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Chaos League demo now available

Montreal, Canada. (Friday May 28, 2004) - Strategy First and Cyanide Studio are pleased to announce the release of the single-player demo for their highly anticipated title Chaos League.

In the Chaos League demo you can play 2 out of the 11 possible races; the brutal Barbarians or the versatile Undead. Check out the skirmish mode and three weeks of a season in the single-player Championship Mode. There is no multiplayer in the demo.

The demo can be downloaded at http://downloads.gamezone.com/demos/d11185.htm

About Chaos League

Players must score points, win games, advance to championship rounds, and of course play for the ultimate trophy, but Chaos League serves up some extra excitement with its absence of rules, corrupt referees and mythical, powerful opponents from a very different type of league. As with any good RTS, players have to adapt their strategies to win but it will be worth the reward for any hard-core gamer looking for a new, original, fierce experience that will have them sweating until the final score hits the board.

Game Features:

·         10 races covering 70 different types of players, including monsters and star players. Each race has its own style of play and its own strategy for moving up the championship ladder. Each match takes place on different pitches with their own special atmosphere.

·         170 spells and skills to improve your players or to unsettle the opposing team during a match.

·         A slightly unusual atmosphere with doping, corruption, pre-match hooliganism, trap-setting and working the spectators during a match.

·         A solo mode with tutorials and a Quick Match mode with 80 teams.

·         A career mode which implies, over and above playing matches, the creation and management of a team during a championship or a cup. Beyond the classic game-play of trading players, hiring star players, pom-pom girls or a physio, the successful management of a team hinges on the individual progress of a player through the aggregation of his various experiences.

·         A multi-player mode via LAN or Internet. Possibility for one-off matches, knock-out competitions or League Tables.

·         A replay mode that allows you to go over your matches whenever you want to analyze the relative strengths and weaknesses of your opponents.

·         Some skills and magic require a certain amount of experience by the on-screen creature before they are fully effective. This means that their success rate depends on how competent “it” is.

·         Skills work in passive mode. That is to say they are used automatically. They can bring certain advantages in such areas as combat, player physique, ….

·         Magic must be applied actively during a game. Requiring more micro-management than for “skills”, it sometimes procures a decisive advantage.

• Each spell has a precise use, power and time-limit. Some magic is defensive, designed to protect your players. Other spells are designed for attack and can be used to destroy opponents.

For more information on Chaos League, please visit www.strategyfirst.com.

About Cyanide

CYANIDE is a French videogame developer created in 2000 and based in Paris, France. Its teams include former members of Ubi Soft who used to work on PC and console platforms. CYANIDE is composed of 20 highly skilled professionals. The creativity of its artists, the ability of its programmers, creativity of its game designers are optimized by the competence of the project managers. Our team members have been working together for several years, taking advantage of their respective knowledge and developing common skills dedicated to the quality of our titles. CYANIDE has released 4 titles on PC since its creation, they are:  Cycling Manager (June 2001),  Cycling Manager 2 (june 2002), Horse Racing Manager (March 2003), Cycling Manager 3 (June 2002).

About Strategy First

Strategy First Inc. is a leading developer and worldwide publisher of entertainment software for the PC.  Founded in 1990, the company has grown rapidly, publishing major games in the industry and simultaneously developing its own in-house titles such as O.R.B., Disciples II, and Nexagon: Deathmatch. After winning numerous awards for games such as Disciples: Sacred Lands, Europa Universalis, Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns and Steel Beasts, Strategy First continues to push the gaming envelope with its own groundbreaking titles, while maintaining its reputation as a unique alternative for independent developers seeking to market their games to a worldwide audience. Further information about Strategy First and its products can be found at www.strategyfirst.com

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