National Geographic announces gaming arm

Leading science body National Geographic has announced that it is to enter the games space, with new label National Geographic Games planning to both develop and publish titles across a range of platforms.

Publishing and distribution agreements have already been reached with the North American arms of Namco Bandai and SCE, who will publish National Geographic: Panda and National Geographic: Africa respectively. NGG’s first self-published title will be National Geographic: King Herod.

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