12:00 (BST), 15/05/2008
Lee Shuffield
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PRESS RELEASE
Amsterdam, May 15, 2008 – Digital Entertainment publisher Playlogic announced today that it named Lee Shuffield as International Sales Director. Shuffield previously worked at Ghostlight as International Account Manager.
In his position within Playlogic, Shuffield will head up the sales team and will report directly to Playlogic’s Chief Sales & Marketing Officer Pierre Thiercelin.
Lee Shuffield has a strong Games industry background with over 15 years experience in European and UK sales working for distributors and publishers such as Gem Distribution, GT Interactive, 3DO and Empire Interactive.
Pierre Thiercelin, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer of Playlogic, said: “Lee is a seasoned sales professional who brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to this position. I am confident that he will make a great contribution to the further expansion of Playlogic.”
Playlogic Entertainment, Inc. is an independent publisher of entertainment software for consoles, PCs, handhelds, mobile devices, and other digital media. Playlogic distributes its products worldwide through all available channels, online and offline. Playlogic, who currently has approximately 75 employees, is listed on the OTCBB under the symbol "PLGC" and is headquartered in New York and Amsterdam. Its internal game development studio is based in Breda (The Netherlands).
Playlogic's portfolio includes games that are being developed by several teams at the Playlogic Game Factory, Playlogic's in-house development studio based in Breda, as well as games developed by a number of studios throughout the world with approximately 300 people of external development staff. The Playlogic Game Factory also develops first party titles for Sony Computer Entertainment Europe.
Playlogic publishes quality games, working with leading technology to produce digital entertainment from concept to finished product. Playlogic plans to publish 20 titles during 2008.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS:
This release contains statements about PLAYLOGIC's future expectations, performance, plans, and prospects, as well as assumptions about future events. The reader is cautioned not to put undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, as these statements are subject to numerous factors and uncertainties, including without limitation, business and economic conditions and trends; fluctuations in operating results; reduced customer demand relative to expectations; competitive factors; and other risk factors listed from time to time in the company's SEC reports. Actual results may differ materially from our expectations as the result of these and other important factors relating to PLAYLOGIC'S business and product development efforts, which are further described in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These filings can be obtained from the SEC's website located at www.sec.gov. Any forward-looking statements are based on information available to PLAYLOGIC on the date of this release, and PLAYLOGIC assumes no obligation to update such statements.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Playlogic International
Rick van Beem, PR Manager
T: +31 20 676 03 04
M: +31 6 22 95 67 23
E: rvanbeem@playlogicint.com
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