City Interactive/Pinnacle deal
Polish publisher secures UK distribution; three titles to launch this week.
City Interactive, one of Poland’s largest games developer and international multi-format publishers announces Pinnacle Software as its official distributor for the UK with a new ship date for its first releases set for 16 May.
City Interactive aims to offer affordable games for casual and specialist interest gamers with a range of titles for the PC and Handheld consoles in the pipeline for launch during 2008.
Pinnacle’s Managing Director, Peter Sleeman comments; "Pinnacle is working closely with City Interactive in providing sales support and distribution services to all UK retail and online stores. I am confident that the quality of the well positioned Premiere range of PC titles and forthcoming releases across other formats and genres will allow City Interactive a strong foothold in the UK market"
Leonard Harding, UK Sales Manager, City Interactive is delighted to have Pinnacle onboard; “Our partnership with Pinnacle now pushes the final green light for City Interactive to get our first releases out on the high street and into the homes of UK casual gamers. With another six titles due for launch in June, Premiere is set to have a strong presence in-store that will continue to build throughout 2008.”
The first three games from the new Premiere Gold range priced at £9.99 include a classic point and click adventure game and two FPS titles.
16 May 2008 Releases
Title: Art of Murder
Format: PC DVD
Genre: Traditional Point and Click Adventure
Age: 16+
Price: £9.99
Title: Terrorist Takedown 2: US Navy Seals
Format: PC DVD
Genre: First person shooter
Age: 16+
Price: £9.99
Title: Crimes of War
Format: PC DVD
Genre: First person shooter
Age: 15+
Price: £9.99
The next release date for City Interactive will be 13 June when a further six games will be launched under the Premiere Silver label, priced at £4.99.
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About City Interactive S.A.
www.city-interactive.com
City Interactive (CI) is an international multi-platform publisher and one of Poland’s largest game developers offering high quality video games of the most popular genres including shooters, action, adventure, flight simulators, strategy, puzzle. In addition, CI offers games for specialist interest and female-specific audiences.
CI was formed in 2002 as a result of a merger between a publishing house and two game development studios. With a long term development strategy in place for successful international expansion, the company changed its legal status from Limited Liability Company to Joint Stock Company in November 2007 when it debuted on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
CI aims to offer affordable games for casual and specialist interest gamers with a range of titles for the PC, Handhelds and Next-Gen consoles. Since the company was founded in 2002, CI games are now available across four continents in over 40 countries including the world’s biggest game markets of Germany, Russia, France, Italy, Australia and China. In addition, 2008 sees the company roll out its range in the UK and US.
Further information
Sales - City Interactive
Leonard Harding
UK Sales Manager, City Interactive S.A.
Telephone: 01908 847496
lharding@city-interactive.com
Sales – Pinnacle Software
Martin Fitzpatrick, National Accounts
0208 309 709
martin.fitzpatrick@pinnacle-software.co.uk
Press – The PR Exchange
Diane Davidson
Telephone: 0208 781 0658
Mobile: 07931 374001
diane@theprexchange.co.uk