TransGaming and TimeGate Partner to Port KOHAN

August 19, 2002. Toronto, ON/Sugar Land, TX. TransGaming Technologies and TimeGate Studios™ announced today the launch of the award-winning PC game series, KOHAN, on Linux. Linux gamers can now purchase and download individual titles or the entire KOHAN series from TransGaming’s Web Store at www.transgaming.com  that include: “KOHAN: Immortal Sovereigns”, “KOHAN: Ahriman’s Gift” and “KOHAN: Immortal Sovereigns – Special Awards Edition.”

Vikas Gupta, President and COO of TransGaming states, “We are very enthusiastic about applying our portability technology to KOHAN, the ultra-successful real-time strategy game series, to meet the needs of gamers who use a variety of platforms. TransGaming’s technology and porting expertise allows TimeGate to continue dedicating their resources towards developing richer game-play experiences while still reaping the benefits of broader title availability.” TransGaming and TimeGate sealed their agreement in Los Angeles at the 2002 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in May. E3 is the premier interactive entertainment event, annually attracting major game developers, publishers and interactive entertainment companies from around the world.

Behind TransGaming’s cross-platform solutions is a unique proprietary portability technology that facilitates the migration of games, often designed for only one system, to alternate platforms in a fraction of the time it takes other companies. This portability solution allows developers to focus their development initiatives on a single platform while still broadening the availability of their titles for the variety of gaming systems in the market today, ranging from PC, Apple Macintosh, Sony PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, Microsoft Xbox, to other devices and platforms.

“TransGaming’s portability solution is unmatched in the industry. We have received an overwhelming number of requests for KOHAN’s availability on multiple platforms. Working with TransGaming, we look forward to increasing the profile and reach of KOHAN to diversified audiences globally, while still dedicating our resources to what TimeGate does best – developing high-quality, award-winning games,” remarked Adel Chaveleh, Managing Director of TimeGate Studios.

About TransGaming.

TransGaming Technologies™ has created the dominant software

portability solution that allows game developers and publishers to develop games for one system and deploy them simultaneously on other platforms – faster, cheaper and better than anyone else. TransGaming Technologies has recently developed strategic relationships with the world’s premier game developer and publisher Electronic Arts; the world’s largest retail Linux distributor, ManadrakeSoft; and the world’s most-used PC copy protection provider, Macrovision. TransGaming has licensed the world’s top selling game, EA’s ‘The Sims’, and shipped an optimized Linux version just eight weeks after receiving source code. TransGaming’s technology keeps pace with the release of the hottest and most recent PC titles, including support for hit games such as Warcraft III, Max Payne, Grand Theft Auto 3, Diablo 2, and many more.

About TimeGate Studios.

TimeGate Studios™, Inc., is a privately held independent corporation headquartered just outside Houston, Texas. As a part of a conglomeration of diversified companies, TimeGate combines superior game design and serious gaming challenge with a passionate commitment for meeting the demands of PC entertainment fans. Since 1998, TimeGate has gained significant industry recognition, including a coveted nomination for “Rookie Studio of the Year” by the Interactive Arts and Sciences Association, in addition to their debut (RTS) project, Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns, earning nearly 30 awards. For more information, log on to www.timegate.com. 

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