Announcements & press.

A new home for Gabriel Interactive

Gabriel Interactive launches a redesigned website reflecting the studio’s dual focus: games and serious simulation.

Germantown, TN — Gabriel Interactive, Inc. announces the launch of its redesigned website. The new site presents the studio’s full range of work — from retail and console games published with Atari, Activision, and ValuSoft, to simulation, scientific computing, and serious-games work for research and government partners.

The redesign also marks a new chapter for the studio: senior-led by founder Michael Root, working with specialist collaborators brought in per project.

Robot Arena 3 — Steam Early Access release

After more than 10 years, Gabriel Interactive announces Robot Arena 3, the sequel to Robot Arena 2: Design & Destroy.

Gabriel Interactive, Inc., designer and developer of computer and console games, announces the early access release of Robot Arena 3 on Steam — a robotic construction and fighting game, scheduled for full release in June 2016.

As in Robot Arena 2, the goal is to construct a robot in the Bot Lab for battle across a number of arenas. This new version provides a greater degree of freedom and flexibility in building your robot, plus new arenas to fight in. Gabriel partnered with Encore Software’s Octopus Tree to bring the game to market.

Gabriel and IU awarded funding for anti-smoking video game for girls

Second round of National Cancer Institute funding moves Gabriel’s “Ocean’s Secret” into its next phase of development.

Gabriel Interactive, Inc. received $1.6 million through the National Cancer Institute’s Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to complete Ocean’s Secret, an anti-smoking computer game for pre-teen girls — the first installment in a planned series of health-related games, the Dolphin Pier Mysteries.

“Most companies don’t make it to Phase II — but most importantly, we think it will make a difference in the lives of young girls,” said Michael Root, Gabriel president. Gabriel developed the game with Dr. Anna McDaniel of Indiana University’s School of Informatics, with testing conducted with Girls Inc. of Indianapolis.

John Deere: Drive Green ships at retail

Drive the largest and most powerful John Deere farming equipment in the world — in 1st person 3D.

Gabriel Interactive announces the release of John Deere: Drive Green, published by ValuSoft / THQ. Players operate authentic John Deere equipment with 360˚ in-cab views — hooking up implements, navigating fields, and plowing, seeding, and harvesting crops.