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Clark students unveil game inspired by WAM’s armory collection at PAX East Veer Mudambi Worcester Magazine | USA TODAY NETWORK
Fans of action-adventure games may have a new release to look forward to this summer: Priceless artifacts have been stolen from a museum collection and it’s up to a security guard to travel across time and space to get them back. Players will take part in the epic historical battles from which the items originate in a history-spanning hack ’n’ slash. A playable demo was unveiled last weekend at PAX East in Boston — the biggest video game convention on the East Coast. h The developer? Greenlight Studios at Clark Uni-
Dillon Remuck, left, and Arielle Johnson are two members of the student team behind the game “Caligo,” which debuted the Clark booth at PAX East. CLARK UNIVERSITY
versity’s Becker School of Design and Technology. Moreover, the historical pieces in question are part of the Higgins Armory collection at Worcester Art Museum. h The Becker School of Design and Technology was established at Clark University as a place for Becker College students to call home, after the college closed due to budgetary constraints impacted by COVID-19. Becker College students were welcomed at Clark and the signature programs of video game design and development became part of the new school, including one where student teams design and develop games that are then shown at PAX East. See GAME, Page 15
