Gamespot
Review Score: 8/10
“an incredibly captivating and inventive experience”
“hypnotic and addictive”
Read the full Gamespot review.

IGN
Review Score: 8/10
“Chime is easy to recommend.”
“An addictive musical puzzle game that’s great to zone out with.”
Read the full IGN review.

Dark Zero
Review Score: 9/10
“I’d sooner just call it ‘a better version of Lumines’”
“Some of the most seamless and enjoyable interactive music you’ll ever hear in a videogame”
Read the full Dark Zero review.

acegamez
Review Score: 80%
“Chime puts an incredibly fresh spin on the genre, delivering an experience that is as addictive as it is mesmerising.”
Read the full acegamez review.

Scoreless Review
“lot of joy and relaxation to be found in the thrill of making music whilst puzzling”
Read the full Scoreless review.

TeamXBOX
Review Score: 8/10
“Chime stands on its own as a creative new puzzler”
“The game’s music and visuals create something really special”
Read the full TeamXBOX review.

…and then just some nice comments.

boingboing
“it’s as truly hypnotic and zone-inducing . . . as puzzlers come”
“a fantastic start to what is hopefully OneBigGame’s long-running campaign for a greater good.”
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in not-for profit MUSIC PUZZLE GAME CHIME, CREATED BY ZOË MODE

OneBigGame’s First Title Available this Winter on Xbox LIVE® Arcade for Xbox 360

San Francisco, Calif. – Dec. 3, 2009 - OneBigGame, a non-profit publisher of videogames, has confirmed the final music artist line-up for its recently announced puzzle music game Chime on Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft.

Tracks from Moby, Paul Hartnoll of Orbital, Fred Deakin of Lemon Jelly, Philip Glass and Markus Schulz are confirmed for the unique block puzzle game that sees players re-construct existing songs from these famous artists by placing irregular shaped blocks on a sequencer-style playing field.

A creative twist on both music and block puzzle games, Chime tasks players with covering the playing field with irregular shapes, each connected to a sound effect from the background music track, to form rectangular blocks, called quads. Chime’s innovative game mechanics enables players to create a unique remix of each song every time they play a level as the building of larger quads unlock more elements of the underlying song. Working their way to 100 percent coverage of the grid, players will unlock the song in full.

All artists have donated their tracks pro bono to the game, which sees all net proceeds go to charity.

“We are very excited to work with such a diverse line-up of musicians and tracks and are extremely grateful to these artists for their pro bono contributions,” said Martin de Ronde, director, OneBigGame. “Having world-class acts linked to Chime raises its profile even further, and is a great example of the collaborative nature of the entire OneBigGame charity initiative.”

Contributions from the artists were also largely made possible thanks to the effort of Nimrod Productions’ music supervisor and composer Marc Canham and his associate Artie Fufkin, who reached out in their network of music labels, publishers and artists to sign up artists for the game.

OneBigGame has more than 15 games currently in development from various established developers to raise funds for its children’s charities. Zoë Mode is the first in a series of developers and designers who have been working on games for the charity publisher.

“We’re thrilled that these great artists have donated their music to Chime and shown such enthusiasm for the game and the OneBigGame project” said Ciaran Walsh, Audio Director at Zoë Mode. “We’ve worked hard to do justice to their music, turning each track into a unique level with musical depth and great gameplay.”

Chime will be available this winter on Xbox LIVE Arcade for the Xbox 360 entertainment system from Microsoft.

Chime’s full artist line-up and track list:

Philip Glass – Brazil

Markus Schulz – Spilled Cranberries

Moby – Ooh Yeah

Paul Hartnoll (Orbital) – For Silence

Fred Deakin (Lemon Jelly) – Disco Ghosts

For more information about the game, the artists and to find out how Zoe Mode approached the development of this unique project visit www.chimegame.com

About OneBigGame

OneBigGame aims to raise funds to help solve problems afflicting children around the world. The nature of these problems can be diverse, but the kind of projects OBG supports will always revolve around a structural improvement in children’s lives, expanding their opportunities in life.

OneBigGame raises funds by publishing games kindly donated pro bono by established names in game development in conjunction with support from the development community as a whole. The games will be published amongst others on its dedicated games portal onebiggame.org (to go live later this year) as well as through a variety of pc and console download channels.

OneBigGame always aims to donate a minimum of 80% of all donations to its charity partners Save the Children and Starlight Children’s foundation.

www.onebiggame.org

About Zoë Mode

Zoë Mode makes games that are accessible; simple, social, games that are effortlessly fun but don’t take themselves too seriously. Based in Brighton, London and San Francisco, its diverse work force is unified by its attitude to gaming. Zoë Mode believes that games are powerful ways of bringing people together and having fun and that there’s more to life than gaming, but that gaming can make life better; and strongly believes that there is a game for everyone. Zoë Mode is part of Kuju Entertainment Limited.

All of Zoë Mode’s services are provided at no cost to OneBigGame and all Zoë Mode’s royalties (in the case of the Xbox Live Arcade version a minimum of 60% of the purchase price) are donated to OneBigGame.

www.zoemode.com Media – Anna Morris, E: anna.morris@zoemode.com / T: +44(0) 1273 573600

About Nimrod Productions

Nimrod Productions is one of the most established and respected audio production companies in the gaming industry. Known for its engaging compositional work, music supervision of critically acclaimed soundtracks, and the production of some the industries great orchestral recordings – Nimrod has focused on bringing experience enhancing audio to gamers on over 70 titles accounting for over 75 million sales since 2000.

All of Nimrod Productions’ audio services have been donated at no cost to One Big Game.

www.nimrodproductions.com

Contact: E: Edwin@nimrodproductions.com / T: +44 (0) 1869 343488

About charity partner Save the Children

Save the Children is the world’s independent charity. We’re outraged that millions of children are still denied proper healthcare, food, education and protection. We’re working flat out to get every child their rights and we’re determined to make further, faster changes. How many? How fast? It’s up to you.

www.savethechildren.org.uk

About charity partner Starlight Children’s Foundation

When a child or teenager has a serious medical condition, everyone in the family is affected. For 25 years, Starlight Children’s Foundation has been dedicated to helping seriously ill children and their families cope with their pain, fear and isolation through entertainment, education and family activities. Starlight’s programs have been proven to distract children from their pain, help them better understand and manage their illnesses, and connect families facing similar challenges so that no one feels alone. Through a network of chapters and offices, Starlight provides ongoing support to children, parents and siblings in all U.S. states and Canadian provinces with an array of outpatient, hospital-based and Web offerings. Programs are also delivered internationally through affiliates in Australia, Japan and the United Kingdom. To learn more visit www.starlight.org.

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Latest announcement news.

Chime has received a rapturous reception from our games industry media friends, so we thought we would highlight just a few of the initial pieces of coverage. Click on each logo to view each article and don’t forget to become a fan of Chime on Facebook to follow the news.

“Non-profit video game publisher OneBigGame has unveiled its first project: Chime, a rhythm-infused grid-based puzzle game developed by Brighton-based studio ZoeMode . . .”

“We can pretty much guarantee this is charity work you will enjoy”

“A unique approach to the industry”

“The game’s called Chime and was developed by British studio Zoe Mode. Lumines fans should feel right at home looking at the clip below, as should fans of artists like Moby and Philip Glass, whose works the game features.”

“highly addictive” “. . . what OneBigGame has accomplished so far is very impressive.”

“The first screens are soothing in their minimalism”

“Chime brings a couple of the most addictive and easy to pick up games of our time–Tetris and Lumines–together. It takes the ideas from the two games and throws in some unique elements to form something that draws you in just as quickly as the original games.”

“What people come up with when given complete freedom to design a game.”

OneBigGame’s First Title Will be Available This Winter on XBOX LIVE ARCADE FOR XBOX 360

SAN FRANCISCO – November 2nd 2009 – OneBigGame, the non-profit publisher of videogames formed in 2007, is proud to introduce the first game to be published under its label.

Chime, created pro bono by music game specialists Zoë Mode, is a unique block puzzle game fused with music creation elements and contributions from a number of famous musicians. Chime will be released this winter on Xbox LIVE® Arcade.

Chime introduces a creative twist on both music and block puzzle games. The game will task players with covering a number of different grids with irregular shapes, each connected to a sound effect from the different music tracks, to form rectangular blocks, called quads. As gamers slowly cover the grid, they will be building up the song playing in the background in a unique way. Working their way to 100 percent coverage, players will unlock the song in full. Easy to get into but hard to master, Chime will hook fans with its addictive game mechanics and cool music tracks by Moby and Paul Hartnoll (Orbital), among other yet unannounced artists.

Zoë Mode is the first in a series of developers and designers who have been working on games for the charity publisher. OneBigGame has more than 15 games currently in development from various established developers to raise funds for its children’s charities.

Notable other developers include Shiny founder David Perry who will remake one of his favorite ZX Spectrum games, adventure games guru Charles Cecil who is creating an adventure version of one of the most played casual games in the world and the father of music rhythm action games Masaya Matsuura, working on a reinvention of the genre for the iPhone, WINtA. All these games will be released in the course of 2010, following the launch of Chime this winter.

All participating non-profit games will be published and distributed by OneBigGame both through its own dedicated games portal and a number of digital download platforms on both console and PC. Games will be available for a limited exclusivity period, ranging from 4-12 months, during which all net proceeds will be going to charity.

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About OneBigGame

OneBigGame aims to raise funds to help solve problems afflicting children around the world. The nature of these problems can be diverse, but the kind of projects OBG supports will always revolve around a structural improvement in children’s lives, expanding their opportunities in life.

OneBigGame raises funds by publishing games kindly donated pro bono by established names in game development in conjunction with support from the development community as a whole. The games will be published amongst others on its dedicated games portal onebiggame.org (to go live later this year) as well as through a variety of pc and console download channels.

OneBigGame always aims to donate a minimum of 80% of all donations to its charity partners Save the Children and Starlight Children’s foundation.

www.onebiggame.org

About Zoë Mode

Zoë Mode makes games that are accessible; simple, social, games that are effortlessly fun but don’t take themselves too seriously. Based in Brighton, London and San Francisco, its diverse work force is unified by its attitude to gaming. Zoë Mode believes that games are powerful ways of bringing people together and having fun and that there’s more to life than gaming, but that gaming can make life better; and strongly believes that there is a game for everyone. Zoë Mode is part of Kuju Entertainment Limited.

All of Zoë Mode’s services are provided at no cost to OneBigGame and all Zoë Mode’s royalties (in the case of the Xbox Live Arcade version a minimum of 60% of the purchase price) are donated to OneBigGame.

www.zoemode.com Media – Anna Morris, T: +44(0) 1273 573600 E: anna.morris@zoemode.com

About charity partner Save the Children

Save the Children is the world’s independent charity. We’re outraged that millions of children are still denied proper healthcare, food, education and protection. We’re working flat out to get every child their rights and we’re determined to make further, faster changes. How many? How fast? It’s up to you.

www.savethechildren.org.uk

About charity partner Starlight Children’s Foundation

When a child or teenager has a serious medical condition, everyone in the family is affected. For 25 years, Starlight Children’s Foundation has been dedicated to helping seriously ill children and their families cope with their pain, fear and isolation through entertainment, education and family activities. Starlight’s programs have been proven to distract children from their pain, help them better understand and manage their illnesses, and connect families facing similar challenges so that no one feels alone. Through a network of chapters and offices, Starlight provides ongoing support to children, parents and siblings in all U.S. states and Canadian provinces with an array of outpatient, hospital-based and Web offerings. Programs are also delivered internationally through affiliates in Australia, Japan and the United Kingdom. To learn more visit www.starlight.org.

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