FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 19, 2001
The Linux version of Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns hits the beta milestone.
HOUSTON, TEXAS - TimeGate Studios, Inc. and Loki Software, Inc. are pleased to announce that the popular fantasy strategy game, Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns, has entered the beta stage of development for the Linux platform. A noted achievement for the gaming industry, Kohan will be the first of the real-time strategy gaming genre to be commercially available for Linux.
"We are thrilled to announce reaching the beta milestone of porting Kohan to Linux with Loki," says Adel Chaveleh, TimeGate's Managing Director. "The excitement of offering Kohan to gamers on multiple platforms builds up even more with this accomplishment. All of the awards and positive reviews Kohan has received support our beliefs that this game is sure to please the Linux gamer."
The game has received much praise for many of its dynamic features such as:
- An intriguing storyline that emphasizes discovering the history of the Kohan
- Unique company-based combat system, that allows players to build
companies from the ground up, mixing and matching over 40 different
units to create thousands of combinations
- Classic military concepts, such as morale, supply, terrain,
formation, and more that affect how each company responds
- Unique, simple to manage upkeep-based economic system that takes
the micromanagement out of RTS economics
For more information about Kohan, please log onto the official website, www.kohan.net.
About TimeGate Studios, Inc.
TimeGate Studios, www.timegatestudios.com, is committed to being a premier content provider for all popular gaming platforms. Founded in 1998 in Houston, Texas, TimeGate offers a unique environment for talented game developers. TimeGate's experienced management team, with diverse backgrounds in a number of industries, provides a strong business structure that ensures success in current and future projects. The future is promising. While TimeGate continues to expand the Kohan universe of products to incorporate changing technology and exclusive features, it has also committed to developing high quality, wholly original titles in different genres and settings.
About Loki Software, Inc.
Founded in 1998 in Orange County, California, Loki is the leading publisher of games for Linux. Titles from Loki include Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri Planetary Pack, Tribes 2 and SimCity 3000 Unlimited. In addition to this arsenal of games, Loki has initiated and continues to support several Open Source development projects, including OpenAL, 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.
For more information:
Adel Chaveleh, TimeGate Studios
Tel: 713-780-5270 e-mail: adel@timegatestudios.com
Kayt Sorhaindo, Loki Software
Tel: 714 505 8915 x12 e-mail: press@lokigames.com
www.timegatestudios.com
www.lokigames.com
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