History's 'Dogfights' flies online with Kuma game

June 04, 2007 The new season of "Dogfights," which debuts July 13 on the History Channel, will be bolstered by online flight-combat episodic games that will be developed by Kuma Games as part of its strategic collaboration with the network. A&E Television Networks senior vp digital media Paul Jelinek said this convergence will involve games that follow the script of each broadcast. Unlike traditional online games, Kuma can turn around a new gameisode within four weeks; gamemakers work with the show producers to make sure not only that planes are modeled correctly and fly accurately but also that the correct combat tactics are used and the backdrops, like Wake Island, are realistically re-created.

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