![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The biggest HitPoint title to date is The Secrets of Arcelia Island, a hidden-object game adventure game. Many of the games are branded games or advergames. HitPoint has produced more than 130 games in four years for more than 50 million players on the Android, iOS, Facebook, and PC platforms. John, who helped pioneer Windows games at Microsoft and also has a penchant for delivering big pitches. John happens to be the younger brother of longtime game industry player Alex St. That is very confident talk, but Aaron St. “We’re doing some creative stuff that has never been done before,” St. Xbox Live will be an integral part of Windows 8 and Surface, and that means that games such as Adera will be more social and viral, right from the beginning. ![]() Adera is a hidden-object game, where you search through art to find objects hidden in the landscape. John hinted that the experience for gamers will be similar to that enjoyed by people who played the original Myst, which also had beautiful scenery. He said it was a good match for what his team wanted to do with Adera, which he said will feature beautiful art (as you can see above in the logo). John said in an interview with GamesBeat that he is impressed with the integration of touchscreen computing with Windows 8 and Microsoft Surface. “The extended reach of Microsoft’s Xbox platform along with the development capabilities within Windows 8 enables us to build new, rich games that widespread audiences will truly love to play.” John, co-founder and CEO of HitPoint Studios. “With Adera, we created a title with cinema-quality production value that’s totally unprecedented in the puzzle-adventure genre, and our partnership with Microsoft Studios has enabled us to bring a classic casual gaming title like this to the mainstream,” said Aaron St. It is clearly a sign that Microsoft knows that great games can make or break any new operating system or technology platform. Microsoft will publish this game which is being developed by Hatfield, Mass.-based HitPoint, said Jim Hawk, producer at Microsoft. It is one of a whole slate of games being announced today for the new Microsoft platforms, which are aimed at reviving PC gaming and related tablet play. The game is an episodic, puzzle-adventure title that will take full advantage of features such as multitouch controls, accelerometer (tilt) controls, and Xbox Live for Windows. ![]()
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