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STRATEGY FIRST AND THE ARXEL GUILD
Announce the Signature of Two Publishing Contracts
Leading worldwide publisher, STRATEGY FIRST announced today that it has acquired the North-American publishing rights for PC games, MISTMARE and HANNIBAL from premier European publisher, ARXEL TRIBE (part of the CTO S.p.A. Group).
“This collaboration has STRATEGY FIRST very excited about bringing Hollywood to the computer screen with Hannibal,” said Steve Wall, V.P. of Acquisitions for STRATEGY FIRST. “It allows us to delve into the mainstream market and target an audience that we are just discovering. At the same time, our existing fan base of hard core gamers will enjoy the mix of fantasy and RPG in Mistmare.”
Guillaume de Fondaumière, THE ARXEL GUILD’s Chairman and CEO said, “ARXEL TRIBE is very excited about this partnership. We are confident that this will enable us to establish our brand in North America and bring the titles to the top. Mistmare and Hannibal are two enormous projects and we wanted to have a strong partner for these two titles on this very important territory. Our work with STRATEGY FIRST in Europe[1] has been a very positive experience for both companies and this new agreement confirms our great compatibility.”
HANNIBAL – The game
Developed by ARXEL TRIBE, HANNIBAL is a state-of-the-art action-thriller based on Universal Studio’s movie, Hannibal, directed by Ridley Scott. The game, developed on Lithtech’s high-end JUPITER engine, will be launched in March 2003, shortly after the release of RED DRAGON, the movie sequel to The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal, scheduled for release in November 2002 in North America.
MISTMARE
Developed by ARXEL TRIBE, MISTMARE is a fantasy RPG set in troubled Middle-Age where players join Isador, the inquisitor monk on an epic journey through Europe ravaged by years of conflict. The game will be published in North America and in Europe in Q4/2002.
HANNIBAL – The game MISTMARE
Category : Action/Adventure Category: Fantasy RPG
Publisher USA : Strategy First Inc. Publisher USA : Strategy First Inc.
Publisher Europe : ARXEL TRIBE Publisher Europe : ARXEL TRIBE
Developer : Arxel Tribe Developer : Arxel Tribe / Sinister Systems
Format : PC CD Rom Format : PC CD Rom
http://hannibal.arxeltribe.com http://mistmare.arxeltribe.com
About Strategy First Inc.
Strategy First Inc. is a leading developer and worldwide publisher of entertainment software. 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, Nexagon: The Pit and Zero-G Marines. 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.
About The Arxel Guild, SA
The Arxel Guild specialised in the development and publishing of leading video games.
A subsidiary of the CTO SpA group listed on the new Milan stock exchange (CTO.MI), the company employs 90 game specialists, 65 of whom work in development at the 4 Arxel Tribe studios. THE ARXEL GUILD publishes under its ARXEL TRIBE label PC and new generation console games developed in its own studios or by third developers/publishers. In 2002, the Arxel Guild will publish 6 new video games : Disciples 21 (turn-based strategy), Trainz1 (railroad simulation), THE GLADIATORS (Action/tactics), RING 2 (adventure), MISTMARE (F-RPG) and in 2003 HANNIBAL (action-thriller)
[1] ARXEL TRIBE is the European publisher of Strategy First’s TRAINZ and DISCIPLES 2, currently launching.
1 Developed and published in North America by Strategy First
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