Mamba Games

Mamba Games merges with Lace International

Mamba Games are excited to announce that they have formed a partnership with the UK's leading DVD distribution company Lace Group (DVD and game publishing, sales and distribution business) to create a multi global video games publishing company.

The new company, trading as Lace Mamba Global (LMG), will combine all areas of expertise including acquisition, product development, in-house development, UK and global sales/distribution, marketing and PR. All global sales will be handled in-house along with games acquisitions and marketing. The adventure brand Odyssia will fall under the LMG umbrella and the group will continue to drive forward and bring high level and highly anticipated adventure games to the market.

Lace Mamba Group head office will be based in Brighton East Sussex with already established offices in London, LA and Paris.

The formation of the new company signals the ambition of the new group to accelerate the move into the next generation market with development already in progress on the Xbox360 console and discussions with various development houses in progress for Playstation 3.

Jason Codd Commercial Director of Europe explains more:

"The formation of Lace Mamba Global is a massive step for Mamba Games and we are delighted that this will give us the next step needed to move into next generation and become a real player. Lace Group are the largest DVD distributor in the UK and they have masses of experience and a terrific team, this merger can only be positive and we have been impressed by the visions they have for the video games market. Bringing together the 2 teams to create a large organization will allow us to fulfil our ambitions and we are already planning our PS3 and X360 development strategy for 2011. We will still be independent and look to work with studios of all sizes but of course with the financial investment, we now have substantial budgets to work with and we will be carefully selecting the products that we feel will work in our schedule".

The two companies bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the
table.

Mamba Games was set up by Robert Neilson in 2008 and since then the team and the catalogue has grown substantially. However as reliable and cost effective production, sales and distribution is key for any company and more so for an independent publisher in the current climate Mamba have now joined forces with Lace.

Lace Group, headed by Adam Lacey has a fully established production and sales team based in the UK that work closely alongside their sales partner Sony DADC so that Lace are able to ensure a smooth process from delivery of assets through to retail.

With every aspect now in house LMG are focused at establishing themselves as a serious competitor in the games market- globally.

Adam Lacey of Lace International explains why he thinks the formula will work, "we are independent, focused and very experienced in the market place. Mamba brings a huge amount of ambition and expertise to the table with an established network of global customers and sales and distribution agreements in place. We intend to really shake up the games market and become a very creative and dynamic force in the games business over the coming months and years".

The first progression for the group will be the launch of the LMG and Odyssia download site allowing consumers to download the catalogue of LMG and other publishers products as well as the exciting Q1 schedule including "Making History II: War of the World and the dtp Entertainment adventure catalogue including "Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island, Black Mirror 2 and the highly anticipated Jane Jensen game "Gray Matter”.

LMG have also started in-house development on 2 adventure products to be announced shortly on Nintendo DS and Nintendo Wii and also an announcement on the first Xbox360 product is due in the next few weeks.

LMG are interested in talking to developers with regards to next generation development and ask interested parties to contact Jason Codd (jason@lm-global.net)

Pirates: Adventures of the Black Corsair coming to DS & Wii!

Mamba Games announce the release of their 2nd game available on DS and Wii.

Pirates: Adventures of the Black Corsair released August 2010 Worldwide.

Following on from the announcement last month detailing the Mamba catalogue for next year, Mamba Games is pleased to announce the release of their second multi platform title: Pirates: Adventures of the Black Corsair.

Pirates: Adventures of the black Corsair will be available on DS and Wii world wide. The game invites players to become marauding buccaneers in 17th century London. Double-crossed by their pirate Captain and branded traitors to their country, players will face countless perils as they struggle to clear their names and become the most famous of pirates, the Black Corsair – defender of the Crown.

The key features of the game are:
• Family friendly fun
• User-friendly and accessible for everyone
• The only 'party' game that allows game play in versus, single, cooperative, and story modes
• Explore 3 vast worlds, including: London City, The Tower of London, and The Royal Court
• Interact with a cast of humorous characters
• Conquer mini-games to unlock special game features
• Easy-to-use In-Game HUD featuring a diary, log, map, inventory, and puzzles
• Save Points and Check Points are spread throughout each level
• Simple navigation made possible by positioning the main character on the Map
• 4 multi players
• 20 mini games
• 15 talking characters
• Dresses pack
• Third person view

The game will be released world wide something that Thomas Ormond Head of International Business Development for Mamba is keen to make a success.

“With Pirates: Adventures of the Black Corsair, Mamba Games is launching its first adventure games consoles onto the market. Gaming fans will appreciate this existing genre – I’m looking forward to seeing its uptake”.

Jason Codd of Mamba Games is thrilled to be working with developers Virtual Identity SRL on the title: “The team at Virtual Identity are very professional and we love their way of working, ideas and of course the game. Im really looking forward to hearing the feedback and support we get for this title in retail”.

"Worldwide Deliveries"

Dear All,

In the last week we have had a lot of emails about customers orders especially to the USA. We aim to ship out your orders within 3 working days but sometimes this can be a little later depending on demand for stock. Please note that there was also a postal strike on the day "The Void" was released so deliveries have been advised to take up to 3 weeks. This is out of our control. We will do everything we can to ensure you receive your products safely.

Regards,

Mamba Games

Mamba Games and dtp Entertainment join forces to bring adventure

Mamba Games announce their starting line up for their 2010 PC and Multi platform campaign.

Mamba Games are pleased to announce the 2010 additions to their Odyssia Adventure gaming brand from the German publishers dtp Entertainment.

The latest games to be announced are an outstanding addition to the Odyssia catalogue and are already widely anticipated amongst gaming fans.

The 2010 campaign includes:

Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island (PC):
Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island takes adventurers to the Azurbbean, a place vaguely similar to the Caribbean of the late 1600‘s. It’s an upside-down sub-tropical paradise where protoplasmic pirates and zombies lurk around the most unusual places!
Explore beautifully hand-painted locations and get acquainted with a cast of salty sea dogs as the story unfolds with hilarious tongue-in-cheek twists and turns. www.ghostpiratesofvoojuisland.com

15 Days (PC):
In 15 Days, a trio of activists organizes a series of meticulously planned coups in which they steal valuable paintings from the world’s most closely-guarded museums and sell them to anonymous clients. The group then donates the millions they receive to charitable causes, Robin-Hood-style- but they are caught up in the cross fire of a murder investigation and things take a turn for the worse. www.15days-game.com

Momento Mori (PC) www.mementomori-game.com
When three priceless works of art are stolen from the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, the circumstances suggest that a secret society is behind the heist. Max, a reformed art forger, and Lara, the police detective who gave Max his second chance, team to find the missing art and unlock the mysteries of an ancient brotherhood obsessed with the 15th Century Latin work, “Ars Moriendi” or the “Art of Dying”. As Max and Lara’s theft investigation deepens, they discover that when the powerful worlds of art and religion collide, the result can be murder!

Black Mirror 2 (PC) www.blackmirror-game.com
Black Mirror 2 takes place in the 1990's, twelve years after the original game. Solitary Darren meets the cute Angelina while he is working at the local photo shop of Biddeford, a small town in New England. Angelina also catches the eye of Darren's despotic, unpopular boss. To add to the mystery, there seems to be a third person interested in Angelina — Darren sees someone chasing her. He decides to investigate these incidents, his research soon lead him to several locations, such as the small English village of Willow Creek that players will know from the first game."

Gray Matter (PC ) www.graymatter-game.com
Gray Matter is the first adventure game by renowned author Jane Jensen since the release of Gabriel Knight 3: the story mixes eerie goings-on with supernatural events in best Jensen-style.

Neurobiologist Dr. David Styles is one of the game’s central characters: since losing his wife in a horrible accident some several years ago, he has become a recluse, seldom leaving Dread Hill House, his English country estate. When student and part-time street performer Samantha Everett shows up at his doorstep, she unexpectedly becomes his assistant. Hailing from America, she has been travelling through most of Europe the last couple years. Her first task: finding six test subjects at Oxford University for one of Styles’ experiments. The experiment starts off innocently enough, but then inexplicable incidents start mounting. And Styles is visited by his dear departed wife. Now it’s up to Sam to solve the mysteries of Dread Hill House.

So Blonde (DS, Wii) www.soblonde-game.com
She is young, she is pretty and she comes from rich parents: Sunny Blonde has little to worry about in her life. Especially not today: the 17-year-old American beauty is on a luxurious Atlantic cruise with her parents, celebrating their wedding anniversary. But it’s not really a party after Sunny’s taste – she’d rather be getting down with her friends. That’s why she uses every chance she gets to get away from her parents and explore the ship. Just when the ship passes by the Bermuda Islands, the inevitable occurs: a heavy thunderstorm rolls in, the cruise ship is overwhelmed by the sea. Sunny passes out and is transported into one of the vessel’s lifeboats…

Adding to the anticipation for the games, gaming website Just Adventure.com has given the below scores and rated the games highly anticipated:
Gray Matter PC - Number 1,
Ghost Pirates PC- Number 5,
Black Mirror 2 PC- Number 6

Gaming website Adventure gamers.com have also marked two of the titles as being highly anticipated and predicted great success for them in 2010.

Gray Matter (PC) – ranked number 2
Black mirror 2 (PC): ranked number 6

Jason Codd head of development in the UK is delighted to be working with DTP.

“We have be working really hard to ensure that our line up for 2010 is as strong as possible and the partnership we have with dtp signifies what we are trying to do with our Odyssia brand. dtp are renowned for their adventure products and we are looking forward to working with their team bringing these products to retail. The hype for products such as "Black Mirror 2" and "Gray Matter" is immense and we will further this with a terrific marketing and PR campaign for the line-up throughout 2010"

Mamba will be announcing more titles over the forthcoming weeks on multi platform.

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"The Void" Competition at Just Adventure.com

Fancy winning a copy of "The Void"? Now you have the opportunity to win 1 of 3 copies with in a competition ran by the Adventure website Just Adventure.

You can follow the link below to enter the draw.......... good luck!

http://www.justadventure.com/