Excalibur Signs Up the Red Orchestra

Oxfordshire, June 5th 2006

Product: Red Orchestra : Ostfront 41-45
Developer: Tripwire Interactive LLP
Genre: WWII First Person Combat Simulation
Platform: PC CD
Release: 23rd June 2006
Territory: UK
RRP: £24.99
Barcode: 5060020472404

Excalibur Publishing is pleased to announce that it has signed a UK publishing deal for Tripwire Interactive LLC's much-anticipated latest project, Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45.

Based on the most highly-acclaimed Unreal mod ever made, Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 is a full-featured, stand-alone World War II First Person Combat sim that brings players to the frontlines of Eastern European combat during the height of the conflict. Players choose from 28 infantry weapons or crew 1 of 14 detailed vehicles on the Russian Front between 1941-45. The combination of roles across more than one dozen maps, and based on real-world locations and battles, allows Red Orchestra to finally achieve its goal of delivering a full first-person, World War II infantry and vehicle combat simulation.

Alan Wilson, VP of Tripwire Interactive LLC, said: "We are pleased to have secured this UK publishing deal especially with an organisation like Excalibur. We're looking for great things from the UK market!" Excalibur's MD, Robert Stallibrass said, "Red Orchestra is an outstanding product. Without doubt this is one of the most important PC releases this summer."

Red Orchestra will be available from June 23rd 2006.

Excalibur Publishing Limited
PO Box 586
Banbury
Oxfordshire
OX16 6BY

Tel: 01869 338833
Fax: 0870 132 1026

For press inquiries contact Richard Barclay on 01869 338833 or richardb@excalibur-publishing.com

For box art, screen shots and product information, please go to:
http://www.contactsales.co.uk/redorchestra.htm

For publishing and distribution enquiries contact Robert Stallibrass on 01869 338833 or roberts@contact-sales.co.uk Note to editors:

About Excalibur Publishing

Set up in 2004, and a division of distributor Contact Sales Limited, Excalibur Publishing is the PC video game publishing arm of the group. Its aim is to bring good quality, original and innovative products to the PC games player. www.excalibur-publishing.com

About Tripwire Interactive

Tripwire Interactive LLC was formed by the team that created the original Red Orchestra, the award-winning mod for Unreal Tournament 2004®, in February 2005. Although the founders and staff of Tripwire have many individual game credits to their names, Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 is Tripwire's first independent title. Red Orchestra won Phases II, III and IV and the Grand Finals of Nvidia's "$1,000,000 Make Something Unreal" contest - every phase it was entered for!

With the fanbase doubling on every release, a further string of industry accolades and awards followed from PC Gamer, Computer Games Magazine, Gamespot DLX, Gamespy, ModDB and Fileplanet. After winning the respect of gaming industry luminaries, online gamers and press members worldwide, Tripwire Interactive was incorporated to take the Red Orchestra franchise forward as a retail game. Comprised of many original development team members, Tripwire Interactive embodies the very essence of grass roots development but with the professional talent and attitude of the industry's brightest.

About Excalibur Publishing

Set up in 2004, and a division of distributor Contact Sales Limited, Excalibur Publishing is the PC video game publishing arm of the group. Its aim is to bring good quality, original and innovative products to the PC games player. www.excalibur-publishing.com