Kinect and Wii U tempt BBC into retail games

The BBC wants some of its biggest brands to lead a new wave of boxed retail games, an executive at the company has said.

The broadcaster is seeking both publisher and studio partnerships with a view to creating games based on some of its famous TV series,according to CVG.

Simon Harris, who heads up BBC Worldwide’s games division, said "Kinect makes a huge amount of sense," for certain BBC brands and described the Wii U as "a really interesting product".

Sister site Develop has all the details.

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