BioWare and Irrational Games team up
For immediate release:
BioWare Corp. and Irrational Games are pleased to announce a co-marketing agreement for Irrational Games' new release, Freedom Force® vs. The 3rd Reich. As part of BioWare's continuing efforts to expand its online store (http://store.bioware.com), BioWare will be promoting Irrational's Freedom Force® sequel to the nearly 2.4 million members of the BioWare Community at www.bioware.com.
Freedom Force® vs. The 3rd Reich offers gamers a unique role-playing experience, and BioWare and Irrational hope that fans of BioWare's games will also be fans of Irrational's new release. Irrational's Freedom Force® vs. The 3rd Reich is available today, and is being published in North America by Irrational Games and distributed by Vivendi Universal Games.
ABOUT BIOWARE
BioWare Corp. is an electronic entertainment company that develops computer and console games. BioWare's developers are currently nearing completion on Jade EmpireTM, a BioWare-created intellectual property to be published by Microsoft for the Xbox for release on April 14th, 2005. BioWare is also developing Dragon AgeTM, a PC RPG set in a brand new world created and owned by BioWare, as well as an unannounced next-generation title based on yet another BioWare-created intellectual property. BioWare has an online fan community consisting of nearly 2.4 million registered users that connect to discuss the company's current and future games. Previously published projects include: the 2003 Game of the Year Star Wars: Knights of the Old RepublicTM for PC and Xbox, the award-winning Neverwinter NightsTM series, the genre-defining Baldur's GateTM role-playing game series for the PC, MDKTM2 for Dreamcast and PC, MDKTM2: Armageddon for PlayStation®2 and Shattered SteelTM. BioWare information can be found online at www.bioware.com.
ABOUT IRRATIONAL
With offices in Boston, Massachusetts and Canberra, Australia, Irrational Games is widely recognized as one of the leading game developers. With critically acclaimed hits like System ShockTM 2, Freedom Force®, Tribes®: Vengeance and the soon to be released SWAT® 4, Irrational has earned a reputation for creating story-driven, genre-defining games. Irrational has built multi-game development partnerships with such world-class publishers as Electronic Arts and Vivendi Universal Games.
http://www.irrationalgames.com
CONTACT:
Bill Gardner
Irrational Games
(617) 269-0424 ext 324
Tom Ohle
BioWare Corp.
(780) 430-0164 ext 128