Playlogic Appoints Jean-Paul Hardy PR Manager
AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS, 05/04/2006:
Digital Entertainment publisher Playlogic (OTC BB: PLGC)
announced today that it named Jean-Paul Hardy as PR Manager.
Hardy previously worked with Dutch broadcasting company 'RTV
Utrecht' as editor and with the internet portal
'quotenet.nl'.
In this position, Hardy is responsible for all international
Games PR related activities at Playlogic. Hardy reports
directly to Playlogic Chief Sales & Marketing Officer/VP
Stefan Layer and works closely with PR agencies IMC in Europe
and Kohnke in the US.
Hardy's background is in journalism. After having received
his undergraduate in Journalism, in Utrecht (the
Netherlands), he started working with the "Stemming van
Nederland" as an editor, followed by his position at 'RTV
Utrecht.'
Stefan Layer, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer of
Playlogic, said: "Jean-Paul is a journalist as well as an
experienced, passionate gamer and we are really looking
forward to working with him. His presence is particularly
important to build up relationships with the international
games press, especially with the impressive line-up we have
for the third and fourth quarter coming up this year."
About Playlogic:
Playlogic Entertainment, Inc. is an independent publisher of
entertainment software for consoles, PCs, handhelds, mobile
devices, and other digital media. Playlogic, established in
early 2002, publishes game concepts across various genres.
The company distributes its products worldwide through all
available channels, online and offline.
Playlogic, who currently has approximately 75 employees, is
listed on the OTC BB under the symbol "PLGC" and is
headquartered in New York and Amsterdam. Its internal studio
is based in Breda (The Netherlands).
Playlogic's portfolio includes games that are being developed
by several teams at Playlogic Game Factory, Playlogic's
in-house development studio based in Breda, as well as games
developed by a number of studios throughout the world.
Currently, 13 games on 20 platforms are in the pipe-line,
including "Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales," "Age of Pirates:
Captain Blood," "Ancient Wars: Sparta," "Infernal," "Xyanide
Resurrection" and "PRISM - Threat Level: Red," which will be
published this year. "World Racing 2," "Knights of the Temple
2" and "Gene Troopers" have been released recently throughout
Europe.
Playlogic is always looking for additional, high-quality
games and acquires products that can be exploited in the
complete value chain of digital entertainment products from
games at retail to mobile games and digital TV.
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differ materially from our expectations as the result of
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business and product development efforts, which are further
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forward-looking statements are based on information available
to PLAYLOGIC on the date of this release, and PLAYLOGIC
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