Kuma Reality Games
| Kuma Reality Games Logo | |
| Company type | Video game developer |
|---|---|
| Industry | Computer and video game industry |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Headquarters | New York, New York, USA |
| Products | Video games |
| Website | http://www.kumagames.com |
Kuma Reality Games is a controversialcomputer games developer that is owned in part by tobacco giant Altria[1]. Kuma has been called a "war profiteer" for creating a reality TV type genera for violent video games based upon battles and events as they happen in war zones. [2] They specialize in developing free episodic first person shooters (FPS) since 2004[3]. The company has also created a number of machinima movies for their games, particularly The Dinohunters.[4]
Kuma Reality Games; along with their original properties Kuma\War and Dinohunters also produces games based on other TV properties such as The History Channel's Dogfights and ShootOut! series [5], as well as The Kill Point for Spike TV.[6]
Kuma Reality Games currently produces six major 'game-isode' programs. They are all available to download for free.
- Kuma\War: This game takes information and strategic data from recent military operations and attempts to recreate the war scenario as it happened. The Missions for Kuma\War are missions 1-74. The Missions after That are Kuma\\War Missions. This game has come under much praise and criticism for the role it plays in reproducing recent battles. [7]
- Kuma\\War This is the second version of Kuma\War. Which Also Takes information from recent military operations, but this game is a first person. Another thing different about this one then Kuma\War is its different missions, and updated graphics.
- Shootout! The Game: Shootout! is a game that is produced in conjunction with The History Channel program of the same name. The episodic games for this title are based on the actual ShootOut! episodes that air on The History Channel. Some of the battles recreated include Iwo Jima, The Tet Offensive, The Battle of the Bulge and an episode on the Vietcong attacking of the US Embassy in Vietnam.
- Dinohunters: The story of Dinohunters is centered around a fictitious reality show on the Total Hunting Channel and sends a crew of washed up celebrities into the past to hunt dinosaurs for sport and big ratings. The crew consists of Australian stuntman and actor Roger Wallaby, country singer Harlan Davis, native New Yorker Shaw, and their sexpot producer Candace "Candy" Spencer.
- Dogfights The Game: Dogfights is a game that is produced in conjunction with The History Channel program of the same name. The games for this title are based off of the show's Season 2 World War II episodes. [8]
- The Kill Point: Game: The Kill Point is a free episodic first person shooter based on Spike TV's program The Kill Point. Each game episode mirrors events from each episode of the series; where police try to negotiate the safe release of hostages in a bank robbery gone awry. [9]
Notes
- ^ http://www.altria.com/investors/02_01_annualreport.asp
- ^ Inc. Magazine, August 2004 http://www.inc.com/magazine/20040801/casestudy.html
- ^ Advertising Age
- ^ Kuma Reality Games. (2004) Kuma\War. [PC], New York: Kuma Reality Games.
- ^ The Escapist : News : Kuma Joins With History Channel For Dogfights Program
- ^ Spike ties videogame to series - Entertainment News, TV News, Media - Variety
- ^ Kuma plays war games
- ^ Dogfights The Game - The History Channel
- ^ Spike ties videogame to series - Entertainment News, TV News, Media - Variety
See also
- Kuma\War
- The DinoHunters
- History Channel's ShootOut! The Game
- History Channel's Dogfights: The Game
- The Kill Point: Game
- Episodic games
- List of free first-person shooters