BBC launches free tie-in thriller
A couple of days ago the BBC launched a new Flash-based adventure game as a tie-in for their new television series of historical dramas, Ancient Rome: Rise and Fall of an Empire. Called CDX, and dubbed an "interactive video adventure", the game is - perhaps surprisingly - set in the 21st Century, with players taking on the role of a member of the series' production team who becomes involved in what the BBC is describing as "a world of greed, betrayal and murder."
The first of four episodes, "Amnesia", is now available to play, with the rest of the game to be unlocked in the coming weeks; a "secret code" system allows you to mark your progress between chapters so that you can move on immediately when the next episode is released. The website states that a broadband internet connection is required due to the video-heavy presentation, and that it is only available to those based in the UK, though some people have reported being able to access the game from outside of this area.
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