Machinima.com, the site that's hosting the release of Borg War, just issued this press release. It's a bit, well, formal, but I thought that the information it contains is interesting, because most machinima gets popular because people play the game. Since Borg War was done with two games that don't much of a player base, the only reason Borg War could have performed so well is because Star Trek fans are supporting it. Which makes me happy, because that's why I made it.
Kephren
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
“BORG WAR” DEFEATS “RED Vs BLUE”
Independently-produced Star Trek feature film dethrones long-standing popular machinima video.
Los Angeles, CA – October 10, 2006 – Machinima.com, the largest machinima movie distribution network, announces that Episode 1 of Borg War, a feature-length animated Star Trek adventure, achieved more downloads in September 2006 than Episode 1 of “Red vs Blue,” the perennial winner since its debut in July of 2003.
“This is the first time that any machinima video has outperformed ‘Red vs Blue’,” says Ingrid Moon, head of production and programming at Machinima.com, who noted that subsequent weekly episodes of Borg War have also proven popular. “On its best days, ‘Borg War’ has been responsible for almost 10 percent of our total traffic, which is amazing considering that we host several thousand videos,” Moon says.
With hundreds of thousands of downloads a month, Machinima.com is the community focal point for the rapidly-growing filmmaking technique known as machinima, which harnesses the 3D rendering power of computer games to create a new type of video entertainment.
Episodes of Borg War are being released every Friday exclusively on Machinima.com through November 3rd.
“Borg War” features the voice talents of original Star Trek series Patrick Stewart, Tim Russ and the late Brock Peters, whose performances were revived using the voiceovers included in the games used to create the movie.
Borg War can be viewed at:
http://www.machinima.com/films.php?series=Borg%20War
