Quazal Celebrates Release of Supreme Commander™ with Gas Powered Games
Montreal, Quebec - March 8th, 2007 - Quazal Technologies Inc., the industry-leading provider of online gaming technology, would like to extend a hearty congratulations to the teams at Gas Powered Games and THQ Inc. for the release of their heavily-anticipated RTS, Supreme Commander.
Using Quazal's Rendez-Vous to power GPGnet, Gas Powered Games' online matchmaking system, the company has created a title that is on track to become the de facto competitive RTS for a long time to come.
Supreme Commander was named Best Strategy Game at E3 2006, and has since been named an Editors' Choice by PC Gamer.
"We worked very closely with the engineering team at Quazal to ensure that Supreme Commander players enjoyed an excellent online experience", said Kent McNall, president of Gas Powered Games. "The operations team at Quazal has worked with us every step of the way to make sure that the servers will handle what is already a huge number of players."
"Supreme Commander is definitely one of the biggest titles we've ever worked with," said Mike Drummelsmith, Developer Relations Manager at Quazal. "We're looking forward to seeing the userbase grow over time, and also to see what other tricks the team at Gas Powered Games has up its sleeve for the future!"
Released in February 2007, Supreme Commander allows users to control hundreds, sometimes thousands of units as they vie for domination over their opponents. With a full single-player campaign and multiple 2-8 player multiplayer modes, the game allows for some of the best strategic play of any title on the market.
For more information on Supreme Commander, visit http://www.supremecommander.com, and for more information on Quazal's online gaming technologies, visit www.quazal.com.
About Quazal Technologies, Inc.
Quazal is the leading supplier of multiplayer middleware solutions for the entertainment industry. World-class publishers such as Atari, Capcom, Crave, Eidos, JoWooD, THQ and Ubisoft are joining the ranks of dozens of studios and independent developers that use Quazal's products to propel the next generation of multiplayer games. In 2000, Quazal revolutionized network programming by rendering obsolete the traditional packet/socket paradigm. In 2005, Quazal launched a fully featured lobby service, widely regarded as the most innovative and flexible offering on the market. Quazal's products are currently available for "PlayStation®2", "PSP"("PlayStation®Portable), "PLAYSTATION®3", Xbox®, Xbox 360, Windows®, Pocket PC, and Linux. For more information and demonstrations visit http://www.quazal.com.
About Gas Powered Games
Founded in May 1998 by industry veteran Chris Taylor, Gas Powered Games is a privately owned, interactive entertainment company specializing in computer games. Gas Powered Games first made its mark in 2002 with Dungeon Siege, an award-winning action role-playing game. An expansion pack, Dungeon Siege: Legends of Aranna (2003), was developed cooperatively with Mad Doc Software. In 2005, GPG released Dungeon Siege II, which received RPG of the Year awards from GameSpy and PC Gamer, followed by the Dungeon Siege II: Broken World in 2006. Gas Powered Games' most recent achievement is the February 2007 release of Supreme Commander, a revolutionary real-time strategy game, the Best Strategy Game of E3 2006 and a PC Gamer Editors' Choice. Gas Powered Games is located in Redmond, Washington.
About THQ
THQ Inc. (Nasdaq: THQI) is a leading worldwide developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software. Headquartered in Los Angeles County, California, THQ sells product through its global network of offices located throughout North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. More information about THQ and its products may be found at www.thq.com and www.thqwireless.com. THQ, THQ Wireless and their respective logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of THQ Inc.
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