Three Melons' Blog

LEGO Star Wars is online!

Today is the day! Finally the full LEGO Star wars game is online at http://starwars.lego.com  
For those who are not part of the 5 million unique users who have played the teaser, here's some info about LEGO Star Wars, the quest for R2-D2:

The game begins when, lost in space, R2-D2 starts emitting a distress call without knowing that his signal contains the blueprints to build a powerful secret starship.
Whoever can amplify that signal will get both the droid location and this unique new weapon! The war between Separatists and Republicans is imminent!

(BTW: you can choose which side of the Clone Wars conflict you want to fight for).

The game was developed using Unity 3D and features over 20 hours of gameplay, for free, from your browser.... pretty cool right?

For the full press release and in game images you can go here.
Or you can see some videos here.

Leave a comment and tell us what you think about the game!
Enjoy.

LEGO Star Wars teaser game is online!

We are very proud an extremely excited to announce that the first teaser of our latest game, LEGO Star Wars is now online (here)!!!

A little bit about the game: It's a story-based role playing game, packed with action, humor and rich visuals.
It begins when, lost in space, R2-D2 starts emitting a distress call without knowing that his signal contains the blueprints to build a powerful secret starship.
Whoever can amplify that signal will get both the droid location and this unique new weapon!
Players can choose to join either side of the Clone Wars conflict and fight their way to victory.
If you're wondering if Anakin Skywalker, Obi Wan Kenobi and Count Dooku will be in it, the answer is yes! You'll also get to show off your light saber skills.
The full game will consist of fifteen levels to be released throughout the year, which will include an asynchronous multiplayer option and a few other special features....So stay tuned!!!
You'll also find out the latest updates to the game on twitter.

 

First Footvolley online game ever!

We are very happy to announce that in collaboration with Aquiris Game Experience, we've created the Pepsi Footvolley game, which combines the field rules of volleyball and the touch rules of football, in order to create a New challenging and fun sport.
A very cool feature about the game is that you can choose between six different football (soccer) celebrities to play with.
The game was developed in Unity 3D and has a fun, challenging gameplay.
We dare you to test your footvolley skills here!
We'd love to know how did you like the game, so send us a twit with your comments.

Cool Slides on Gaming Trends

Jéromé Sudan from AdvertisingPawn created a great set of slides for his presentation on Video Gaming Trends:

View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: marketing advertising)

Full article here: http://www.advertisingpawn.com/video-gaming-trends/

Fluid featured in Gamezebo

Fluid, a fun, liquidating game we developed with MTV Arcade is featured in Web Wednesdays: Fluid | Gamezebo. It's amazing how much time people spent to get in that highscore table!

I think it was an excellent implementation of a simple concept that is just fun to play and play to relax for a while.

Aprender jugando

La industria de los videojuegos crece y con ella tambien la cantidad de estudios relacionados con los mismos.

Recientemente vimos un cortito articulo sobre como Los mundos virtuales ayudan a los niños a prepararse para afrontar la vida real.

No tengo ninguna duda que una gran cantidad de juegos genera alguna forma de enseñanza y que los juegos diseñados para enseñar son la clave para que mejore la educación en el mundo actual.

Nuestro humilde aporte será desarrollar un juego para enseñar a chicos de primario/secundario a programar. Tenemos el proyecto diseñado y nos presentamos a un subsidio para ver si conseguimos financiamiento. Si alguien quiere ayudarnos... avisen!

Fluid is live at MTV.com

Check out Fluid

http://www.mtv.com/games/arcade/game/play.jhtml?arcadeGameId=10141843

our latest game for MTV, and realize how filling rooms with liquid bubbles while dodging enemies becomes addicting.
 

Happy gaming! Don’t blame us if you can’t work for the next 30 minutes.

Online Gaming Stats

I came upon an interesting article from eMarketer where they show two solid stats:

• 72% of the US population is a gamer
• 90% of online game is done via a PC

On one side, it's clear that videogames are mainstream since Skeptics are already playing. On the other, the PC might not be "dead" after all!

Here's the link: Video Gaming Audience Is Fragmented - eMarketer.

Tennis Stars Cup at Shockwave.com

We are live at Shockwave.com: check out Tennis Stars Cup!

After a couple of months in development we are proud to have our first 3D game developed and published online in Shockwave.com.

Congratulations to the team!

MTV Arcade | Kentucky Recoil

Click here to enjoy the game we created with MTV!