DotEmu announces deal with Activision

by: Russell - posted: 7/6/2011 5:37:00 PM

Earlier today, DotEmu, who is quickly becoming one of the world's largest digital developers and publishers of bringing retro games back to PCs, has announced that they'll be bringing several of Activision's beloved games back for fans to enjoy.  The games, which include the Gabriel Knight series, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines, and Dark Reign, will be multi-lingual, low priced, DRM-free, and available for Windows XP, Vista, and Window 7.  Check out the Gabriel Knight series trailer below.

DotEmu announces deal with Activision :
Gabriel Knight Series now in Multilingual Editions

 

Paris, France – July, 6th 2011 – DotEmu, quickly becoming one of the world’s leading digital developers and publishers committed to bringing back retro games, is bringing several of Activision’s beloved games back for eager digital gaming fans to enjoy.

The games, now available for the first time in multi-lingual editions, are all low priced, DRM-Free, and available for Windows XP, Vista and for the first time in Windows 7.

The partnership will launch with five Activision titles, created between 1993 and 2004: three titles of the popular GABRIEL KNIGHT® SERIES, VAMPIRE: The Masquerade—Bloodlines™ and DARK REIGN®.

The Gabriel Knight series, set in New Orleans, allows players help solve multiple crimes with voodoo overtones. The series includes the games: GABRIEL KNIGHT: Sins of the Fathers® ($5.99), THE BEAST WITHIN: A Gabriel Knight® Mystery ($5.99) and GABRIEL KNIGHT® 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned ($5.99).

Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines ($19.99) is one of the best role playing games of the 2000s. In the game players get to embody a vampire, taste immortality and blood and increase their power. Set in every corner of Los Angeles, players can pledge allegiance to one of the seven clans, choose to join an organization and work for it or betray it to the benefit of its enemy.

DotEmu will also bring back one of the earliest Real Time Strategy Games, Dark Reign ($5.99). Originally released in 1997, the game allows you to control underground units and scout units on twelve different missions, either on your own or with seven other players. It will be available soon on DotEmu.

Watch the teaser of Gabriel Knight ® series : http://youtu.be/CQYuXBqR9T4

 

About DotEmu:
Launched in 2007, DotEmu’s mission is to bridge the gap between the best of old-time video games and the best of today and tomorrow’s technology. They have signed over 150 titles from twenty different publishers and have made them available for PCs, iPhones and online. DotEmu titles include Street Fighter II Champion Edition on Adobe Flash, R-Type, Goblins on iPhone and Boulder Dash on various platforms. DotEmu’s community of gamers has played their Flash titles over 100 million times. You can follow DotEmu news on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/dotemu or on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/dotemu.