nDreams today announces licensing the Unity engine, the signature of additional projects based in the PlayStation Home virtual world, registration as an iPhone developer, the commencement of development on Google's Android operating system and the recruitment of four more experienced staff as the developer/production company continues its expansion.
nDreams is the studio behind the world's first console-based Alternate Reality Game, Xi, which is currently making a huge impact inside PlayStation Home, across the web and in the real world. On the back of Xi, nDreams is pleased to announce that it is already working on a number of other projects in PlayStation Home, the world's fastest growing virtual world. In addition, the company can reveal that it is now a registered developer for the iPhone, has recently licensed the Unity engine and is also developing for Google's Android operating system.
Finally, nDreams is delighted to announce the recruitment of four new members of staff. Mike Souto joins as Senior Producer from Eidos, having spent over ten years in the industry working on titles such as TimeSplitters 2, Who Wants to be a Millionaire and the Commandos series. Andy Gibson joins as Lead Artist having worked at Gusto, Core and Revolution on projects such as Tomb Raider, Bugs Life and In Cold Blood. Peter Nicholson joins as an artist, having previously worked at Lionhead and EA. Finally, Babu Madhikarmi joins as a programmer having worked at Sprite Interactive and Glu Mobile on over 15 games.
Patrick O'Luanaigh, nDreams CEO said, "We're delighted to welcome on board four talented new team members. Between them, they have almost 40 years experience in the games industry and demonstrate just how far nDreams has come in the last twelve months. We've been delighted with the reaction so far to Xi, our first major project, and we're very excited about the other titles that are now in development as we continue to create innovative games in the online digital space."