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. 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.
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.
Newport Games Design gets three nominations for the Ffresh Awards 2012
Posted: January 11, 2012 Filed under: Alumni, Awards, Events, Student Successes | Tags: Andre DaSilva, Dan DaRocha, Dave Hall, Ffresh, Ffresh Awards 2012, Fresh Awards Shortlist, Henry Hoffman, Jenny Peers, Jon Savery, Kate Killick, Newport Alumni, newport computer games design, Newport Graduate, Q.U.B.E., QUBE, Steam, Student Project, Thread Bear, UDK, Wales Indie, With The Dust 1 Comment »We are very pleased to announce that three Newport games have been shortlisted in the Games & Interactive Media category and the Ffresh Awards 2012.
With The Dust, Thread Bear and Q.U.B.E. have been short listed, the games and interactive media juror David Banner has written encouraging comments about all three games.
The winner will be announced on Friday 10th February.
Q.U.B.E. to be released on 16th December
Posted: December 2, 2011 Filed under: Alumni, Releases, Student Successes | Tags: 16 December, Dan DaRocha, Dave Hall, Desura, Indie Fund, Jon Savery, Newport Alumni, newport computer games design, Newport Graduate, Playism, Q.U.B.E., QUBE, Steam, Student Project, UDK, Wales Indie Leave a comment »
It has been officially announced (via the Indie Fund website) that Q.U.B.E. will be released on the 16th December 2011. Q.U.B.E. will be available on on Steam, Desura, and Playism. It will be sold for £9.99/$14.99/€10.99.
The release is significant for both Indie Fund and the Computer Games Design at the University of Wales, Newport. For the both Q.U.B.E. is their first game to get a full commercial release.
The game was developed by Dan Da Rocha, Jon Savery and Dave Hall, they built the prototype as part of their undergraduate degree program (graduating in 2009). Then continued to develop it into a full game after their graduation with the help of the Indie Fund.
An interesting fact about Q.U.B.E.‘s development is that it has been developed without a programmer! The guys have only used UDK (the Unreal Development Kit) and its scripting facilities.
As usual Q.U.B.E. is getting some great press… Joystiq, The Sixth Axis, IndieGames.com, The Witness.net, DIY Gamer, Develop Online & DIY Gamer Preview
You can also vote for Q.U.B.E to be IndieDB’s Indie of the Year 2011.
Two Newport Games are on the short list for a Best of Welsh Design Award
Posted: October 5, 2011 Filed under: Alumni, Awards, Student Successes | Tags: Andre Silva, Angry Mango, Award Winner, BAFTA Cymru, Best of Welsh Design Award, Cardiff Design Festival, Henry Hoffman, Jenny Peers, Kate Killick, Mush, Mush Game, Newport Alumni, newport computer games design, Newport Graduate, Ones to Watch, Thread Bear, UDK, Wales Indie, Windows Phone 7 Leave a comment »We are very pleased to announce that two Newport games have made it onto the short list for the Graduate Interactive Award…
Thread Bear by Jenny Peers and Andre Silva.
Thread Bear is a cute 3D adventure game set in a squishy fabric world. Help Bobby the panda travel through each level and sew up the rips that are affecting the balance of this fragile fabric world.
For more info and to Vote for Thread Bear.
Mush by Henry Hoffman, Kate Killick (from Computer Games Design), Ahmed Zaman, Matt Dennis, Greg O’Brian (from Games Development & AI).
Mush is an emotional puzzle platform game for the Windows Phone 7, giving you control over how your character feels. Directly change emotions through drawing smiles and sad faces, rotating the world and shaking the phone. Experience happiness, sadness, confusion and anger as you explore the unique emotional themed worlds with quirky abilities defined by the characters mood.
For more info and to Vote for Mush.
The Best of Welsh Design Awards are part of the Cardiff Design Festival. The winners will be announced on Friday the 14th of October.
Computer Games Design will be at playARK Cardiff
Posted: September 23, 2011 Filed under: Alumni, Events | Tags: Cardiff Design Festival, Newport Alumni, newport computer games design, Newport Graduate, play testing, playARK, Q.U.B.E., QUBE, Student Project, thinkARK, Wales Indie Leave a comment »The Computer Games Design course has been invited to exhibit student and graduate work at playARK – Games on 1st October 2011, 10am – 4pm at Chapter Arts Centre, so come along and have a go.
The games will be part of the Open Playtest session, there will be a selection of games from current students and graduates, including Q.U.B.E.
playARK is part of the Cardiff Design Festival.
Q.U.B.E.’s presentation at the Tokyo Game Show’s Sense of Wonder Night
Posted: September 23, 2011 Filed under: Alumni, Events | Tags: Dan DaRocha, Dave Hall, Jon Savery, Newport Alumni, newport computer games design, Newport Graduate, Q.U.B.E., QUBE, QUBE Game, Sense of Wonder Night, SOWN, Student Project, student sucesses, Tokyo Game Show 2011, UDK, Wales Indie Leave a comment »
The guys have just come back from showcasing Q.U.B.E. at the Tokyo Game Show. They were invited to present their game at the Sense of Wonder Night, to a select group of industry delegates.
Press Release: Toxic Games announces their first debut title, Q.U.B.E.
Posted: September 8, 2011 Filed under: Alumni | Tags: Dan DaRocha, Dave Hall, Indie Fund, Jon Savery, Newport Alumni, newport computer games design, Newport Graduate, press release, Q.U.B.E., QUBE, Student Project, UDK, Wales Indie Leave a comment »PRESS RELEASE
South Wales, UK – 9 th August 2011– Toxic Games, a newly formed small independent developer based in Newport, South Wales founded by former classmates, began development of Q.U.B.E. as a student project in 2009. All three core members are game designers with no programming expertise. Thanks to the encouragement of academic mentors and industry professionals, and with the help of the Indie Fund for start-ups, Toxic Games went from student hobbyists to independent developers upon graduation from university. Toxic Games plans to release their debut title, Q.U.B.E. with the support of Indie-Fund in late 2011 to early 2012.
Q.U.B.E. is a first-person, singleplayer game that begins in a sterile, white cubic environment. The game presents the player with a series of brain-teasing puzzles, ranging from physics-based challenges and 3D jigsaws to platform-based trials.
With the aid of technologically enhanced gloves, the player manipulates and navigates a deep space training facility packed with cubes. The player can pull red blocks one at a time, extract multiple cubes of yellow all at once, use blue cubes for jumping, and push green cubes around the environment.
Q.U.B.E. has been nominated as a finalist in several game competitions including the Indie Game Challenge, The Escapist Extra Credits Innovation Awards and IndieDB’s Indie Game of the Year award: Best UDK Game.
Visit us at: www.qubegame.co.uk
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Q.U.B.E. at the Tokyo Game Show 2011
Posted: August 22, 2011 Filed under: Alumni, Events, Student Successes | Tags: Dan DaRocha, Dave Hall, Indie Fund, Jon Savery, Newport Alumni, newport computer games design, Newport Graduate, Q.U.B.E., QUBE, Sense of Wonder Night, SOWN, Tokyo Game Show 2011, UDK, Wales Indie Leave a comment »Q.U.B.E. will be on display at the Tokyo Game Show 2011 from 15th to 18th September in the Makuhari Messe (Mihama-ku, Chiba City).
Q.U.B.E. is also one of 9 games (out of 60 submitted) to be chosen to be presented at the ‘Sense of Wonder Night‘ (SOWN).
SOWN will be held on Friday, September 16 17:30-20:00 in Makuhari Messe – International Conference Hall, Room 201.
