Three new Discovery channel games in 2009, 2010

Discovery Communications has signed multiple licensing deals that will see two popular shows on the Discovery Channel turned into mobile phone games. Built for mobile, PC and console gaming platforms, games based on the popular Deadliest Catch and Cash Cab and a Discovery Channel-branded trivia game will debut between June 2009 and holiday 2010.

Capcom will develop a video game based on the popular trivia reality show, Cash Cab,. On the show and in the game, unsuspecting faires take a cab and find themselves being asked trivia questions with the chance of winning cold hard cash. Winners get some money, but losers get tossed to the sidewalks of New York city (tthough not in ther literal sense). The game is set for release in June for mobile phone games and iPhone.

The Deadliest Catch Mobile game, developed by Hands-On Mobile charcges players with charting their ship’s course in and around Dutch Harbor, Alaska using one of the boats and crews from the series to try their hand at filling their crab holds and become the winning boat in the fleet.

Finally there’s Discovery Channel Trivia, a PC and next-generation console game that challenges players to test their knowledge of the Discovery channel’s top shows. The game, which will feature questions based on facts from Discovery Channel programs, will launch holiday 2010. It is being developed by Slitherine Software, who already does a lot of simulation work for the network’s various programs.