GI Combat Ships to Retail Stores!

We’re packing up and shippin’ out…

Montreal, Quebec. November 5, 2002 – Publisher Strategy First and developer Freedom Games are happy to announce that the Real-Time Strategy war game G.I. Combat has shipped to retail stores nationwide, in time to explode for the holiday season.

“G.I. Combat is going to be a great game for the holiday season,” says Steve Milburn, Director of Marketing for Strategy First. “I’m sure war gamers and RTS fans are going to have their hands full with this one.”

From the designers behind the highly successful Close Combat series, which sold over a million units, G.I. Combat brings the wartime energy of Omaha beach to the PC with stunning 3D detail, a plethora of legendary weapons, tanks and artillery, and a historical accuracy you’ve never seen before.

In G.I. Combat, players launch themselves into the dynamic 3D environment, grab hold of the most renowned weapons in history, including the MP-40 and the Thompson, and command some of World War II’s most powerful tanks and artillery such as the Jumbo Sherman, the Mark V Panther and the dreaded German 88. G.I. Combat lets PC gamers push back enemy offensives, lead assaults to capture key objectives and charge into the lush terrain of Normandy in one of the most historical battles of all time!

G.I. Combat will be exclusively distributed in North America by Infogrames.

For more information on G.I. Combat, please visit www.gicombat.com or www.strategyfirst.com.

About Freedom Games
Freedom Games was founded by John Davidson, an original co-founder of Talonsoft, and Eric Young, designer and producer of the Close Combat series. Based in Baltimore, Maryland, Freedom Games is a developer, marketer, and publisher of interactive entertainment software games for the personal computer. The team is made up of eight industry veterans who have a combined total of 43 years of game development and production experience.

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, 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.