The holidays just got a whole lot brighter….

Montreal, Quebec. November 7, 2002 – It’s the news you’ve all been waiting for! Strategy First is extremely happy to announce that their eagerly anticipated in-house title O.R.B has hit retail shelves nationwide.

“I couldn’t be happier about O.R.B making its retail debut,” says Don McFatridge, President of Strategy First Inc. “The development team has worked extremely hard to make O.R.B the game it is. I am very proud of what they have accomplished.”

O.R.B is a visually stunning 3D Real-Time strategy game that pits the forces of two races against each other in a desperate struggle to control the resources they need to expand their empires. O.R.B stands for Off-World Resource Base and what happens in the ”Off-World” is the stuff that dreams or nightmares are made of. Within the multiple systems are the precious resources that both planets desperately need to thrive. The stage has been set for a battle to control the solar system. While the two races play a deadly game of hide and seek in the asteroid belt, they are unaware of a predatory alien menace that threatens the entire solar system.

O.R.B features:

• Unparalleled 3D real-time strategic gaming action with full freedom of movement in space

• Two fully developed races with their own single-player campaign and unique strategies

• One-of-a-kind dynamic universe depicting multiple solar systems alive with planets, moons, asteroid belts, complex orbits, persistent debris and extraordinary spatial environments

• Epic fleet combat with a wide variety of vessels and specialized units including tactical ships, shock troops, various fighter types, multiple capital ship classes and support vessels

• Downloadable campaign editor and tools, complete with the ability to script your own scenarios, event triggers, campaigns and cut-scenes

• Explosive battles with up to eight players in cooperative and head-to-head multiplayer mode

O.R.B will be exclusively distributed in North America by Infogrames.

For more information on O.R.B, please visit www.o-r-b.com or www.strategyfirst.com.

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.