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Wings of Prey

WWII aerial combat from Moscow-based Gaijin Entertainment, hitting US stores next month.

(Lake Forest, CA) - February 17, 2010 - CompuExpert is proud to announce that it will be the exclusive distributor of the awesome new PC flight-simulation title Wings of Prey from Russian developer Gaijin Entertainment in North America and it will be released in boxed form on March 16th 2010. Wings of Prey will be published in North America by 777 Studios and will be available at major PC game retailers such as GoGamer.com, Amazon.com, Fry's Electronics and others.

A Flight-Sim for All

Wings of Prey is the gorgeous new World War II PC flight-simulation title from Moscow based developer Gaijin Entertainment and is based around large-scale, historical aerial combat and land-based military operations of World War II. Players can participate in some of the war's most famous battles piloting fighters, attack planes and bombers across a wide range of thrilling missions. There are six theatres of war to engage in - The Battle of Britain, Stalingrad, Ardennes, Berlin, Sicily and Korsun representing the main airborne battles of World War II in Europe.

Built upon the original code base for IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey for console game systems, Gaijin has gone to work and added unique features and content only available for PC flyers! Wings of Prey on the PC, contains several new missions, aircraft and cockpits not found on the console. In total there are over 40 aircraft to fly and fight against in over 50 missions in 6 different historical aerial campaigns. And if you need practice, there are training missions and a mission generator that allows you to create your own custom aerial matchups to hone your dogfighting skills. There is also proper support for joysticks, throttles, rudder pedals and head tracking devices such as the TrackIR.

Wings of Prey also boasts an all new damage effects engine as well as advanced environmental visuals enriching the game play. Wings of Prey features hundreds of airplanes taking part in large-scale air battles. The unique environmental engine also produces highly detailed, realistic landscapes that allow players to see breathtaking ground support actions. The terrain engine in Wings of Prey generates some of the most beautiful scenery ever found in a flight-sim on any platform. From the cliffs of Dover, overlooking the English Channel, to the bombed out Berlin skyline, to the frozen forests of the Ardennes, the landscape is truly amazing! The intense aerial combat is ultra smooth as the code has been heavily optimized to ensure good frame-rates on a wide variety of PCs.

Simmers can also fly online against their friends and wage their own virtual war in thrilling multiplayer dogfights. Wings of Prey Multiplayer supports up to 32 players with four different game modes to choose from. VoIP chat, MP game lobby, leaderboards, friends-lists and join-in-progress capabilities are all included. Also, host migration features provide an easy and seamless multiplayer experience.

Wings of Prey sets a new flight-sim standard in playability and enjoyment and Gaijin will continue to improve and expand the Wings of Prey universe and feature set. This title should be a must-have for every flight-sim fan's library.

Partnership

Ammar Adra, President of CompuExpert, stated, "We're very excited to be the exclusive distributor for Wings of Prey in North American retail and we think that Gaijin has done a wonderful job with its development. Wings of Prey appeals to air combat fans of all backgrounds and gives both the serious simmer and the casual gamer the ability to experience the intensity of WWII air combat. I think the end result is amazing, we're very happy to bring it to physical retail"

"We're pleased to be working with a distributor who cares about the flight-sim genre and can give WOP added exposure on retail shelves and with online retailers." - says Anton Yudintsev, CEO of Gaijin. "Consumers deserve a choice and working with CompuExpert gives end-users just that. Because of CompuExpert the Wings of Prey community will continue to grow and we appreciate them supporting us."

Contact Information:

Ammar Adra

President

CompuExpert

ammar@compuexpert.com

1-877-599-7378

Jason Williams

President

777 Studios

jason@777Studios.net

1-949-554-9679

Anton Yudintsev

CEO

Gaijin Entertainment

anton@gaijin.ru

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