Sam & Max are conquering Europe: Full localization in German and French
Liezen, Austria, 18th of May 2007: Sam & Max, the most notorious investigators from the 90ies are back to spread fear and laughter when solving their cases. In August, JoWooD will release "Season One", the full package consisting of all new episodes together, fully localized in German and French.
"The authenticity and true spirit of the game is our main priority. The new episodes of Sam & Max managed to succeed the legendary first adventure, and now it's very important to get a perfect translation, accompanied by top-notch voice acting both in French and German", explains Johannes Natterer, Senior Marketing Manager JoWooD Productions.
In order to satisfy these high demands, JoWooD is negotiating with the voice actors who were responsible for the great localisation and voice acting of the first Sam & Max adventure.
Release: 28th of Augustt 2007; PC DVD ROM
Developer: Telltale
PEGI: tba
USK: tba
About the JoWooD Group
Shares of the JoWooD Group are traded at the Vienna stock exchange. They are one of the leading publishers of computer and videogames with a worldwide network of distribution partners. JoWooD develops and publishes state-of-the-art entertainment software for all major existing and new generation systems. For more information please visit www.jowood.com or http://corporate.jowood.com.
About Sam & Max
Steve Purcell published "Monkeys Violating the Heavenly Temple" as his first Sam & Max comic in 1987. Sam & Max solved assorted crimes and mysteries as Freelance Police in their sturdy 1960 Black and White De Soto Adventurer from their home base in New York City. After a series of follow-up comic books, Purcell worked with a team at LucasArts to create the critically acclaimed Sam & Max Hit the Road adventure game in 1993. The dog and rabbity-thing duo moved to television in an award-winning animated series in 1997, and are now appearing in an all-new webcomic series at www.telltalegames.com.
About Telltale Inc.
Telltale delivers Tales for Your Imagination - high caliber interactive entertainment which features engaging stories, strong characters, and rich environments. A new era of interactive entertainment is emerging, with customers expecting more from their investment in play time. Telltale is developing and deploying cinematic quality animation and storytelling technologies, to create entertaining and exciting interactive adventures which meet these new expectations. Staffed with long time industry veterans, Telltale creates tales based on Jeff Smith's Bone series, Steve Purcell's Sam & Max characters and television's popular CSI program in partnership with Ubisoft. Telltale offers content development and custom publishing services for license-holders interested in adapting their properties for interactive delivery. Telltale has created innovative tools, designed specifically for rapid development of high quality, space-efficient titles for digital distribution. Telltale titles can be downloaded from its website, as well as online partners such as Yahoo! Games, Direct-to-Drive, Trymedia Systems, Boonty, and CNET. To learn more about Telltale, please visit www.telltalegames.com.
PR Contact UK:
Frazer Nash
fnc@frazer-nash-communications.co.uk
PR Contact International
Tamara Berger
tberger@jowood.com
Verena Vlajo
vvlajo@jowood.com