Wild Hare And Alten8 Sign North American Publishing Agreement
For Immediate Release
Dallas, TX - October 9th, 2006 - Wild Hare Entertainment and Alten8 Limited, are pleased to announce an exclusive North American publishing agreement. Under the agreement, Wild Hare Entertainment will publish several of Alten8 Limited's unannounced upcoming titles (details to be announced at a later date) for the Sony PSP portable entertainment system in the North American market.
The agreement marks the beginning of a very strong and important partnership for both companies as well as the overall gaming community.
Founded in 2005 Alten8 Limited is a publishing and distribution company that licenses older titles under its Retro-Soft brand, and all new titles and content under the Alten8 label.
"It's very exciting to begin this with partnership Alten8 Limited. Our companies are based on the same philosophy and share the same vision for bringing the very best interactive entertainment to audiences worldwide," said Matt Tolleson, V.P. of Publishing at Wild Hare Entertainment. "Gamers will be amazed at the content this agreement allows us to provide the PSP portable entertainment system in the North American market."
Based in Dallas, Texas, Wild Hare Entertainment provides independent developers a cost-effective alternative to the traditional publishing and distribution models in the North American retail market.
"We are extremely pleased to be working closely with Wild Hare Entertainment," said Paul Andrews, CEO of Alten8 Limited. "With reciprocal content publishing and distribution between our like-minded companies, we can create a strong alliance for a cross-Atlantic partnership, which opens new doors not only for us, but for the developers, which up until now have had no access to mainstream publishing and distribution in Europe or North America. Both companies have a very strong upcoming portfolio of games and content to bring to market which we believe will bring a new fresh dimension not seen in the market for many years."
About Wild Hare Entertainment
A privately funded entertainment software publisher headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Established in July 2006, Wild Hare Entertainment offers independent developers a cost effective alternative to the traditional publishing and distribution models in the North American retail market. Visit www.gowildhare.com <http://www.gowildhare.com/> for more information.
About Alten8 Limited
Created and operational during 2005, Alten8 Limited is a new force in the development, publishing and distribution of games and other content, across a wide range of formats. Licensing both older titles under its Retro-Soft brand, and all new titles under the Alten8 label. Alten8 is becoming the first port of call for new talent looking for a more flexible way of working. A wide range of content across PC, Phone, GBA, DS, PSP, PS2 and Wii, either already released, or in development for release 2006 / 2007. Alten8 will be announcing a range of publishing and distribution deals over the coming few weeks. Visit www.alten8.com <http://www.alten8.com/> for more information.
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