Shrapnel Games Inks Deal with Breakaway,
Ltd.
Multi-game publishing deal inaugurates The
Greatest Battle Series and brings it to life!
Cary, NC, May 31, 2002
Today Shrapnel Games announced a multi-game
partnership with Breakaway, Ltd, Games Divsion. This partnership will launch the
The Greatest Battles Series and bring the best in war games to the market, the
first of which is Austerlitz: Napoleon’s Greatest Victory. More information on
this game, as well as other Shrapnel Games products, can be found on the
Shrapnel Games website at
http://www.shrapnelgames.com.
Richard Arnesen, Director of Covert
Operations for Shrapnel Games, said, "Breakaway is a leader in the development
of award winning war and strategy game titles. Members of their staff have
contributed to some of the greatest wargames of all time, and they continue to
move the genre forward with each release. Austerlitz: Napleon’s Greatest Victory
is just another example of this commitment to excellence. In the coming months
we will release more info about the upcoming The Greatest Battles Series, which
will fill the void for first-rate grand battle wargames that is currently
missing in the genre today. Both Shrapnel and Breakaway are committed to
bringing the best in wargaming to our fans. We are anxious to get started!"
Tim Brooks, President of Shrapnel Games,
added, "We are truly excited to have Breakaway on board. This is the first major
development house to say that there is more money to be made in internet-only
sales than in the retail market. We are looking forward to a long and profitable
relationship with Breakaway."
Austerlitz: Napoleon’s Greatest Victory is
the latest in the line of computer wargames based on the award winning Sid
Meiers’ "Gettysburg" engine. We were fortunate to have this great base to work
with and we’ve added significantly to it. Listed below are just some of the
improvements that have been added to the newest game in The Greatest Battles
Series.
* Three completely new armies: French,
Russian, and Austrian
* Exhaustively researched historical data and
army Order of Battles
* Over 25 "historical" and "speculative"
scenarios
* Design your own "random" battles
* Use the "Randomizer" to generate battles
automatically (useful for Multiplay games)
* Historical landmarks featuring the Pratzen
Heights, the Pheasantry, and Sokolnitz castle
* Improved solider animation
* Multiplayer allows up to 8 players over LAN
or Internet
* Artwork of famed Napoleonic artist Keith
Rocco
* New command and control system
* Displaying battlefield conditions (i.e. fog
and time of day) Austerlitz: Napoleon’s Greatest Victory is expected to go Gold
on June 04, 2002. A demo is available for download on Shrapnel Games website.
The retail price will be $44.95, but those that pre-order the game before June
15, 2002 will save $5.00 off the retail price.
