1984 has sold between 20 and 40 million copies since it was first published in 1949, and continues to sell at the rate of about 500,000 copies per year in English alone. According to figures from the National Council of Teachers of English, it is likely that over half of high school and college students have read the book by the time they graduate.

Newspeak acquired the exclusive computer/ interactive rights to the novel in 1995 from the estate of George Orwell and has completed one license to date.

BIG BROTHER, a real-time 3D adventure title, based on a design by Douglas Gayeton,was in development, however the game's original publisher, MediaX Corporation, has lost its rights to the title, and Newspeak is currently in discussion with other publishers about picking up the game, which is currently in Alpha.

BIG BROTHER is a sequel to the events described in the novel. The player is a prole soldier returned from action to find his fiancée missing. Guided by non-player characters that may be friend or foe, the player must find the missing woman, and in the process may unlock the secrets to toppling Big Brother himself. 

Newspeak is also currently considering licensing other titles based on different game engines (e.g. war/strategy simulation, Internet collaborative narrative etc.), based on the original story from the novel, or using new characters and situations.