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Smithsonian Museum Creating Video Game Based On The Hope Diamond

By TechTaffy Desk

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The Smithsonian and Big Fish Games are partnering to create a PC and Mac video game, based on the iconic Hope Diamond. Available in December 2013, the game is called Hidden Expedition: Smithsonian Hope Diamond, and joins the Big Fish franchise of Hidden Expedition games.

Also called Le Bijou du Roi, or ‘the King’s jewel’, the Hope Diamond is a 45.52 carat blue diamond housed in the Smithsonian Natural History Museum in Washington D.C.

[Image courtesy: Smithsonian Natural History Museum]

 

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