The small town of Triora provides fertile ground for creative endeavors: the complex cultural and narrative background of the Ligurian village offers a fascinating setting for a videogame.
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The greatest blockbuster games rediscover Italy
The big international publishers have started to rediscover Italy in the past few years. Uncharted 4, Final Fantasy XV, Gears of War 4: just a glimpse of the latest blockbusters set in or inspired by the Italian territory.
Udine in noir: an interview with Alessandro Verona
The variety of the video game industry comes also from small projects, realised by individual developers. Like Udine – Le ali spezzate.
IVIPRO’s new horizons: including museums on its maps
Museums have now become the latest access point for video game storytelling, starting from the heritage they preserve. IVIPRO aims to extend its database by including some important Italian museums.
Another Italian region joins IVIPRO
Lazio is now part of the list of Italian regions to be mapped for IVIPRO, together with Piedmont, Apulia, Sardinia, Sicily, Aosta Valley, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lombardy, Tuscany and Trentino.
Playable Sardinia
The natural features of Sardinia provide an ideal scenery for videogame development. IVIPRO has recently interviewed two Sardinian entrepreneurs who both aim at playing with the local territory and narrating it through technology.
Mobile aerobatics: an interview with Rortos team
The National Aerobatic Team (Pattuglia Acrobatica Nazionale) was founded in 1961 by the Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare). The mobile app Frecce Tricolori Flight Simulator lets the users get into the cockpit and execute incredible aerobatic maneuvers.
More Italian regions join IVIPRO
Piedmont, Apulia, Sardinia, Sicily, and the Aosta Valley are now part of the list of Italian regions to be mapped for IVIPRO, together with Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lombardy, Tuscany, and Trentino.
Playable Milano: an interview with Italo Games
IVIPRO interviews Emmanuele Tornusciolo of Italo Games, a developer team from Milan that intends to bring Italian videogames at an international level, presenting typical Italian places, aesthetics and themes.
TOWERandPOWER, VR and Middle Ages in Bologna
Bologna in the 13th century turns to reality thanks to the VR. TOWERandPOWER is a time machine that allows the user to walk through the streets of Bologna and to see in first person its fascinating colonnades and the towers, as they were in the Middle Ages.