Mac players recruited to award-winning virtual battlefield…

Montreal, Quebec. November 13, 2002 – Publisher Strategy First with Developer Cornered Rat Software and Playnet.com are happy to announce that their latest online offering, World War II Online Mac Edition¸ has shipped to retail stores nationwide.“We are very happy that a whole new audience can finally get in on the World War II Online experience,” says Steve Milburn, Director of Marketing for Strategy First. “It’s going to make the game even more exciting.”

To see it for yourself, check out the dedicated page at apple.com  and make sure to watch the Brand New Trailer!

 http://www.apple.com/games/articles/2002/11/ww2online/

World War II Online Mac Edition is a combined arms simulation in a persistent, online 3D environment that brings the action-packed days of World War II to life on your Mac. Players can create a character, climb the ranks and gain experience to create and lead combat missions with and against thousands of other players in the most dynamic, first person war game ever “The Mac players have waited over a year to join the fight and the interest shown is incredible, ” says Al Corey of Playnet. “For the first time the Mac guys have a true massively multiplayer virtual battlefield. There’s nothing else like it.

Features

• ·         Elements of FPS, RPG, Sim and Strategy in one game – a first for online games.

• ·         Largest virtual terrain, Europe in ½ scale with accurate terrain modeling.

• ·         Thousands of players fighting in the same battlefield simultaneously.

• ·         Over 50 vehicles and weapons- tanks, planes and boats!

• ·         The first massively multiplayer first person shooter

• ·         Goodies such as fold out maps, wallpapers, illustrations and WWII era music.

World War II Online Mac Edition will be exclusively distributed in North America by Infogrames. For more information on World War II Online Mac Edition, please visit www.strategyfirst.com or http://www.wwiionline.com/

About Playnet Inc

Playnet, Inc is an Internet technologies company that specializes in design and development of massively multi-player online games (MMOG) at its in-house software development studio, Cornered Rat Software (CRS); and through its Playnet.com division operates an independent Internet-based online publishing center and interactive entertainment destination website, www.playnet.com that offers dynamic and customizable global delivery of a channelized line up of e-content, games, and advertising products through its own web sites and dozens of affiliated game and content sites. Established in April of 1999 and located in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area of Texas, Playnet publishes online titles World War II Online and Wildcards.

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.