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Loki Seeks Beta Testers for Highly-Anticipated Sierra Studios(tm) Title
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 9, 2000
Loki Contact:
Kayt Sorhaindo
press@lokigames.com
Tustin, California - November 9, 2000 - Loki Software, Inc., the premier publisher of commercial games for the Linux operating system, announces today an agreement with Sierra Studios(tm) , a leading provider of interactive gaming experiences, to bring the highly-anticipated Tribes(tm) 2 to Linux.
Loki is porting this first-person action game alongside the Windows development, and is now accepting beta tester applications for the Linux version. Interested participants should visit www.lokigames.com and complete an online registration form.
Building upon the award-winning Starsiege Tribes, Tribes 2 offers unprecedented innovations to team-based play and in-game communications. In massive and breathtaking worlds, players can fight alongside more than 60 others with all-new weapons and vehicles. With single player and multiplayer game modes, gamers have a wide selection of play modes and missions, including capture the flag, siege, deathmatch and even bounty.
A completely new graphics engine adds tremendous depth and unparalleled replayability to Tribes 2. Players can also generate their own sophisticated maps "on the fly" using a revolutionary terrain editor embedded within the game.
Tribes 2 will have a near-simultaneous release for the Linux and Windows versions. For more information on Tribes 2, visit www.sierrastudios.com/games/tribes2.
About Loki Software, Inc.
Founded in 1998 in Orange County, California, Loki works with leading publishers and developers to port their best-selling PC products to Linux. Game titles from Loki include SimCity 3000 Unlimited, Heroes of Might and Magic III, and Civilization: Call to Power. In addition to this arsenal of games, Loki has initiated and continues to support several Open Source development projects, including OpenAL (tm), a cross-platform 3D-Audio Library, and SDL MPEG Player Library (SMPEG), a general-purpose MPEG video/audio player for Linux. For more information visit www.lokigames.com.
Loki Contact: Kayt Sorhaindo, press@lokigames.com
About Sierra Studios
Sierra On-Line, Inc. is one of the original developers and largest worldwide publishers of interactive entertainment and productivity software. Sierra is a division of Havas Interactive, a global leader in interactive content, and is one of the world's largest publishers of education, entertainment and home productivity software. Its divisions, Blizzard Entertainment(r), Coktel, Knowledge Adventure(r), Sierra(tm) and Flipside.com(tm) are famous for releasing critically acclaimed and award winning titles. Havas Interactive has operations in the US and in Europe and is a subsidiary of Havas, the publishing and information division of Vivendi, a world leader in mass market multimedia communications.
Sierra Studios Contact: (425) 649-9800 x5002 or hillary.crowley@sierra.com
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