Baltimore-based artists working in the visual entertainment fields of video games, comic books, and illustration will exhibit their personal work in VS., a new gallery show at The Windup Space. The opening reception takes place Friday, June 5th from 7-9 pm. Big Huge artists featured in the event include Sean Andrew Murray, Colin Campbell, Jeremy Enecio, Martin Kau, and Kat Berkley.

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38 Studios, an entertainment and original IP creation company, today announced the acquisition of Big Huge Games (BHG) from publisher THQ Inc.

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Big Huge Games artist Colin Campbell has been moonlighting as Artist and Host on PBS's new television show, Time Team America, a science/reality series that sends archaeologists on a race against time to excavate historic sites around the nation.

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Big Huge Games lead designer Mark Nelson spoke about Open World RPGs at this year's Game Developers eXchange.

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Big Huge Games' XBLA title Catan is mentioned in Wired magazine's article "Monopoly Killer: Perfect German Board Game Refines Genre." Here's an excerpt...

Teuber created elaborate logic chains and probability matrices in a complex Excel spreadsheet so the videogame developers could see how every possible move and roll of the dice—from the impact of the Robber to the odds of getting wheat in a given scenario—compared. The end result was a sort of blueprint for the game that gave Big Huge Games a head start and showed just how complex the underlying math was. "It was the biggest, gnarliest spreadsheet I had ever seen," Reynolds says.

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Brian Reynolds, Big Huge Creative Director, was recognized as one of the "49 Greatest Developers" in PC Gamer's April 2009 issue (now on sale). But the praises don't stop there - he's also being celebrated by IGN as one of the "Top 100 Game Creators of All Time!" Congrats Brian!

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USA Today lists Rise of Nations as one of the top five RTS games, placing it alongside other greats such as Starcraft, Age of Empires II, and Command & Conquer. RoN was singled out for its variety of playable civilizations and accessibility for newcomers.

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Congratulations to Big Huge's Ken Rolston, Mark Nelson, Martin Stoltz, and Michael Dawe. They'll be presenting at this year's Game Developer Conference, sharing their expertise on topics ranging from game design to cinematics to AI development. GDC accepts only the top speakers in each field so we are very excited to have such a strong showing.

For more info:

Ken Rolston and Mark Nelson
"Vast Narratives and Open Worlds, Part Deux - Big Huge Problems"

Martin Stoltz
"Cinematic Game Design III: Action!"

Michael Dawe
"Preparing for the Future: As a Professional Game AI Developer, What Should I Know?"

Jeremy Enecio, Big Huge Concept Artist, was awarded GOLD in Spectrum 16. Spectrum is a widely-respected and highly-anticipated annual fantasy art publication. To have your work accepted into the annual is huge, but to also be recognized for an award is exceptional! Congrats Jeremy!

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We're proud to unveil our all-new Big Huge Facebook Page! Swing by and check out our behind-the-scenes photo galleries, video collection, and concept art slideshow!

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