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Classic Video Game Galaga to Get Animated Series and Immersive Experience

Published Fri, 15 Dec 2017 11:52:18 -0600

The nostalgia-filled movement making classic video games cool again continues as Galaga is being developed into an animated series. But Nuttery Entertainment and Meow Wolf want to do more than just that — they want to create a fully immersive experience. In Galaga, the player controlled a starfighter and was tasked with destroying insect-like alien creatures, scoring points as they went. Very similar in play style to Space Invaders.

It was first announced at San Diego Comic-Con last summer, the classic Bandai Namco video game Galaga Chronicles would be adapted, but now they are talking about the immersive experience that will coincide with the starfighter-shooter game. To go with the animated content, there will be physical exhibitions, merchandise, live media, and a new annual competition series called Score Wars that will kick off March 29th, 2018 at the Galaga World Championships in Santa Fe, NM. The first step, the anime-inspired series, will tentatively be called Galaga Chronicles: Revolution Age.

Vince Kadlubek, Meow Wolf's CEO said:

"Meow Wolf's work with The Nuttery to evolve classic '80s arcade magic into 21st-century vision and experience is huge news for gamers old and new. There's been a lot of exciting productions in this area in recent years, but Galaga Chronicles will set a new standard."

Meow Wolf has done something like this in the past with an interactive installation called the House of Eternal Ruin, which was an award-winning installation housed in a 20,000 square foot exhibit space put together by 135 different artists. The exhibit was a non-linear mystery with a supernatural twist, told through a series of secret passages and a dozen rooms.

Source: Deadline

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