Saturday, May 3, 2008

Kuma Games

I've decided to Roll the Kuma Games all into one post, but don't be fooled into thinking this means they aren't important.The guys at Kuma Games have shown the power of ad-based episodic games. The only thing you have to go through is while you are downloading the game, the client plays ads. Thats it. Not to mention the excellent download system shares files between episodes, so after the third mission or so downloads will be around 3 mintutes
"Using the same business model as TV, Kuma Games develops and releases free, premium entertainment paid for by quality advertising. Thanks to our sponsors, you get more than 100 graphics-rich, state-of-the-art video game titles, along with original videos, supporting news articles, forums, and more, and it won't ever cost you a cent. See? The best things in life really are free."



"Five Power Brands

Kuma Games builds re-creations of real-world events, military training simulations, licensed TV properties, and works of fiction using fresh development concepts and advanced gaming tools.

DINOHUNTERS is a work of fiction that combines hilarious scripted sequences with stimulating first-person shooting. Original episodes of DinoHunters are delivered each month, free of charge, to consumers with a broadband Internet connection. Using the hottest game engine and other sophisticated entertainment tools, DinoHunters combines comedic television-like movies with exciting game play in a revolutionary entertainment package.

DOGFIGHTS lets you climb into the cockpit of history´s most famous fighter planes in this new exclusive game series, produced in cooperation with the History Channel. Fly an American Hellcat over Wake Island, trying to lead a Japanese Zero into a death spiral, or a P-51 Mustang defending our B-17 bombers against German Me-109s trying to crash into them before they can reach the fatherland. With game episodes based on the History Channel´s hit program of the same name, Dogfights: The Game lets you experience history´s greatest aerial battles firsthand, with heart-stopping multiplayer action inside well-researched real war scenarios. Dogfights training missions will teach you how to maneuver your aircraft with great expertise in combat.

THE KILL POINT GAME thrusts players into a dramatic world of gangs, guns and glory! Watch TV’s most intense new series: The Kill Point, Sunday nights on Spike TV, then enter the ultimate cops and robbers showdown in The Kill Point Game. Wage your own war on the bands of criminals or seasoned SWAT teams in massive multiplayer face-offs, take-no-prisoner style battles for control of the mean city streets. Your team’s goal: to infiltrate and decimate the other team using powerful automatic weaponry, voice communication, and raw instinct. The Kill Point Game: Captivating television comes to life!

KUMA\WAR, the first Kuma Game, is a totally free, first and third-person tactical squad-based game that provides multiple updates monthly to the consumer´s computer to reflect unfolding events in the real world. Each month Kuma\War subscribers receive playable missions, video news shows, extensive intelligence gathered from news sources around the world, and insight from a decorated team of military veterans.

SHOOTOUT immerses you in the same suspense and action seen on The History Channel´s hit show, Shootout! Get inside the bloodiest battles spanning WWII to Vietnam, where you load in with authentic weaponry like sniper rifles, Stinger missiles, Katanas and flamethrowers! Play as a fierce Vietcong soldier in the epic infiltration of the US Embassy in Saigon, or be the first American to sink your boots into the sands of Iwo Jima. Play alone or with an army of friends in a first-person battle to survive history´s deadliest shootouts!"


To illustrate the awesomeness I have attached some videos:
Kuma-War


Shoot-Out!



As you can see,the games aren't going to dethrone COD4 or Team Fortress 2, but they sure as hell could take up hundreds of hours of your time. These games lack the polish of the blockbuster games, but they make up for it by being:
Free, Customizable, and damn fun.

Check em' out, theirs nothing stopping you.
FR(Freeware Rating):So-So BS
Overall Rating:7.5
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