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June
2001
TEMPLAR™ STUDIOS WINS THREE OMNI INTERMEDIA AWARDS
Studio Takes Home Gold, Silver and Bronze for Web Gaming
New York City, NY - Templar Studios, LLC announced today
that it received three awards at the 2001 Omni Intermedia
Awards: Gold - Product Site for LEGO® BIONICLE™
(www.bionicle.com);
Silver - Web Game Programming for LEGO STORMRUNNER™
(http://mindstorms.lego.com/community/games);
and Bronze - Experimental for Templar's own site (www.templar.com).
The announcement was made by Brian Fisher, Templar Studios'
Managing Partner.
The Omni Intermedia Awards (www.omniawards.com)
recognize outstanding production, design and content in
the converging fields of television, film, Internet, interactive
media and 3D animation. Over 500 entries were reviewed
by 25 judges; other winning entrants and/or clients included
CBS, CNN, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sprint, and
USA TODAY. In the past two years, Templar has taken home
eight industry awards for design, gaming, arts and product
promotion.
Fisher stated, "We are proud to receive three Omnis
this year. Our entries showcased different branding initiatives
that met different goals, and these wins are a gratifying
achievement."
Gold winner, LEGO BIONICLE, is a meld of storytelling
and gaming that introduces visitors to the amazing Bionicle
product line, which is being released throughout 2001.
With a total of nine chapters planned for launch throughout
2001, the series is expected to have up to 20 hours of
playtime. Templar provides all concept design, animation,
and technical production for the LEGO-produced series.
The Flash site features extensive game-play; there are
puzzles to solve, mysteries to unravel, and an original
score.
Silver winner STORMRUNNER took over a year to develop
and comprises over 40,000 lines of Java code, incorporating
integrated cinematic Macromedia Flash materials. A self-installing,
single player environment, with a complex, expansive universe
in which players explore and solve problems by building
and programming virtual robots modeled after the sophisticated
Robotics Invention System from LEGO MINDSTORMS. With an
open-ended narrative driving hours of game-play, it is
one of the biggest games written using Sun Microsystems's
Java language and one of the largest and most sophisticated
games ever created for a web browser.
Bronze winner Templar.com,
is a showcase of Templar's passion for gaming and interactive
entertainment. More of a game than a corporate website,
a visit through the Flash site lets visitors explore the
studio, meet the people who work here and features a gallery,
mini movie screen, online jukebox and much more. The site
has been honored twice before, winning a Web Award for
Outstanding Website in 2000 and a Summit Creative Award
for Self-Promotion.
The LEGO Company, based in Billund, Denmark, and family-owned
and privately-held since 1932, is a world leader in providing
quality products and experiences that stimulate children's
creativity, imagination and learning. The Company does
so through playful activities that encourage hands-on,
minds-on creation, fun, togetherness and sharing of ideas.
Company employees are guided by the motto adopted in the
1930s by founder Ole Kirk Christiansen: "Only the
best is good enough." For more information, visit
www.lego.com.
Based in New York's historic Lower East Side, Templar
is a collective of artists, animators, designers, writers,
composers and Internet technology specialists. Templar
specializes in developing the highest quality interactive
entertainment and has designed and produced compelling
online content and video games for clients such as LEGO,
National Geographic, Noggin, and Comic Relief (UK). Formed
in 1998, Templar is currently producing its own video
games and online properties. Their longstanding relationship
with the Intel® Developer Alliance provides Templar
access to pre-release hardware and software for cutting
edge gaming and content development. Templar's own website
can be reached at www.templar.com.
LEGO, MINDSTORMS and Bionicle are trademarks of the LEGO
Group. Templar is a registered trademark of Templar Studios,
LLC. Other product and company names herein are trademarks
of their respective owners.
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