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Atlanta Blackstar “5 African-Americans Making an Impact in the Video Game Industry”

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http://blerds.atlantablackstar.com/2014/09/16/5-african-americans-making-an-impact-in-the-video-game-industry/2/

Atlanta Blackstar has recognized me as an African-American making an impact in the video game industry. I am happy to be able to make an impact on anything let alone the games industry. I truly appreciate being included in this list. Back to work on Team Notion! The game won’t make itself!

-Drew

New Studio!

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After a couple of years being cramped in my apt bedroom, I’ve finally been able to rent studio space!

I’m so happy to be able to actually have a location for Notion Games. Edward Dennis will be moving to Austin, Tx to help me push Notion Games even further.

This has been a great journey so far and we hope to bring you more games really soon!

Super Ubie Land in June 2013 Pure Nintendo Magazine

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I am very excited to see Super Ubie Land in the latest issue of Pure Nintendo magazine! The amazing part is that it’s surrounded by characters that I’ve grew up playing (Donkey Kong, Mario, Sonic)! I am at a loss of words. It’s really cool to see. I cannot wait to read this issue and check out the Super Ubie Land Preview!

-Drew

Getting Popular! Right?

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But we have been getting a lot of support from game journalists.
There’s been articles everywhere about Super Ubie Land. Oh, you must be wondering why I’m spelling it “Super UbiE Land” with an “E?” That’s because we had a discussion with Nintendo and they felt it would be best if we were to ask Ubisoft about using the word “Ubi” in our title. This sparked a ton of articles wondering if we were disputing and going at eachother’s throats over the name. That definitely wasn’t the case, we were just making sure everything would be cool. Ubisoft decided they wanted us to change the name.

Article on POLYGON.com
http://www.polygon.com/2013/5/16/4335778/super-ubi-land-title-changes-to-super-ubie-land-following-ubisoft

Article on Destructoid

http://www.destructoid.com/notion-games-settles-super-ubi-land-dispute-253814.phtml

Article on JoyStick

http://www.joystiq.com/2013/05/16/super-ubi-land-becomes-super-ubie-land-as-dev-complies-with-ubis/

Article on JunkieMonkeys.com

http://www.junkiemonkeys.com/ubisoft-settles-name-change-with-indie-developer/

and there are many, many more. Just google it if you’d like.
But we ended up agreeing to change the name and we all agreed with “Super Ubie Land.”

XBOX ONE REVEAL

recently, Microsoft had revealed the Xbox One. I had opinions about it just like everyone else has, I’m sure. But it was cool to have been asked my opinion from the Jace Hall Show.

http://jacehallshow.com/news/gaming/preview/20130524/industrys-top-developers-respond-xbox-reveal/

MAJOR Update!

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I have negelected the site for a while due to working on the game and also attending a ton of events, doing many many interviews, and more.

SXSW Interactive Game On Austin!

We were given a booth at the SXSW gaming convention and it was a blast. We met so many people and best of all, the Notion Games crew met one another for the first time in person!

Ed, Matthew, and I (Drew) taking pics with new fans!

The Super Ubie Land Booth

Afterwards, our Kickstarter was successful! So I have upgraded some of the equipment in the studio so now we are able to create voice overs in-house and a multitude of other things. We truly appreciate everyone’s support and I am working as hard as I can to bring you the best game I possibly can!

NINTENDO FORCE

Super Ubi Land was mentioned in issue 2 of Nintendo Force magazine. It was amazing to be able to see a project we are working hard on be included in a game magazine!