Remember the Singaporean-made CarneyVale: Showtime game that got a ton of awards in 2008 and was also a blast because of the amount of fun it generated by letting you fling a literal ragdoll clown high up in the air for points? Turns out that the game has become the first Singaporean game to close a distribution contract with Microsoft’s Games for Windows-LIVE on the PC platform. This means that it’ll be coming out for the PC platform later this year; this version will have extras like a built-in map editor (something that was definitely needed to prolong its replayability), and the ability to share these custom maps with anyone online and worldwide.
Dr Christopher Chia, CEO of MDA, has this to say regarding this achievement: “We are delighted that Carneyvale: Showtime has scored yet another triumph. The research collaboration with MIT has indeed benefited our local games sector in terms of research and development and such positive result underscores the commitment between us and MIT. We hope that more of GAMBIT’s projects will lead to commercialization. We also appreciate Microsoft’s continuous support of our games. We hope this relationship with Microsoft will open doors for more made-by-Singapore games to be published on such international platforms.”
Erik Ford, Senior Regional Marketing Manager of Xbox 360 in Southeast Asia, said that “we are proud of Team GAMBIT’s achievements on the Xbox LIVE platform and are excited to see CarneyVale: Showtime coming onto the Windows platform. Team GAMBIT has set a standard in gameplay design for budding developers to aspire to and all this would not have been possible without the strong support of MDA.”
For those who missed out because they didn’t own an Xbox 360, now’s your chance to check it out on the PC. It’s a game bound to make you lose sleep and time over.
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