Valcon ships HISTORY™ Great Empires : Rome

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<div style="line-height: normal" align="center"><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt">VALCON GAMES SHIPS HISTORY™</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt"> <em>GREAT EMPIRES: ROME</em>

FOR NINTENDO DS™</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt"> STRATEGISTS</span></strong></div>
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<div style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%">Redmond, WA (May 12, 2009)</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%"> – Valcon Games, </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: 150%">a video game publishing company that brings quality products to the North American market</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%">, announced today that its Nintendo DS™ game, <em><span style="text-transform: uppercase">History™</span></em></span><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%"> Great Empires: Rome,</span></em><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%"> is shipping in North America. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%">This classic turn-based strategy game is set in an epic historical era – the Roman Empire, where players take on the role of an Emperor. With 6 campaigns from the unification of Italy to the conquest of Britain, </span><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%">H<span style="text-transform: uppercase">istory™</span></span></em><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%"> Great Empires: Rome</span></em><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%"> offers would-be conquerors action-packed tactical warfare, resource management, diplomacy, and mini-games. Players can match wits with Julius Caesar and Marcus Aurelius to build one of the greatest empires the world has ever seen.</span></div>
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<div style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%">“Valcon Games is pleased to be working with two great partners, HISTORY™</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%"> and Slitherine, on</span><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-transform: uppercase; line-height: 150%"> History™</span></em><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%"> Great Empires: Rome</span></em><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%">. Together, we are bringing to market every Nintendo DS™ strategist’s dream – action, strategy and historical warfare,” said Glenn Halseth, co-founder of Valcon Games.</span></div>
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<div style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify"><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%">H<span style="text-transform: uppercase">istory™</span></span></em><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%"> Great Empires: Rome</span></em><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%"> delivers the depth and replay value of a great strategy game, where each game provides a unique outcome based on the decisions of the player, the alliances they form and the enemies they engage in battle.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%"> Nintendo DS™ </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%">strategists must start by building their economies, armies and alliances before conquering the world. To help players on their conquest, the game’s key features include:</span></div>
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<div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 12pt">WARFARE</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -8pt; line-height: normal; text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 12pt">• </span>Conquer neighboring tribes and city states, recruit and equip vast armies that comprise over 20 unit types, including legionnaires, archers and cavalry.</div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -8pt; line-height: normal; text-align: justify">• Deploy your troops, then decide on battle formations, troop positions and tactics on huge detailed battlefields, where effective use of the terrain affects the outcome of battles.</div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -8pt; line-height: normal; text-align: justify">• Maintain barracks, troop moral and defensive positions in and around your own cities to ward off would-be aggressors.</div>
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<div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 12pt">DIPLOMACY</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -8pt; line-height: normal; text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 12pt">• </span>Watch as the empire map displays the ever-shifting landscape of enemies, allies and possible <span>strategic partners.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 28pt; line-height: normal; text-align: justify">• Form alliances with other tribes and city states.</div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 28pt; line-height: normal; text-align: justify">• Pay or force the payment of tribute from opponents.</div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 28pt; line-height: normal; text-align: justify">• Declare war or offer peace.</div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 28pt; line-height: normal; text-align: justify">• See AI opponents engage in diplomacy of their own.</div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -8pt; line-height: normal; text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 12pt">• </span>Construct and improve buildings to upgrade units and create resources for your expanding Empire.</div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 28pt; line-height: normal; text-align: justify">• Build the economies and resource limitations of each tribe, city state and empire under your control.</div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 28pt; line-height: normal; text-align: justify">• Assign workers to ensure a balance between troops, construction and food production.</div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -8pt; line-height: normal; text-align: justify">• Build storage facilities to supply your armies, farms to produce food, shrines, coliseums and temples to maintain troop morale.</div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 28pt; line-height: normal; text-align: justify">• Allocate resources based on the three essentials of the ancient world: wood, metal and food.</div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 28pt; line-height: normal; text-align: justify">• Utilize over 100 buildings, each with their own impact on gameplay</div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 27pt; text-indent: -9pt; line-height: normal; text-align: justify"><span>·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span>Add variety to gameplay, provide replayability and further immersion in this amazing era, by playing a range of mini games that help players explore the Roman Empire and sharpen their wits in a series of challenges. Great leaders know their enemy and are always prepared for battle.</div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 38.65pt; text-indent: -18pt; line-height: normal"><span style="font-size: 12pt">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><em><span style="font-size: 12pt">HISTORY™ Great Empires: Rome product page</span></em></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 38.65pt; text-indent: -18pt; line-height: normal"><span style="font-size: 12pt">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt">Valcon Games, LLC (</span><a href="http://www.valcongames.com/"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font color="#0000ff">http://www.valcongames.com</font></span><span style="font-size: 12pt">)</span></a></div>
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