, Steve Dunne and Project Static. Includes the popular original version of “Finale” plus a special version featuring Dan Da Rocha (Designer at Toxic Games).
Here is something to wet you appetite…
It has also been announced that Q.U.B.E. version 1.2 is now available on Steam.
Q.U.B.E. wins Ffresh Award
Posted: February 21, 2012 Filed under: Alumni, Awards, Events, Releases, Student Successes | Tags: Dan DaRocha, Dave Hall, Ffresh Awards 2012, Indie Fund, Jon Savery, Newport Alumni, newport computer games design, Newport Graduate, Q.U.B.E., QUBE, UDK Leave a comment »
We are very happy to announce that Q.U.B.E. won first prize in the Games and Interactive Category at the Ffresh Awards, which is part of The Student Moving Images Festival of Wales.
Read what the judges had to say about Q.U.B.E. and the other games from Newport that made the short list.
Q.U.B.E. is currently available to buy on Steam and other digital distribution platforms.
Newport Computer Games Students wins CryENGINE3 Level Design Competition!
Posted: January 25, 2012 Filed under: Awards, Events, Press, Student Successes | Tags: Competition, cryENGINE3, GameCity, Karl Livsey, newport computer games design, Student Project, Winner Leave a comment »Congratulations to Karl Livesy (currently a second year student at Newport), for winning the CryENGINE3 Level Design Competition which took place at GameCity last October.
More information can be found on the GameCity website.
Below is an image from Karl’s competition entry.
(Image courtesy of GameCity)
Q.U.B.E. pays back it’s initial investment and think about expanding!
Posted: January 23, 2012 Filed under: Alumni, Press, Releases, Student Successes | Tags: Dan DaRocha, Dave Hall, Indie Fund, Jon Savery, Newport Alumni, newport computer games design, Newport Graduate, OnLive, Q.U.B.E., QUBE, Steam, Student Project, UDK, Wales Indie Leave a comment »
After successfully launching Q.U.B.E. on Steam on the 6th January, the game sold over 12,000 copies in just 4 days, which enabled them to pay back the $90,000 investment from Indie Fund.
More information can be found on Gamasutra.
In an article for Joystiq, Dan Da Rocha also confirmed that they are already working on getting Q.U.B.E. ready for a Mac release and prototyping an iOS version. They are also planning Q.U.B.E. to be release on the OnLive platform soon.
Thomas Was Alone is named in a list of Top Ten Indie Games for 2012
Posted: January 23, 2012 Filed under: Alumni, Press | Tags: Mike Bithell, Newport Alumni, newport computer games design, Newport Graduate, Thomas Was Alone Leave a comment »
The Huffington Post has named Thomas Was Alone in it’s list Top Ten Indie Games for 2012.
Q.U.B.E. is released and is getting great reviews!
Posted: January 11, 2012 Filed under: Alumni, Releases | Tags: Dan DaRocha, Dave Hall, gamersgate, Indie Fund, Jon Savery, Newport Alumni, newport computer games design, Newport Graduate, Q.U.B.E., QUBE, Steam, Student Project, UDK, Wales Indie Leave a comment »
Q.U.B.E. has now been fully released on Steam, Desura, Gamersgate and Playism. A demo is also available via Steam.
Q.U.B.E. has been received really well, here are a few of the reviews… Rock Paper Shotgun, Kotaku, DIY Gamer, The Play Vault, Giant Bomb, Shack News, Velocity Gamer, Super Level, MM Gaming, Just Press Start & The Review Cast.
Q.U.B.E. is the first game to be released by Toxic Games: Dan Da Rocha, Jon Savery and Dave Hall, with the help of Indie Fund. It is also the fist game developed by Newport students to get commercially released. Well done guys, keep up the good work.
