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TY the Tasmanian Tiger (2013) launch trailer

TY the Tasmanian Tiger (2013) launch trailer

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Led by the heroic TY the Tasmanian Tiger, his team of Bush Rescuers are an eclectic mix of critter mechanics, scientists and adventurers based in Coolarangah. They have one goal - to help their community, whenever there's danger.

Now you can join them in their all new adventures on Xbox Games for Windows 8 PC or Tablet. Play through ov er 30 levels of glorious High Definition 2D platforming gameplay as you visit TY's world Down Under and help the colorful citizens out of their troubles.

Run, Jump and 'Rang your way to fun!

For more information go to http://www.kromestudios.com/TY

Boomerang Blast - Launch Trailer

Boomerang Blast - Launch Trailer

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Krome Studios

TY the Tasmanian Tiger™: Boomerang Blast!

TY, the world's greatest extinct Thylacine is back and he has brought along all his favorite 'rangs to fling around the Aussie outback. Blast targets and increase your skills in the most action-packed and greatest boomerang game around!

More info at http://www.kromestudios.com/TYBB/

Available now at the App Store here

Krome Studios a runner up in TrueAchievements' Game of the Year awards

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Submitted by tsumean on Sat, 04/02/2012 - 2:33pm

Krome Studios’ Full House Poker has been voted the Runner Up in TrueAchievements.com’s Game of the Year in the “Best Card & Board Game” Category.

This is TrueAchievements.com second annual “Game of the Year” voting, and this year over 135,000 total votes were cast by their international community in twenty categories.

Steve Stamatiadis on the unreleased games of Krome Studios

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Submitted by tsumean on Tue, 09/08/2011 - 6:00pm

Games On Net have an article on the games that were developed by Krome Studios over the years that remained unpublished and unfinished. These games were were developed as proposals for the studio to show off to publishers. While some were eventually greenlighted (like Ty, the Tasmanian Tiger, for example), many were pushed aside or placed on the backburner when paid contract games work took preference.

Krome Studios technology merger deal with Emergent hits wall

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Submitted by tsumean on Wed, 10/11/2010 - 2:25pm

The report of Krome Studios closure last month also came with the news that the deal announced two months ago with Gamebryo middleware developer, Emergent Game Technologies, to share engine technology and the efforts of engineering teams was hitting some trouble is now being confirmed by a report on Gamasutra.

IGN feature on Krome Studios' demise

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Submitted by tsumean on Mon, 08/11/2010 - 6:46pm

IGN have a feature up covering the fall of Australia's largest game development studio, Krome Studios. With the contribution of several anonymous ex-Krome employees, the article paints a picture of a company that had so much talent and potential, but squandered its chances on tightly budgeted licensed titles hurried out to meet short development schedules.

The future for Krome's Game Room

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Submitted by tsumean on Fri, 29/10/2010 - 2:04pm

One of the common questions raised after the news of Krome Studios' impending closure is what will become of the Game Room arcade. Krome took on the task for Microsoft of creating and updating Game Room, an online arcade space for Xbox 360 and PC with regular releases of downloadable retro games. It offered online multiplayer, cross platform leaderboards, voice chat, the ability to view other player replays, medals and achievements, and was launched on March 24, this year.