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[July 10, 2000] - Gabriel Knight Broadcast Archived
The Gabriel Knight Conclave broadcast has been archived and is now available
online courtesy of Worldstream Communications. The fan-organized,
internet-based gathering occurred on Saturday July 8th at the Edgewater
Hotel in Seattle Washington. The program runs approximately 2 hours.
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[June 28, 2000] - The Gabriel Knight Conclave Live
The Gabriel Knight Conclave virtual fan convention, the first fan-organized,
internet-based gathering for enthusiasts of Jane Jensen's critically
acclaimed adventure series, will be broadcast live from the Hotel Edgewater,
Saturday July 8th, at 12pm.
Gabriel Knight fans from all over the world will log into the exclusive live
interactive webcast hosted by the computer gaming webshow, "The Game Dive."
A special group of fans will be in Seattle, WA, to meet author and designer
Jane Jensen, composer Robert Holmes and members of the Blood of the Sacred,
Blood of the Damned development team.
"The Game Dive" will be using eCommunication technology provided by
WorldStream to bring the convention to the world. The webcast will last for
two hours, starting at 1:30pm PDT (20:30 GMT). Fans will be able to listen
to the show live, chat with others worldwide and view images of the event in
progress. Gabriel Knight adventure fans are encouraged to
pre-register with
WorldStream for the online event.
Fans in the Seattle area interested in attending the event in person should
contact, Adam Bormann via email or visit the
official Conclave website
for more information.
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[April 3, 2000] - SoftwareNow.com Hosts Gabriel Knight 3 Contest
SoftwareNow.com, the home to over 11,000 categorized downloadable
software titles, is giving away three prize packages containing the new
adventure-thriller
Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned ,
the Gabriel Knight Mysteries Limited Edition (contains Gabriel
Knight, Parts 1 & 2), a Gabriel Knight comic and Sins of the Fathers, a
novel by GK author Jane Jensen.
To enter, go to
SoftwareNow.com's Gabriel Knight 3 contest entry page
and use your iBoost member name to automatically be placed in the
drawing. Not a member yet? Signing up is free and quick via
iBoost's free registration form. Only one entry per member will be accepted. Odds of
winning vary upon number of entries received.
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[Mar 7, 2000] - GABRIEL KNIGHT 3 IS COMPUTER GAMES MAGAZINE'S ADVENTURE GAME OF THE YEAR
Top honors in the adventure game category have again gone to Gabriel Knight 3:
Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned! Following other critically acclaimed reviews
of the game, this latest award comes courtesy of the editors at Computer Games Magazine.
Gabriel Knight 3 is Jane Jensen's latest mystery/adventure set against the background of the
enigmatic French town Rennes-le-Chateau, and is the latest in the hit series starring cajun
man-of-mystery Gabriel Knight. "Jensen has masterfully captured the spirit of the mystery
of the [Languedoc] region, and mixed it with the fiction of her Gabriel Knight universe," said
CG Magazine. "[The game universe is] well realized and filled with detail."
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[Feb 29, 2000] - GK3 is Gamespot's Readers' Choice
Gabriel Knight 3 was chosen as 1999's Adventure Game of the Year
by the readers of the computer game news site Gamespot. Gabriel Knight 3
beat out runner-ups Infogrames' Outcast and Eidos Interactive's Omikron in
the poll.
Gabriel Knight 3 has also received Adventure Game of the Year awards
by CNET Gamecenter and Future Games Network (FGN).
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[Feb 17, 2000] - Gabriel Knight 3 Designer Jane Jensen on the Game Dive
Jane Jensen, creator and designer of the Gabriel Knight series, will appear
on the Game Dive Monday, February 28th, to discuss Gabriel Knight 3 and her
recent novel. The two hour interactive event will include prize giveaways
and live chat via Worldstream's unique interface. First time users of
Worldstream should login several minutes before showtime to establish a free
account.
Jane Jensen on The Game Dive
February 28th, 2000 at 6 PM PST (February 29, 2:00 AM GMT)
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[Feb 1, 2000] - GK3: "Adventure Game of the Year"
CNET Gamecenter recently named Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred,
Blood of the Damned as their pick for 1999 Adventure Game of the Year,
beating out fellow nominees Outcast (Infogrames) and Omikron: The Nomad
Soul (Eidos).
"Adventure gamers got their fill of murder, suspects, intrigue, suspense,
romance, action, and comedy, presented in an irresistible mix of character
interaction and mind-boggling puzzles," say the editors. Catch the
full review on Gamecenter.
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[Jan 26, 2000] - FGN Selects Top 1999 Games
Future Games Network's (FGN) newsletter, Gamer's Gazette, has
named their choices for the best games of 1999.
Included are Homeworld (Best PC Game), Half-Life: Opposing Force
(Best PC Add-on), Gabriel Knight 3 (Best PC Adventure Game), and Pharaoh
(Best PC World Builder Sim).
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[Jan 26, 2000] - Homeworld Chosen in PCXL Awards
Homeworld went home with PC Accelerator magazine's Best Design Award
this month, one of several honors given to Sierra Studios titles in the
magazine's annual awards competition.
"The most innovative game this year used its 3D perspective to make
old 2D style RTS games look a little tired," says PCXL. "Balanced units,
endless strategies, and cool graphics made Homeworld a welcome addition to
an oft-duplicated genre."
Also honored:
Alex Garden (Homeworld)
All Star Game Conceptualist
Tammy Dargan (SWAT 3)
All-Star Level Designer
Charity James as Grace Nakimura (Gabriel Knight 3)
Best Actress
"Otis" the Security Guard (Half-Life: Opposing Force)
Best Supporting Actor
Jane Jensen (Gabriel Knight 3)
All-Star Lead Writer
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[Jan 6, 2000] - Gamesmania Gushes for GK3
Gabriel Knight 3, Jane Jensen's latest adventure-thriller, has nabbed
Gamesmania's Award of Excellence. "It isn't just a good story well told,
it's an innovative and extremely well designed game," says the review. "This
is an instant classic, a future Hall of Famer, easily one of the best
adventure games I've played in years, and one of the best games of the
year."
Check out the complete review
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[Dec 8, 1999] - TIME for Gabriel
TIME Digital Online, the web edition of TIME magazine's guide to personal
technology, featured Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of
the Sacred, Blood of the Damned on its homepage Wednesday, praising it
as "perhaps
the first game to be really, really good at everything."
"Here is everything you want in an adventure game: clever, logical puzzles,
an involving, immersive story, tremendous atmosphere, mystery, danger, and
the one thing that GK3 proves no adventure game can do without, Tim Curry,"
says TIME.
Gabriel Knight 3 is the latest mystery/adventure game from author and
award-winning game designer Jane Jensen. More information, including the
free demo, are available
from the Gabriel Knight 3 website.
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[Dec 3, 1999] - Gabriel Knight 3 Demo!
Explore the beautifully rendered 3D world of Rennes-le-Chateau, unlock intricate puzzles, and interact with an eclectic cast of characters as Grace Nakimura, Gabe's witty and cerebral associate.
The Gabriel Knight 3 Demo (55.9 MB) includes a small portion of the events of Day 2 and the Gabriel Knight 3 graphic novel (requires Adobe Acrobat).
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[Nov 29, 1999] - Jane Jensen Appearance
Jane Jensen, designer of the Gabriel Knight computer game series -- including the just-released Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned -- will read from her most recent novel, Millenium Rising, December 7th at 7pm at Third Place Books in Seattle. She'll also appear December 9th at 7:30 pm at the Issaquah, Washington Barnes & Noble.
Millenium Rising, a near-future thriller, is Jensen's third book. Her most recent effort, the eagerly awaited Gabriel Knight 3 game, was released this November.
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[Nov 29, 1999] - Gabriel Knight 3 Reviewed
Direct Hit rating from Daily Radar
"This is the future of the adventure genre."
8/10 from GameCenter.com
"Jane Jensen, the game's designer and writer, is an amazing--and gutsy-storyteller"
5/5 from Adventure Collective
"An intriguing storyline, combined with top notched gameplay and a revolutionary 3D engine, makes Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned a worthy successor to the Gabriel Knight series and a classic in the making."
5/5 from Incite Games
"Gabriel Knight 3 is adventure gaming at its zenith."
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[Nov 24, 1999] - GK3 Strategy Guide
If you're having trouble finding your way through Gabriel Knight 3, CNET's GameCenter has some help. They've posted a Prima Fast Track Guide to help you out.
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[Nov 22, 1999] - GK3 in Europe
GK 3 is available now in stores across North America.
Local-language versions of Gabriel Knight 3 will begin arriving in Europe next week. Availability dates are subject to change and will vary slightly by region:
German - November 27
French - November 29
Italian - December 1
Spanish - December 1
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[Nov 4, 1999] - GK3 Goes Gold!
The Gabriel Knight 3 team toasted the game's completion at 6:20 PM Wednesday
evening with celebratory glasses of champagne all around. The gold-master
CD-ROMs, containing the entirety of the finished game's data, were
immediately sent out via courier to Sierra's Southern California replication
facility.
Expect the game in stores across North America beginning November 21st.
Please contact your local software retailer for exact availability dates in
your area.
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[July 26, 1999] - GK 3 Progress Report
We are deep into crunch mode at this point. That means that you will find
us here early in the morning and late, late at night (even through the
weekends). We are within weeks of having our first Gold candidate, the
animators are tweaking a few in-game animations, the environment artists are
putting the finishing touches on the lighting of the scenes, and the
programmers are madly squashing bugs in the game engine. Once they are
done, the scripters will put some final touches on the content and we should
be good to go.
At this point, we can definitely see the light at the end of the tunnel.
It's extremely exciting for us to see this game in its almost finished form!
Every night I go home, feeling very proud of what we have accomplished with
this game, and that I was able to be a part of it!
Jane's getting ready to go to GenCon in Wisconson next week. She'll be
there August 5-8th, showing GK3, and pre-selling her new novel Millennium
Rising.
The next time this site is updated will be to tell you that we have gone
"gold," meaning that the game is done, and ready to go into production.
And believe me, we all hope that this will be soon!
Adam D. Bormann
Design Assistant, Gabriel Knight 3
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