IGN Entertainment, Fireglow Games Partner For Digital Distribution Of Sudden Strike (English Version)
Brisbane, Calif. - Feb. 1, 2006 - IGN Entertainment, a leading Internet media and services company serving the video game and entertainment enthusiast markets, has partnered with Fireglow Games to make digital superstore Direct2Drive a home of the Sudden Strike franchise, including Sudden Strike, Sudden Strike Forever, and Sudden Strike 2.
"What better way to ring in the New Year than to add Fireglow Games to the growing list of Direct2Drive publishers," said Jamie Berger, vice president and general manager of IGN Entertainment's Consumer Products division. "Sudden Strike's innovative style of game play adds even more variety to the already wide selection of games on Direct2Drive."
In the popular real-time strategy games of Sudden Strike, players command troops during the second World War over a number of historical battles and locations. As American, British, Japanese, French, or German armies, gamers fight with hundreds of soldiers and authentic vehicles through destructible environments, including an exciting single-player or challenging multiplayer mode. Whether playing commando-style or using the massive air raid attack, Sudden Strike puts World War II at players' fingertips. In addition, all of the Sudden Strike games include footage of the brand new Fireglow titles, Sudden Strike 3: Arms for Victory and Stranger.
"We consider Direct2Drive as an excellent opportunity to add more energy to distribution of our games," said Ludmila Ludvig, Managing Director of Fireglow Games.
Since launching in October 2004, Direct2Drive has been gaining popularity among IGN's largely 18-34 year-old male customer base with its growing roster of top games. Direct2Drive builds on the proven operational infrastructure of FilePlanet, IGN Entertainment's download site and IGN's separate HitPoints program, which provides full digital game downloads as rewards to IGN and GameSpy subscribers.
About Fireglow
Fireglow is a developer and a publisher of PC games, and has developed the hugely popular Sudden Strike, Sudden Strike Forever, Sudden Strike 2, and Sudden Strike: Resource War. In addition, they are also creating the next generation game engine "Sudden Strike Next7", on which the Sudden Strike 3 - Arms for Victory game will be based. Other Fireglow games in development include the MMORTS titles Sudden Strike Online and Stranger. Contact Fireglow Ltd by email at contact@fireglowgames.com
About Direct2Drive
Direct2Drive (http://www.direct2drive.com), IGN Entertainment's digital download retail store, serves the users of IGN's popular games and entertainment sites. Direct2Drive offers game publishers a new channel to sell both their new and catalog PC game titles. The service uses proven Digital Rights Management technologies to ensure a secure transaction for both the buyer and the game publisher. As a digital-download-only store, Direct2Drive carries no physical inventory, meaning Direct2Drive can offer as many games to its customers as a publisher wishes to put on sale. Game publishers interested in learning more about the distribution opportunities on Direct2Drive can contact Sutton Trout, IGN's director of digital content, at 415-508-2062, or by email at strout@ign.com.
About IGN Entertainment
IGN Entertainment, a unit of Fox Interactive Media, Inc., is a leading Internet media and services provider focused on the videogame and entertainment enthusiast markets. Collectively, IGN's properties reached more than 33 million unique users worldwide in the month of October 2005, according to Internet audience measurement firm comScore Media Metrix.* IGN's network of videogame-related properties (IGN.com, GameSpy, FilePlanet, TeamXbox, Direct2Drive and others), is the web's number one videogame information destination and attracts one of the largest concentrated audiences of young males on the Internet. IGN also owns and operates the popular movie-related website, Rotten Tomatoes and one of the leading male lifestyle websites, AskMen.com. In addition, IGN provides technology for online game play in videogames. IGN is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, with offices throughout the U.S. and in Montreal.
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*comScore Media Metrix, October 2005 Worldwide data. Worldwide data cited herein represent an aggregate of 32 countries reported by comScore Media Metrix on a monthly basis.
IGN Entertainment, Direct2Drive, IGN.com, GameSpy, Rotten Tomatoes, FilePlanet, GameSpy Arcade, GameSpy Arena and TeamXbox are trademarks of IGN Entertainment. Sudden Strike, Arms for Victory, Stranger, Fireglow are trademarks of Fireglow Limited. Other trademarks and copyrights mentioned are the properties of their respective holders.