| Type | Video game developer |
|---|---|
| Industry | Video game industry |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Headquarters | Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain |
| Key people | Daniel Sánchez-Crespo Alberto Díaz Juan Luís Abadía Marc de Miquel Rubén López |
| Products | Video games |
| Website | http://www.novarama.com/ |
Novarama Technology is a video game developer based in Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain. It is a Sony first party exclusive studio.
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The studio was founded in July 2003 with the mission statement of creating innovative games with mass appeal. The studio began developing PC games, releasing Fallen Lords: Condemnation on Christmas 2005 through a local publisher. Moving into the console space, Novarama began developing Wild Summer for the PC and Xbox360. The game was cancelled due to a publisher restructuring. Surviving the crisis with just a small core team, Novarama released Music Monstars for the Nintendo DS(known as Monster Band in the USA[1]) in Christmas 2008, a music title for young gamers.
Novarama's most well known project is the augmented reality based Invizimals, produced by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, where players need to hunt for invisible monsters around the house with the aid of a PSP and a camera[2], which makes them visible. The game was announced at E3 2009, showing the first game trailer and a playable demo[3]. Invizimals was released November 2009 across PAL territories, receiving generally positive reviews that highlighted the innovative gameplay and technology[4], and becoming one of the Best-Selling PSP games of the Christmas 2009 season across Europe. Invizimals has spawned a sequel, Invizimals: Shadow Zone, released 2010, as well as several product lines including toys and collectible stickers.
A second sequel to Invizimals, entitled Invizimals: The Lost Tribes was announced in June 2011 for a Fall release. This announcement coincided on the same day as Sony Computer Entertainment Europe announced their exclusivity agreement to all of Novarama's games in the future. [5]
| Game Title | Release Date | Platform(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Fallen Lords: Condemnation | 2005 | PC |
| Music Monstars / Monster Band | 2008 | Nintendo DS |
| Invizimals | 2009 | PlayStation Portable |
| Invizimals: Shadow Zone | 2010 | PlayStation Portable |
| Invizimals: The Lost Tribes | 2011 | PlayStation Portable |
| Reality Fighters | 2012 | PlayStation Vita |
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