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Edition du 22.04.06
BOLD GAMES ANNOUNCES INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION DETAILS FOR
RED ORCHESTRA: OSTFRONT 41-45
| MINNEAPOLIS, MN – April 19, 2006 – Bold Games, a division of Destineer Publishing, announces today international distribution partnerships with 1C, Frogster, SdLL, and Wendros, for Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45. Developed by Tripwire Interactive and based on the most highly-acclaimed Unreal mod ever made, Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 is a full-featured, stand-alone World War II game that
brings players to the frontlines of Eastern European combat during the height of World War II. Players choose from 28 infantry weapons or crew one of 14 detailed vehicles on the Russian Front between 1941-45. The combination of roles across more than one dozen maps, based on real-world locations and battles, allows Red Orchestra to finally achieve its goal of delivering a full first-person, World War II infantry and vehicle
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Paul Rinde, CEO of Destineer, said: “We are proud to be working with these high quality partners for the European, Scandinavian and former USSR territories and are looking forward to achieving great success with them on sales of Red Orchestra”
“We are very proud and happy to handle Scandinavian distribution of Red Orchestra,” said Henrik Martling of Wendros AB. “The buzz as well as pre-order status make it priority #1 for us!” Wendros is the official distributor of Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland.
"We are pleased to deliver the action of Red Orchestra to the gamers of the former USSR and Eastern Europe,” said Nikolay Baryshnikov, Director of International Sales for 1C. “Apart from the fantastic game features, the historical focus on the Eastern Front of WWII will prove especially attractive to our audience." 1C is the official distributor of Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 in Russia, CIS, Ukraine, the
Baltic states, Belarus, Moldova, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland.
“With Red Orchestra, we continue our strategy of establishing first-class international licenses for the German market,” said Frédéric Bichat, COO of Frogster Interactive Pictures AG. “We have great plans with this title – and want to market this fantastic game with a long-term, tailor-made, community based campaign.” Frogster is the official distributor of Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 in Germany, Austria and
Switzerland.
Jerome Barbé, marketing Director of SdLL said, “We are proud to release Red Orchestra in France, Belgium and Luxemburg. We think that Tripwire Interactive will be one of the future’s biggest development teams. The proven success and immediate recognition from the game industry is extremely hard to get! I’m sure it will be a huge success.”
Shipping dates will be announced shortly.
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About Frogster Interactive Pictures AG
Frogster Interactive Pictures AG, based in Berlin, is an independent German publisher and distributor of computer games for all genres and price points. In the budget segment Frogster Interactive belongs to the market leaders in Germany. Under the labels Brigades, Hall of Game, Eclypse and BacktoGames the publisher releases mainly PC games of international licensors. The company currently has 28 employees, working in
Marketing, Sales, Administration and logistics.
About Wendros
Wendros AB was established in 1976 by Lennart Martling. The main business then was children’s movies, later transitioning to computer games in the 80´s. Wendros was bought in 1996 by Multimedia Norden who turned into Pan Vision in 2001. At that time Wendros was reestablished by Lennart and in 2002 his son Henrik joined the company. Since the restart of the company the main business has been distribution of FlightSim
add-ons and hardware like CH Products, with a plan to create their own budget label. That plan was realized in 2004 with the brand Medallion, now one of the best selling budget brands in the Nordic territory. Several stand-alone titles have also joined the catalogue along the way.
About 1C
1C Company specializes in the distribution, support, publishing and development of business software and interactive entertainment products. Founded in 1991,1C has become the leading Russian company publishing and distributing computer games in Russia and the surrounding territories. We publish and distribute in the former USSR games for all the leading Russian independent development studios as well as titles for
international publishers such as Activision, Ascaron, Atari, Bethesda, CDV, Codemasters, Dreamcatcher, Empire Interactive, Interplay, JoWooD, Microids, Novalogic, Paradox Entertainment, Take 2, THQ, Titus, Ubisoft, Vivendi, Wanadoo and many others.
About SdLL
SdLL was created in 2005, based in Lille, France and is a subsidiary of the Micro Application Group. SdLL has the role to publish and distribute products outside of the Micro Application catalogue. This is done both by creating content with partners with strong licensing rights as well as publishing and distributing full price titles that do not overlap with Micro Application’s own product line.
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