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Monday, 25 February 2002
THE ARXEL GUILD and STRATEGY FIRST announce the signing of an important publishing deal
European publisher THE ARXEL GUILD (part of the CTO S.p.A Group) has acquired the European publishing rights for the PC titles DISCIPLES II: Dark Prophecy and TRAINZ from leading North American publisher STRATEGY FIRST Inc.
For Guillaume de Fondaumière, THE ARXEL GUILD’s Chairman, “these two games are perfectly in line with our new catalogue orientation: a limited number of excellent products for each segment and on all platforms. DISCIPLES II is a great strategy game that I’ve been playing relentlessly for the last month! The ambience is fantastic, the graphics totally immersive and the gameplay perfectly suited to the genre. As for TRAINZ, it is quite simply the best game of its category: Virtual Model Railraod.”
“Strategy First couldn't be happier to have Arxel Tribe as our European publishing partner, " says Stewart Braybrook, Director of European Operations for Strategy First. "We are confident that their talented team will replicate the titles' current success in North America and promote Disciples II and Trainz to the top of the European charts!”
Disciples II
Developed and published in North America by STRATEGY FIRST, Disciples II is a state-of-the-art turn-based strategy game offering beautiful 2D and 3D graphics and compelling game play. Already critically acclaimed, fans of the genre are waiting with bated breath for the game to be published in North America in February and in Europe in Mai 2002.
TRAINZ
Developed by Australian developer AURAN and published in North America by STRATEGY FIRST, TRAINZ is a high-end railroad simulation game. It takes the genre to a new level by providing all the tools & interactivity models that railroad fans could ever dream of. The game will be published in North America and in Europe in Q2/2002.
DISCIPLES 2 – The Dark Prophecy TRAINZ
Category : Turn-based Strategy Category: Virtual Model Railroad
Publisher USA : Strategy First Inc. Publisher USA : Strategy First Inc.
Publisher Europe : ARXEL TRIBE Publisher Europe : ARXEL TRIBE
Developer : Strategy First Developer : Auran
Format : PC CD Rom Format : PC CD Rom
http://disciples2.com http://www.auran.com/trainz
About Strategy First Inc.
Strategy First Inc. is a leading developer and worldwide publisher of entertainment software. Founded in 1990, the company has grown rapidly, publishing major games in the industry and simultaneously developing its own in-house titles such as O.R.B., Disciples II, Nexagon: The Pit and Zero-G Marines. After winning numerous awards for games such as Disciples: Sacred Lands, Europa Universalis, Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns and Steel Beasts, Strategy First continues to push the gaming envelope with its own groundbreaking titles, while maintaining its reputation as a unique alternative for independent developers seeking to market their games to a worldwide audience.
About The Arxel Guild
The Arxel Guild specialised in the development and publishing of leading video games.
A subsidiary of the CTO SpA group listed on the new Milan stock exchange (CTO.MI), the company employs 90 game specialists, 65 of whom work in development at the 4 Arxel Tribe studios.
THE ARXEL GUILD publishes under its ARXEL TRIBE label PC and new generation console games developed in its own studios or by third developers/publishers.
In 2002, the Arxel Guild will publish 6 new video games HANNIBAL (action), THE GLADIATORS (RTS), RING 2 (adventure) et MISTMARE (RPG).
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