Slitherine Announces HISTORY™ Great Battles Medieval

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<div style="text-autospace: ideograph-numeric; text-align: center" align="center"><strong><em><span style="font-size: 16pt; color: black">Slitherine and Koch Media announce distribution deal for

HISTORY™ Great Battles Medieval</span></em></strong></div>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 150%">Slitherine Software Ltd, an independent developer and publisher based in the UK,</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 150%"> and Koch Media, a leading producer and distributor of digital entertainment products</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 150%">, today announced the release of the video game, </span><strong><em><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 150%">HISTORY™ Great Battles Medieval</span></em></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 150%">,</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 150%">for Xbox 360®, the video game and entertainment system from Microsoft®, PLAYSTATION®3, and PC</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 150%">. Koch Media will distribute the title in Germany, Austria, Switzerland (including French and Italian versions), Spain, Scandinavia, Benelux, the United Kingdom, and Australia.</span></p>
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<p><strong><em><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 150%">HISTORY™ Great Battles Medieval </span></em></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 150%">is set against the background of the historic Hundred Years' War, spanning various conflicts between England and France in the 14^th and 15^th centuries. <strong><em>HISTORY™ Great Battles Medieval </em></strong>allows players to assume complete control of huge armies with more than 40 different units. From knights on horseback to infantry, French crossbowmen and English longbow archers, all units of the two warring factions are represented in the game, historically correct. Whether in campaign mode, a brief skirmish, or multiplayer mode, <strong><em>HISTORY™ Great Battles Medieval</em></strong> offers precise, realistic recreations of medieval battles.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 150%">To round out this authentic, true-to-detail gaming experience, the game features video clips from the award-winning HISTORY programming library.</span></p>
<p><strong><em><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 150%">HISTORY™ Great Battles Medieval is the second title in the highly successful Great Battles series, which saw its first appearance with the release of HISTORY™ Great Battles of Rome in 2007.</span></em></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%">Features

</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%">Advanced graphics engine optimized for the capabilities of each platform

</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%">Free form quest map that allows players to decide when and where to fight within a </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%">historical framework

</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%">70 Medieval battles, including 26 historical encounters from the Hundred Years war (like the well-known siege of Orléans or the Battle of Crécy)

</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%">More than 40 different units all accurately researched and carefully modeled

</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span>Weapons and shields are added to each unit by the player, giving an almost infinite number of equipment combinations

</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%">Over 100 unique skills to customize your squads. </span> </p>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt -18pt; text-autospace: ideograph-numeric"><strong><span style="font-size: 7pt; color: black">About Koch Media</span></strong></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt -17.85pt; text-autospace: ideograph-numeric"><span style="font-size: 7pt; color: black">Koch Media is a leading producer and distributor of digital entertainment products (software, games and movies on DVD). The company's own sales activities, marketing and distribution extend throughout Europe, and it has formed strategic alliances with numerous software and games manufacturers: Ascaron, Braingame, D3P, G-Data, Gamelife, Kaspersky Lab, Lexware, Namco Bandai, Pinnacle, Square Enix, Sony Online Entertainment, System3, etc. Headquartered in Planegg near Munich/Germany, Koch Media owns publishing and distribution branches in Germany, England, France, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Spain and the USA. <a href="http://www.kochmedia.com">www.kochmedia.com</a></span> </div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt -18pt; text-autospace: ideograph-numeric"><strong><span style="font-size: 7pt; color: black">About Slitherine</span></strong></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt -18pt; text-autospace: ideograph-numeric"><span style="font-size: 7pt">Slitherine is a privately funded and independent UK developer and publisher. Slitherine is dedicated to bringing highly playable and approachable strategy games to the mass market with a specific dedication to history of all ages. Slitherine Software is uniquely placed to deliver due to its experience within the industry and also the wider gaming community.

Internet site - <a href="http://www.slitherine.com/">www.slither ... </a></span> </div>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size: 7pt"><u>About History</u>^TM<u>and History HD</u>^TM</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 7pt">HISTORY™ and HISTORY HD™ are the leading destinations for revealing, award-winning, original non-fiction series and event-driven specials that connect history with viewers in an informative, immersive and entertaining manner across multiple platforms. Programming covers a diverse variety of historical genres ranging from military history to contemporary history, technology to natural history, as well as science, archaeology and pop culture.</span></p>
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