First look over the developer's shoulder

Berlin, 15.05.2007: Accompanied by impressive scenes, Frogster Interactive announces that important milestones were reached in the development of Speedball 2. For the first time, publisher Frogster and development team Kylotonn show images from the production of the future sports hit. Mike Montgomery, from The Bitmap Brothers fame, and creative director Yann Tambellini show a sightseeing flight through the impressive 3D model of a Speedball arena. Also shown were - thanks to motion capturing - fluid animations from 3D models of the gladiators along with photo realistic 3D heads from members of the legendary team Brutal Deluxe, which has fought its way into new Speedball 2. The new video is available under this download link on Frogster's web page:

www.frogster-interactive.de/downloads68!15!363,1.html (MPEG)

www.frogster-interactive.de/downloads68!15!364,1.html (MOV)

Overseen by the creator of Speedball

As consulting director and leading producer, Mike Montgomery oversees the whole production of Speedball 2. He has not only founded The Bitmap Brothers, but is also the guy behind legendary classics like Xenon Megablast, The Chaos Engine, Gods, Cadaver, Magic Pockets und Z. Development and co-production is being done by Paris-based studio Kylotonn, who have collected an experience team of game designers and programmers.

Technically impressive multiplayer action

To ensure smooth multiplayer action, Kylotonn incorporates the proven network middleware Raknet into Speedball 2. Licensee Rakkarsoft has proven its excellence with technology demo Cellfactor - Combat Training, which had drowned all registers of AGEIA PhysX effects. Based on that project, Rakkarsoft currently develops the first person shooter Cellfactor - Revolution. AGEIA PhysX will also be supported by Speedball 2, delivering spectacular action effects - dynamic moving objects and impressive physics will be provided as well. Fluid animations of Speedball's gladiators will be delivered by motion capturing studio ATOPOS, who have shown their excellence before for games like Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 1 & 2 and Rainbow Six Vegas.

Also, regarding the artificial intelligence, the developers are only satisfied with the best. For the intelligently acting team buddies and challenging opponents, they obtained the middleware form Spir.ops, legendary by example for the sneak attacks of Sam Fisher in Splinter Cell - Double Agent.

Speedball 2 will be released in Q3 2007. Newly developed for PC it will transform the futuristic game setting into a vibrant online sporting spectacular using state of the art technology. With international leagues, a worldwide ranking system and a virtual market place, Speedball 2 will tick all the boxes for a modern multiplayer action game. Fully customizable characters ranging from cyborg to amazon, dynamically changing sports battles and endless community support will inspire enthusiasts of sports, action and e-sports alike. For more information visit www.speedball2.com. A newsletter about the game provides exclusive information concerning every step of the development progress. Subscribers regularly receive news, previously unpublished material and access to competitions. If you want to be kept up-to-date with Speedball 2, register now on www.speedball2.com

The The Bitmap Brothers logo is a registered trade mark of The Bitmap Brothers. Speedball is a registered trade mark and copyright of The Bitmap Brothers.

About Frogster Interactive Pictures AG

Frogster Interactive Pictures AG, based in Berlin, acts as publisher of computer games of all genres and price levels and is amongst the market leaders in Germany. Under the labels Brigades, Hall of Game, Eclypse and BacktoGames the publisher markets PC games by international licensors. Besides this core business, for the future the growing market of massive multiplayer online games is taken into focus. Related to this there are, amongst others, stakes into Frogster Studios Co. Ltd., Korea, in Online Embassy GmbH, in OnlineWelten GmbH and in Yusho GmbH. The company currently employs more than 30 staff in the departments licensing, marketing, sales, administration and logistics. Internet: www.frogster-interactive.de

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