Other Ocean Interactive Wins Xbox LIVE Arcade Awards For Castlevania: Symphony Of The Night
Posted by: Godboko on February 26, 2008 2:43:26 PM
Prince Edward Island Studio Begins Legacy of High-Quality Award-Winning Games with its First Title
Other Ocean Interactive, the leading Prince Edward Island-based
videogame development studio, announced today that Castlevania:
Symphony of Night has won two Xbox Live Arcade Awards. The title
developed by Other Ocean and published by Konami Digital Entertainment
won awards for Best Classic Game, and Highest-Rated Game from Microsoft
at this year's Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.
"To
win 2 out of 10 of the awards with a single title in the inaugural year
of the Xbox Live Arcade Awards is an honor and a testament to the hard
work and commitment to quality of our team," said Deirdre Ayre, studio
head of Other Ocean Interactive. "Creating the game in Prince Edward
Island signals the growing influence of Atlantic Canada within the game
development industry as we continue to attract top-tier talent to the
region to work on marquee titles."
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night for Xbox Live<sup>TM</sup>
Arcade was Ocean Interactive's first released title, and has already
received Editor's Choice Awards from IGN, TeamXbox, and Game
Chronicles. The game had an unprecedented 100% of its reviews scoring
over 80% on both metacritic.com and gamerankings.com. It had 23 reviews
featured on Gamerankings.com with 13 of the 23 reviews scoring the game
above 90 percent for an average of 93%.