Russell Grant's Astrology

Deep Silver, the games label of Koch Media, a leading producer and distributor of digital entertainment products, today released further details of Russell Grant’s Astrology, the upcoming infotainment game for Nintendo's handheld console.

Russell Grant’s Astrology is a complete guide to the world of astrological guidance, providing daily and in-depth readings alongside the opportunity to learn the secrets of interpreting the movement of the celestial bodies and understand how they influence your life.

For daily horoscopes users can consult the AstroDay channel for life guidance and astrological wellness tips. It’s also here that users can obtain an analysis of their physiological, emotional and intellectual cycle or ‘biorhythm’, and gain insight into what affect the phases of moon can have on them.

For those wanting a specific or more comprehensive reading just switch to the My Horoscope channel to access birth horoscopes and readings for specific areas of your life. The Love Horoscope outlines just what the stars hold in store in all matters of romance, the Combination Horoscope will help you find your perfect partner and the Professional Horoscope provides valuable business and career advice.

Those looking to fully understand the mysteries of astrology can enter the AstroAcademy to gain a thorough education through a series of interactive challenges, quizzes and mini-games. Split into Apprentice, Graduate and Master chapters, the goal is to prepare the user to pass the Final Exam and enable them to read the movement of sun, stars and planets for themselves.

And finally Russell Grant’s Astrology is rounded out by the Entertainment Section, which contains appealing games such as the puzzle "Splintered Star", the picture game "Astropairs" and "Zodidoku", a variant of Sudoku with numbers on a zodiac circle.

Sleek in look, easy to use and specifically designed for the Nintendo DS, Russell Grant’s Astrology is the must have life guide for those looking for love, success and happiness in 2009.

Russell Grant’s Astrology is developed by Sproing and published by Deep Silver.

About Deep Silver

Deep Silver develops and distributes interactive games for all platforms. The Deep Silver label means to captivate all computer and video gamers who enjoy and share a passion for thrilling gameplay in modern game worlds. Deep Silver works with its partners to achieve a maximum of success while maintaining the highest possible quality, always focusing on what the customer desires. Deep Silver products are designed to equally appeal to professionals and beginners, children and adults.

Deep Silver has published around 40 games since 2003, including the most successful adventure of 2006, Secret Files: Tunguska, the bestseller ANNO 1701 (co-published with Sunflowers), the challenging CrossworDS knowledge puzzle game, the horse simulation Horse Life DS, and the soccer MMO World of Soccer Online. Current developments include Warhammer® - Battle March™ (in cooperation with Namco Bandai), the action role-playing game Sacred 2: Fallen Angel (in cooperation with Ascaron), S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky, the sinister Chernobyl shooter for PC, and the new game from the Piranha Bytes team. Deep Silver's own developing studio opened in 2007. For more information please visit www.deepsilver.com.

Koch Media is a leading producer and distributor of digital entertainment products (software, games and movies on DVD). The company's own sales activities, marketing and distribution extend throughout Europe, and it has formed strategic alliances with numerous software and games manufacturers: Ascaron, Braingame, D3P, G-Data, Gamelife, Kaspersky Lab, Lexware, Namco Bandai, Pinnacle, Square Enix, Sony Online Entertainment, System3, etc. Headquartered in Planegg near Munich/Germany, Koch Media owns publishing and distribution branches in Germany, England, France, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Spain and the USA. www.kochmedia.com

About Sproing

Sproing Interactive Media GmbH is Austria's leading game development studio, and takes pride in its reliability and its passion for quality. Founded in 2001 and financed solely through own resources, the company grew from just the two founders to a staff of 50 employees. Today, it is one of the leading studios in the German-speaking area. The company has successfully developed and marketed well over 30 games for all prevalent platforms in the past 7 years, including several top hits. Sproing is currently working on Cursed Mountain (Wii) for Deep Silver, Beach Fun - Summer Challenge (Wii) for RTL Games, and a number of other games which have not yet been announced. The company develops games for all currently available game consoles, as well as the PC, using its internally developed WYSIWYG multi-platform real-time technology "Athena". The company's most important titles are: Panzer Tactics (DS), Undercover: Dual Motives (DS), My Riding Stables (Wii), Best Friends: Cats and Dogs (PC, DS, GBA), Undercover: Operation Wintersun (PC), Jacked (PC, PS2, Xbox, GC), Riding Star 3 (PC, PS2), Scotland Yard (DS), and My Vet Practice (Wii).

Sproing is a member of G.A.M.E. and TIGA.

For more details, please visit www.sproing.com.

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