The International House of Mojo have just posted a great extensive interview with Bill Tiller, head honcho at Autumn Moon Entertainment. The interview goes into the hardships of making an adventure game in a small studio, but it also contains hopeful notes. Bill mentions that if all goes well, the second A Vampyre Story game might be released in 2010. Another interesting aspect of the interview is the backstory of Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island, as related by Bill Tiller himself. All in all, you should really just read it.
MCV’s Retail Biz have managed to snag an exclusive preview of the upcoming Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island. Though it’s rather brief - and therefore contains precious little new information - it’s worth a read. Of special interest is the little table at the bottom of the article, which lists the release date as February 19, at a price of 19.99 (pounds sterling, I assume).
Of course, you will rush out and buy Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island the moment it comes out, but getting it for free would be even sweeter, right? Well, Just Adventure+ have just the thing for you then: a contest. All you have to do to participate is send them an e-mail. Read the details here. Good luck!
Jean-Louis Sirois, who has been known to create pretty pictures for Autumn Moon Entertainment games, has once again posted some nice concept art on his blog. This time, you can look at some characters (including a parrot) for Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island, to tide you over until the game is released in English. A small comfort: Jean-Louis himself has not yet had the chance to play the game either.
Word on the street is that Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island will be getting a release in France now as well. The French release will be handled by Micro Application, and should be available in February 2010.
The release date for the English version of Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island has been (quietly) announced by Mamba Games: March 26, 2010. You can pre-order it from this page for £ 29.99. The minimum system requirements are also mentioned on that page:
1.6 GHz CPU
1GB RAM
256 MB DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics card (NVidia GeForce FX generation, ATI Radeon 9500)
Slowly but surely, the English version of Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island is heading our way. If you want a taste of the voice-acting, be sure to watch this brand new trailer!
Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island now has an English publisher, in the form of Mamba Games. When the game will be released in English exactly isn’t known, but it’s slated for a 2010 release, so keep your eyes out for that! Thanks to the ever vigilant International House of Mojo for spotting that juicy bit of news.
So, Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island has actually been released… I can hear you thinking: what? really? huh? Yes, but only in Germany, and in German. We’ll keep you posted about the English release. Meanwhile, if you have been playing it already, please comment. I’m also curious about the marketing in Germany, so if anyone could shed any light on that, please do! Meanwhile: du musst das Spiel kaufen ja!
It’s been online before, but now it’s actually full of content: the official Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island website. You should go to it, and feel all warm and fuzzy at the thought that you will soon be playing this beautiful game.
