Slitherine Publishing Announced!
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 2:03 pm
<div style="margin: 5.25pt 18.75pt 0pt 0cm; line-height: normal" align="center"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #4f6228">SLITHERINE STEPS INTO THE FUTURE, WITH A LOOK AT THE PAST</span></strong></div>
<div style="margin: 5.25pt 18.75pt 0pt 0cm; line-height: normal" align="center"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #4f6228">UK based developer steps into publishing with ambitious development plans</span></strong></div>
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<div style="margin: 5.25pt 14.1pt 0pt 0.75pt; line-height: normal"><span style="font-size: 10pt">Award winning strategy games developer Slitherine has announced it will start self publishing its own titles starting January 2009. The new publishing house has already started a strategic development plan to approach the retail market with a fully developed release schedule starting Q1 next year. </span></div>
<div style="margin: 5.25pt 14.1pt 0pt 0.75pt; line-height: normal"><span style="font-size: 10pt">The newly formed entity will still remain faithful to its original mission and approach to games, by developing, and now publishing, highly playable and approachable history-themed games to the mass market.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 5.25pt 14.1pt 0pt 0.75pt; line-height: normal"><span style="font-size: 10pt">"<em>We have always been committed in bringing games that are both playable and enjoyable to the market and to allow all kind of player, from the strategy enthusiast to the curious newcomer, to have an entertaining experience</em>", said Iain McNeil, Development and Production Director at Slitherine. <em>"By moving directly into publishing we will be in full control of the content of our products and can leverage on the experience we've accumulated over these long years of development and production</em>".</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 5.25pt 14.1pt 0pt 0.75pt; line-height: normal"><span style="font-size: 10pt">Slitherine has simultaneously announced it has raised an initial 5million Euros funding to carry these plans to fulfillment over the next 3 years. </span></div>
<div style="margin: 5.25pt 14.1pt 0pt 0.75pt; line-height: normal"><em><span style="font-size: 10pt">"Our funding package ensures that we can approach the market in the best possible way to achieve success. We know this is a quality and marketing driven business and this will allow us to be proactive and to invest our money where it will make a difference</span></em><span style="font-size: 10pt">", said JD McNeil Business Development Director of the company. "<em>Being able to invest our resources in the most efficient way is nothing new to Slitherine, but now we have the funding to invest in future development, marketing and communication for our new and exciting product line up. We aim to make this a success from the very beginning</em>".</span></div>
<div style="margin: 5.25pt 14.1pt 0pt 0.75pt; line-height: normal"> </div>
<div style="margin: 5.25pt 14.1pt 0pt 0.75pt; line-height: normal"><span style="font-size: 10pt">Slitherine will remain in the field of history-themed games as it always has done, but bringing the same enjoyment to the console market.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 5.25pt 14.1pt 0pt 0.75pt; line-height: normal"><span style="font-size: 10pt">"<em>We had a mission as a developer and we will stick to this as a publisher</em>", said Marco Minoli, Marketing Director. "<em>History is fun. There are many products in the entertainment market that already prove this case and we intend to make sure we become established as a major player in this field. We now have in place the right elements to be successful; we know how to develop compelling products, we have the historical knowledge to do this and now we also have some great licenses and amazing content to make sure our games are even more appealing to audiences of all ages</em>". </span></div>
<div style="margin: 5.25pt 14.1pt 0pt 0.75pt; line-height: normal"> </div>
<div style="margin: 5.25pt 14.1pt 0pt 0.75pt; line-height: normal"><span style="font-size: 10pt">Slitherine will shortly announce more details on the release schedule and the list of new titles.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 5.25pt 18.75pt 0pt 0cm; line-height: normal" align="center"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #4f6228">UK based developer steps into publishing with ambitious development plans</span></strong></div>
<div style="margin: 5.25pt 18.75pt 0pt 0.75pt; line-height: normal" align="center"><strong> </strong></div>
<div style="margin: 5.25pt 14.1pt 0pt 0.75pt; line-height: normal"><span style="font-size: 10pt">Award winning strategy games developer Slitherine has announced it will start self publishing its own titles starting January 2009. The new publishing house has already started a strategic development plan to approach the retail market with a fully developed release schedule starting Q1 next year. </span></div>
<div style="margin: 5.25pt 14.1pt 0pt 0.75pt; line-height: normal"><span style="font-size: 10pt">The newly formed entity will still remain faithful to its original mission and approach to games, by developing, and now publishing, highly playable and approachable history-themed games to the mass market.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 5.25pt 14.1pt 0pt 0.75pt; line-height: normal"><span style="font-size: 10pt">"<em>We have always been committed in bringing games that are both playable and enjoyable to the market and to allow all kind of player, from the strategy enthusiast to the curious newcomer, to have an entertaining experience</em>", said Iain McNeil, Development and Production Director at Slitherine. <em>"By moving directly into publishing we will be in full control of the content of our products and can leverage on the experience we've accumulated over these long years of development and production</em>".</span></div>
<div style="margin: 5.25pt 14.1pt 0pt 0.75pt; line-height: normal"> </div>
<div style="margin: 5.25pt 14.1pt 0pt 0.75pt; line-height: normal"><span style="font-size: 10pt">Slitherine has simultaneously announced it has raised an initial 5million Euros funding to carry these plans to fulfillment over the next 3 years. </span></div>
<div style="margin: 5.25pt 14.1pt 0pt 0.75pt; line-height: normal"><em><span style="font-size: 10pt">"Our funding package ensures that we can approach the market in the best possible way to achieve success. We know this is a quality and marketing driven business and this will allow us to be proactive and to invest our money where it will make a difference</span></em><span style="font-size: 10pt">", said JD McNeil Business Development Director of the company. "<em>Being able to invest our resources in the most efficient way is nothing new to Slitherine, but now we have the funding to invest in future development, marketing and communication for our new and exciting product line up. We aim to make this a success from the very beginning</em>".</span></div>
<div style="margin: 5.25pt 14.1pt 0pt 0.75pt; line-height: normal"> </div>
<div style="margin: 5.25pt 14.1pt 0pt 0.75pt; line-height: normal"><span style="font-size: 10pt">Slitherine will remain in the field of history-themed games as it always has done, but bringing the same enjoyment to the console market.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 5.25pt 14.1pt 0pt 0.75pt; line-height: normal"><span style="font-size: 10pt">"<em>We had a mission as a developer and we will stick to this as a publisher</em>", said Marco Minoli, Marketing Director. "<em>History is fun. There are many products in the entertainment market that already prove this case and we intend to make sure we become established as a major player in this field. We now have in place the right elements to be successful; we know how to develop compelling products, we have the historical knowledge to do this and now we also have some great licenses and amazing content to make sure our games are even more appealing to audiences of all ages</em>". </span></div>
<div style="margin: 5.25pt 14.1pt 0pt 0.75pt; line-height: normal"> </div>
<div style="margin: 5.25pt 14.1pt 0pt 0.75pt; line-height: normal"><span style="font-size: 10pt">Slitherine will shortly announce more details on the release schedule and the list of new titles.</span></div>
