Manifest Games News

Game Development:

The Game is Afoot!
The World’s Greatest Detective arrives on the iPhone/iPod touch in the exciting adventure game, Sherlock Holmes Mysteries, inspired by the Warner Bros. motion picture, Sherlock Holmes. Directed by Guy Richie and starring Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams and Mark Strong, Sherlock Holmes comes to theaters December 25th.
  • Inspect 11 3D locations around London
  • Collect countless clues
  • Explore mini-games and interactive characters

More Info: Warner Bros iPhone Link


Molecule Madness for iPhone
This is an addictive, easy to play but difficult to master casual game where the player places a molecule on the screen as other molecules bounce around. Each molecule that collides causes a reaction and builds the player's score. The more you chain together, the higher your score!
  • Full 3D addictive fun
  • 3 different board types including 3D cube and 3D sphere
  • 3 different difficulty settings per board
  • Each board type and difficulty has 12 unique levels making over a 100 levels in total!

Buy it here: iTunes AppStore Link


Get ready to "Squash Em" for iPhone
Adam the intrepid janitor has stumbled into a shrinking machine! Help him stomp the baddies while helping friendly creatures. He starts by fighting viruses and bacteria, but soon he finds himself squashing molecules, bugs, tanks, and more! Pan across each stage, zooming in and out, picking up items and squashing baddies to bits! Don’t just stand there, SQUASH `EM!
  • 10 levels, 2 on each stage. Each stage has its own unique enemies and friends.
  • 5 special items and a different superbomb on each stage.
  • Pan around the area like you do on other applications to find all the baddies.
  • Zoom out to see the whole level, filled with tons of creatures!
  • Over 20 unique creatures to help or squash!

Buy it here: iTunes AppStore Link


Create your own Monsters!
Launched in over 20 countries and 16 languages, Manifest Games has created the Monster Creator for Dreamworks Animation's Monsters vs. Aliens. Use Dr. Cockroach's Transmogrifier to create your monster-self by mixing and matching zany ingredients and explore all the possibilities. Dress up your monster with cool clothing accessories and take photos of your monster creation and share them with your friends.

Now featured on Facebook in full 3D! Post your photos of your creature directly to your account.
See more here: http://creator.monstersvsaliens.com
Facebook: http://apps.facebook.com/monstercreator


Madagascar 2 site wins Gold Davey Award!
The 2008 Davey Award winners were recently announced, and our Madagascar 2 interactive site won gold in the WS33 category. The site has gotten record-breaking traffic and was a collaboration with our long time design partner - Curious Oranj.
See more here: http://www.daveyawards.com


Taco Bell launches Multiplayer Silverlight 2.0 Multiplayer Game
On November 10th, Manifest Games in collaboration with our toy design partner, By George, launched the first and largest multiplayer Silverlight 2.0 experience. Children can purchase a kids meal which includes a Mushniks Alien plushy at any participating Taco Bell site, and then go online to create their own customizable robot in order to play games and build their own Alien Biosphere.
See more here: http://www.mushniks.com


Madagascar 2: Escape to Africa is the #1 movie in America
"We're baaaack!" Manifest Games and Curious Oranj has launched the Madagascar 2 Passport experience for the movie site. The Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa online campaign helped drive the movie to a #1 box office slot this weekend! The site features an exciting social networking feature where players collect and trade passport stamps to unlock gifts and pokes that they can exchange with their friends.
See more here: http://www.madagascarthemovie.com


Po's Kung Fu Challenge: Online Multiplayer Game Launches
Manifest Games launched the online game for Kung Fu Panda on May 12th. The game allows kids to create their own Kung Fu decks with moves they collect from five different styles in order to battle their friends online. This is the second title to use Manifest's custom TDV engine to push 3D content to the user's desktop.


Mattel leaps forward with Max Steel TDV
Mattel, Manifest Games, and Curious-Oranj have relaunched the Max Steel toy franchise in Latin America using Manifest's custom TDV engine. Using Mattel's regular advertising web budget, we were able to deliver a system that allows consumers to experience toy brands like never before.
Toy products contain unique codes that can be redeemed for points, and a downloadable desktop application allows players to use those points to obtain high end 3D games.



Online Development:

There's no need to fear! Underdog: Citysweep
In preparation for the August '07 release of Disney Picture's new Underdog movie, Manifest Games created the Shockwave 3D Citysweep game.
Players can fly through three different cities racing against the clock, capturing criminals, and slamming into buildings.
Play here: http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/underdog


Bandai's Online Toy
Manifest Games created the backend technology that drives Bandai's new Tamagotchi Version 3 website.
Bandai's new Tamagotchi toyline generates codes that can be entered into the website to connect with the online world of Tamatown and interact. Games and events on the website generate codes that can be entered back into the Tamagotchi toy to unlock rewards.

Windows Mobile Development:


Ogre 3D for PocketPC

Matthew Scott and Manifest Games has ported the open source Ogre engine to the PocketPC platform. Click here to read the Full White Paper
May 2-5 2006 White paper and results premiered at SVR 2006 (VIII Symposium on Virtual Reality) thanks to Joao Paulo Lima and his Branzilian team for writing the paper.
August 1-3 2006 SIGGRAPH 2006 will feature a couple sessions on Ogre PocketPC. Thanks to Vincent author Hans-Martin Will for presenting.