After some issues with the internet connection at Noxis headquarters, we are finally back.. The website shall be updated shortly on all the new developments regarding Arbiter.

This actually happened a month ago, but the winners of the 2006 XYZZY Awards for interactive fiction have been announced! Top honors went to Eric Eve’s science fiction story The Elysium Enigma, while Andrew Plotkin’s Edward Gorey homage Delightful Wallpaper and Emily Short’s Floatpoint were among winners in several other categories.

The Elysium Enigma casts you as an Imperial officer charged with contacting a mysteriously technophobic settlement on a remote planet. I’ve only had a chance to play the first five minutes of it, but the premise seems intriguing so far.

For elegant multi-platform interpreters that should be able to run most or all of the nominated titles, I recommend Gargoyle for Windows or Spatterlight for Macintosh systems.

(XYZZY Awards 2006 summarized at Baf’s Guide and ifwiki.org)

Article taken from Independent Gamer

Just thought we would let everyone know that we have updated the website, with an exclusive Arbiter section along with some extra goodies for you to find.

I have put a new post up in the Designer Diary section for everyone to read on the progress of Arbiter.

As a special treat I have uploaded the theme song for Arbiter. If you want to hear it, go to our downloads section and have a listen.

NOXiS media presents a cyber-noir thriller in the vein of Bladerunner, by way of the Tex Murphy series and LucasArts adventure games. Presented in first-person, with several hours of DVD quality full motion video, it is a throwback to the glory days of ye old point and click adventure games…

If this appeals to you (Or, failing that, makes the slightest degree of sense) then stay tuned for more updates.

The Host are coming, their methods unorthodox, their ethos untenable… and soon the world will come to know and understand their glorious vision.

You have been warned …