The BBC are gearing up to announce their first wave of titles based on their own shows. At present there is a free episodic Doctor Who game for the PC and forthcoming Wii and DS titles for the same program.
The BBC has assembled a team of gaming veterans including former THQ and Disney Interactive exec Paul Joffe and ex-creative director for Vivendi, Ben Badgett. The man in charge is BBC Worldwide’s EVP of Digital Entertainment, Robert Nashak, who said;
“I am trying to build a team that really understands how to get to the meat of the matter when it comes to brands.”
“Top Gear is a priority for us. We are coming out with an American format of Top Gear. If that takes off, and I hope it does, then I believe that Top Gear will become a powerhouse global brand.”
Nashak also suggested the Doctor Who download game could get a retail release and also hinted at games for ‘In The Night Garden’, ‘Lonely Planet’,’ Strictly Come Dancing’ and rather excitingly, ‘Torchwood’.
As previously mentioned so far the games have been for PC and Nintendo only and no other formats have been announced, however if the BBC are serious about gaming then they cannot overlook the tens of millions of players on Xbox 360 and PS3. Lets hope they have a decent Top Gear racer planned and an epic Torchwood action adventure title.
Oh and a Kinect based Strictly game, you had all better start practising your Foxtrot right now – and step two three four and turn two three four!
Source: MCV
cc_star
*puts troll hat on*
How about a Sherlock game?
All they need to do is use a Find & Replace tool to replace the words ‘Doctor Who’ with ‘Sherlock’ like they did with the TV mini-series and hey presto, job done!
3shirts
I like your hat
DuffyBox
Ooh, Sherlock was good. But unless the star detective is also a hand to hand badass (a la Batman), the game just won’t work without the kind of astronomical budget the BBC just can’t risk. Unless it was a snappy puzzler for PSN… I’d buy that!
hazelam
just do a deal with sony to make gt5 the official top gear game, it’s already got the top gear test track.
and get a picture of the stig on the cover, and saved a fortune in development costs.
top gear game sorted.
jayjay119
I think the fact that the BBC are completely ignoring the
PS3 and 360 right from the get go just shows that they know nothing about the market that they are trying to break into, otherwise they would be wise enough not to alienate so many gamers right from the get go! I would love to see a Dr Who and Torchwood game, but it looks like I won’t ever get to play one… being a PS3 gamer and all!
Lesbie
when are the bbc going to do a video games review programme
AG2297
Id like that, especially if Charlie Brooker did it for them.
Foxhound_Solid
Oh no…
NOT GOOD.
Top Gears appearancve on GT5 [ as a game as such] is as good as humanly possible.
Phil_E
Would like a good torchwood game. doctor who will be more aimed at kids so a torchwood title seems a little more exciting.