It's not every day you get a press release from National Geographic, but today I got word from them that they are launching a game division.
"NGG also announced it has partnered with Namco Bandai Games America and Sony Computer Entertainment to publish and distribute globally National Geographic-branded titles on major gaming consoles and handheld devices, including the Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS handheld, PlayStation 3 and PS3 Network, PCs and mobile devices such as the iPhone."
Upcoming National Geographic Games are the following:
November 2008
National Geographic - "Herod's Lost Tomb"
Namco Bandai - "National Geographic: Panda"
Sony - "National Geographic: Africa"
December 2008
National Geographic - "Sudoku Traveler: China"
2009
National Geographic - "Rain Forests"
National Geographic - "Greencity"
National Geographic - "From the Bottom Up"
National Geographic: Herod's Lost Tomb is a game that will be available for free on the National Geographic website this month and its the first game National Geographic have produced in-house.