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UTV True Games line-up

MMOG publisher to bring us Mytheon, Faxion Online, Sky Legends and Planet Crashers.

 

Austin, Texas, October XX, 2010 – UTV True Games, an international publisher of multiplayer online games today announced its complete upcoming global product lineup starting with titles launching later this year and continuing into 2011. The free-to-play online titles that will launch globally in North America, Europe, Asia and more include UTV True Games’ highly anticipated MMORPG, Mytheon along with its first internally developed MMORPG, Faxion Online, the newly announced online flight combat game,  Sky Legends and fast-paced Browser, iPhone, iPad and Android game, Planet Crashers.

 

UTV True Games’ upcoming product portfolio spans several genres and includes original IP online and on iPhone, iPad and iTouch platforms this winter. In an ongoing effort to appeal to more casual players, the company will also heavily utilise social media applications such as Facebook and Twitter for a fully integrated MMO social gaming experience. The company also continues to form international development and publishing relationships as it strives to reach a truly global gaming audience.

 

"Since our company began, we have worked hard to become one of the leaders in the online entertainment space by offering our players a varied portfolio of top quality products and excellent service,” said Jeff Lujan, CEO of UTV True Games. “The goal of our product lineup is to utilize the latest in gaming technology and social networking to bring quality, free-to-play games to the market within browser based, mobile and traditional client download games. We are aiming to become a truly diversified publisher in the free-to-play space in 2011.”

 

Details on each title in the lineup are below. For more information on UTV True Games or any of these titles, please visit www.utvtruegames.com

 

Faxion Online

UTV True Games’ first internal development project, Faxion Online: Heaven, Hell and Limbo will provide a fast and exciting PvP experience immersed within a rich, persistent world. At the time of the game’s launch, players will be able to choose one of three fully-featured worlds that make up Faxion Online. Players will have a host of character-customization options as they choose their skills, abilities and progression paths.  The highly competitive, fully featured MMORPG allows players to become part of the classic struggle between good and evil but with a twist on the usually serious subjects of heaven, hell and the seven deadly sins. Faxion Online is expected to enter beta stages in late 2010. To learn more about the game and register for upcoming details and special offers, visit www.FaxionOnline.com

Mytheon

Mytheon is a highly-anticipated online, multiplayer Action/RPG with strategic game play where players experience classic mythology come to life and challenge legendary gods to define their own fate.  Players, or "Stonecasters," have been given the power to defeat the gods by combining and casting magical stones in a battle to determine the destiny of humanity.  Mytheon features an assortment of classes and characters that allow players to approach combat in a unique style that fits their gaming preference.  Development of Mytheon has been taken in house to an internal UTV True Games studio, and is expected to launch in early 2011. More information on the exciting new developments with Mytheon will be available soon. . For additional details on Mytheon please visit: http://www.MytheonGame.com To follow all the latest news, please visithttp://www.facebook.com/mytheon, http://twitter.com/mytheongame

and http://www.youtube.com/group/mytheon

 

Sky Legends

Developed using the Unity Engine, Sky Legends, a free-to-play online flight combat game, will have players taking flight in customizable open cockpit era airplanes built for fast-paced multiplayer battles in an attempt to rule the skies. Developed by Smart Bomb Interactive, Sky Legends, based in a fictional fantasy world, will feature multiple factions with new factions launching regularly. The game’s item shop will include hundreds of cash items and numerous item categories with exclusive items on offer.  Sky Legends airplanes will display a one-of-a-kind fun art style with three airplane classes and upgradable parts with endless customization options.  At launch players will embark on four fast-paced game modes including Dog Fight, Team Dog Fight, Capture the Flag and Training/Tutorial.  Additional launch highlights will include community features such as friend’s lists and squadrons, and mode-based and map-based weapon and plane achievements.  A diverse cast of characters -- along with multiple weapons, customization features and missions -- will raise the fun factor on the traditional aerial combat genre. Scheduled to launch in early 2011, players can learn more about the game and register for more information at www.skylegends.com

 

Planet Crashers

Planet Crashers is set in a vivid cartoon world full of fast-paced battles, oddly unique weapons, and various planet types that affects the outcome of skirmishes.  Players can customize their avatars, find friends to battle, or fight opponents in their area using a GPS search feature to gain area bonuses. Planet Crashers allows players to log into a single account across multiple platforms for dueling, item shopping, and social activities. A player can begin their experience on a browser, and then continue with the same account and avatar from their iPad or iPhone, keeping the player in touch with the action wherever they go, on the go! Planet Crashers makes it easy for players to jump in and start the fight with simple and intuitive controls. Players will be able to customize characters from head to toe, upgrade weapons and purchase consumables with just a few simple taps.  From planets made of cheese, complete with a mouse that will bite your opponent, to ice cream covered planets, players will quickly find themselves in unique battle environments that play into the overall strategy of Planet Crashers.  Players can team up with up to eight friends in group PvP mode or have a melee with other players.  With so many different game modes, Planet Crashers provides a uniquely casual, yet undeniably hardcore, fast-paced experience every time. The game will be available Q4 2010, and for more information visit www.planetcrashers.com

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About UTV True Games Interactive

Based in Austin, Texas, UTV True Games is an international multi-player online game developer and publisher founded by a core team of MMO industry veterans with extensive experience in publishing and operating online games. UTV True Games brings new and innovative development ideas online, delivers them with a state-of-the-art game platform, and leverages micro-transaction revenue models. UTV True Games offers such titles as Warrior Epic, Mytheon, Faxion, Planet Crashers, and Sky Legends. For more information on each product, visit www.utvtruegames.com.

 

They are working with world-class publishers to license existing online titles and world-class developers to create games exclusively for online play. The company has multiple titles in development at its wholly-owned development studios based in Austin, Texas  and Beijing, China.

 

UTV Software Communications Ltd (UTV), India's first integrated global media and entertainment company, holds a strategic stake in UTV True Games.

 

About UTV Software Communications

UTV Software Communications Limited is India’s leading global integrated media house with business interests in Television, Movies, Broadcasting, Games Content and New Media. UTV India & its subsidiaries (UTV) create, aggregate and disseminate content of various genres across varied distribution platforms. Listed on India's premier stock exchange, The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), Mumbai UTV is India's only diversified media and Entertainment Company with content creation abilities across platforms and genres. It has subsidiaries with offices across India, UK, USA and Japan. The Walt Disney Company holds a strategic stake in UTV.

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