Haarlem, The Netherlands – 15 May 2012 – Independent videogames publisher Iceberg Interactive today announces a publishing deal for Seamless Entertainment's 3D space shooter SOL: Exodus. Debuting at Steam recently, Iceberg will immediately bring SOL: Exodus to all other digital portals worldwide, followed by a 22 June 2012 release of the boxed Collector’s Edition, coming to retail shelves in the UK, Ireland, Scandinavia, Benelux and various other European and overseas territories, as well as the Iceberg webshop.

Topping off the regular SOL: Exodus space shooter fix, Iceberg's SOL: Exodus Collector's Edition will include an exclusive new game mode, a luxurious art book, the official soundtrack, a detailed manual to quench your thirst for space-knowledge and, last-but-not-least, a free STEAM key for the base game.

Iceberg Interactive CEO Erik Schreuder says: “There are tons of science fiction fans out there who have dreamed about piloting their own ship in space, blasting enemies into oblivion and saving the day. Well, that’s exactly the dream that SOL: Exodus promises to fulfill. So step into the grim future of mankind and board the action right now! We have been on a roll lately adding several space related games to our line-up and SOL: Exodus is definitely a really exciting one, full of 3D action, with a great story and highly professional voice acting.”

Seamless Entertainment’s Studio Director Dan Magaha said: “We are thrilled to partner with Iceberg in bringing SOL to wider international audiences.  SOL has definitely been a labor of love for us, and we can’t wait to hear from fans and players from around the world.  As a small indie developer working in the town where Wing Commander was born, it’s been an enormous honor to build our homage to the classic space games we loved when we were young, and we hope that passion comes through in the quality of our work.”

About SOL Exodus: Collector's Edition

In the world of SOL, 500 years in the future, the Earth that we know and love has been ruined by centuries of war, neglect and abuse, and humanity has left it behind as they colonized the solar system. Their thirst for conflict, however, followed them. It was only once scientists realized the sun was dying that man finally learned to work together. And work together they did - to form the United Colonies of Sol (UCS) and its UCS-1 Mission; the last hope for mankind.

SOL: Exodus is a 3D space-action game that leverages the power of modern graphics technology to deliver epic space battles featuring enormous capital ships, hordes of spacecraft, and beautifully rendered planetary battlegrounds in an action-packed, cinematic presentation reminiscent of TV shows and movies. SOL's aim is simple: to bring current-gen gamers the action space shooter they've craved since the days of Wing Commander and Freespace.

Key features

• Take part in intense action-packed, cinematic-style events as you pilot multi-purpose tactical fighters in single player mode
• Join a breakaway resistance group fighting for the survival of the human race
• Battle enemy forces across famous landmarks in our Solar System, from the rings of Saturn to Pluto, Neptune and Titan
• Supercharge your spacecraft with a complement of weapons including the all-powerful MAG cannon
• Employ a unique hacking technique to breach and take over the systems of massive warships
• Spot the nods towards your favorite TV shows and movies
• Enjoy gameplay staples of the genre such as dogfighting, engaging giant capital ships, protecting and rescuing friendlies

For more information, please visit http://www.iceberg-interactive.com or follow Iceberg Interactive on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/Iceberg_Int

SOL: Exodus and RealD 3D

SOL: Exodus features superb graphics made with Epic Games’ industry-leading Unreal 3 engine. Today, Epic Games announced the entry of RealD into its Integrated Partners Program. Well-known as the standard in feature film 3D technology, RealD incorporates best-of-breed stereoscopic 3D gaming technology into the Unreal Engine, providing commercial UE3 licensees with access to the RealD Game Developer Toolkit source code. SOL: Exodus is the very first game to utilize the RealD technology, literally bringing another dimension to the space combat experience.

What the press says about SOL: Exodus

• It's a superlative amount of content and refinement compared to many so-called "triple-A" productions that sell for six times that amount. Anyone looking for a good space dogfight should feel obliged to give it a try. (Destructoid – 80%)
• A solid, if bite-sized, space combat game that revitalizes a defunct genre with excellent flight combat... (The Escapist – 80%)
• SOL: Exodus is a triumph for indie games everywhere, and is living proof that Space Combat games belong in today's world. (MMGN – 80%)

About Seamless Entertainment
Seamless Entertainment, Inc. (SEI) is an independent game developer located in Austin, TX. A wholly-owned subsidiary of Black Lantern Holdings, Inc., SEI is committed to developing engaging, high-quality games for consoles and PC. Formed in 2008, the studio has steadily built its experience and reputation by delivering high quality products to spec for publishers such as Tecmo, Activision, and WB Games, and has just completed its first original IP, SOL: Exodus.

For more information on SOL: Exodus, please visit www.seamlessent.com.

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Haarlem, The Netherlands –14 May 2012 – Today, independent videogame publisher Iceberg Interactive and developer Camel 101 announce that their mission-based space strategy game “Gemini Wars” (PC/Mac ) has gone gold and is now available for pre-order on a multitude of digital download portals and in the Iceberg webshop. The boxed edition of Gemini Wars will be released on 8 June 2012 in various European English speaking territories, while localized versions will be released in the course of June 2012 as well.

Iceberg Interactive CEO Erik Schreuder says: “Iceberg Interactive is no stranger to space strategy games, having successfully released ‘4x’ games such as Armada 2526 and Star Ruler and recently having signed up the highly anticipated upcoming games Endless Space and StarDrive. With Gemini Wars, we are bringing space strategy gamers a great looking, more structured strategy gaming experience that still has  a lot of ‘4x’ elements, but is focused on a multitude of increasingly challenging missions set in the Gemini universe and a great storyline that develops during the campaign. The game features great voice acting and to top it of, it includes a cool printed comic book set  in the Gemini Wars universe!”

In anticipation of the upcoming release, Iceberg Interactive and Camel 101 have released a brand new game play trailer of Gemini Wars. Get a taste of Gemini Wars and stream the trailer at the Iceberg YouTube or download the trailer by clicking on one of the following mirror links:

Softpedia
Gamershell
Gamefront

For more information about the game and pre-orders, please visit http://www.iceberg-shop.com/gemini-wars-en.html

About Gemini Wars

Decades have passed since war erupted between the United Space Federation and the Alliance of Free Worlds. A bloody conflict that seemed to have reached a stalemate is now about to change, when a third faction suddenly appears. Take control of a fleet commander returned from exile, rise through the ranks of the United Space Federation forces and join an epic war across the stars.
Start with a small group of frigates, and climb your way to controlling battleships, carriers and planetary bases, in huge space battles and boarding actions. Build space stations and orbital facilities to fortify your position, build your fleet, extract minerals and research upgrades. Execute boarding actions using marine special forces, and bombard your enemies with orbital long range cannons.

Key Features

• 3 unique factions, with different units and strategies.
• Epic single player campaign.
• Ability to control fleets of starships, space stations and planets.
• Research tree leading to powerful units and upgrades.
• Cinematic battle camera.
• Multiplayer action providing endless re-playability.
• Unique game play providing a refreshing twist to the RTS genre.

About Camel 101

Camel 101 is an independent and self funded game development studio, focused on creating fun and entertaining games. We have a solid background in engine and game development – our team comes from Camel Entertainment, where we gained experience making games for PC and consoles. Our titles are available in most casual game portals, from PC to MAC, and are available in several languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Russian, Italian and Polish. We aim to reach everyone with our games, and we’re interested in making games for every possible platform.

Don’t just play… play it cool!

• A Born Leader: Guide one of eight civilizations as you strive for galactic dominion. Will you control the entire galaxy through subtle trade and diplomacy, explore every corner of the universe to find powerful artifacts and resources, overwhelm other civilizations with your advanced technologies, or destroy your enemies with massive armadas?
• Endless Discoveries: With hundreds of star systems to explore, different planet types, luxuries and strategic resources to exploit, the mysteries within the Dust to master and a host of strange scientific phenomena to deal with, the player will have no lack of challenges. Hire heroes to become fleet admirals or system governors and discover five hero classes and their unique ability trees and specializations.
• Space Opera: Experience Endless Space with state-of-the-art graphics and interface, switch between strategic battle decisions and long-term planning. Optimize each fleet for epic battles around contested stars. Create the perfect combinations from dozens of unique ships per civilization. Customize your ship with modules, armament, engines and special mods. The player has a plethora of choices of how to best destroy or dissuade his enemy.
• Take on the Universe: Play against up to seven opponents and build up – or break – alliances at will. Discover an innovative and dynamic simultaneous turn-based gameplay. Permit instant jump-in for your ongoing online games. Define your own custom civilizations and confront the ones created by your friends.
• Endless Replayability: Control every new game’s scope, from a quick match-up to an endless war. Generate an infinity of random galaxies where every start begins a new adventure. Modify the size, shape, density, age and a lot more to create your ideal galaxy. Choose from different victory conditions and adapt your strategy on the fly.
• Creating GAMES2GETHER: Track the dev team’s objectives, progress and achievements. Participate in the creation of the game via the GAMES2GETHER initiative. Access early versions of the game and give your feedback to the dev team. Discuss actual and future game features and expansions with the dev team.

Haarlem, The Netherlands – 3 May 2012 – Videogames publisher Iceberg Interactive and American game developer Zero Sum Games are excited to announce that they have signed a worldwide publishing deal for the much anticipated 4x space RTS game for PC “StarDrive”. The deal includes all boxed retail rights and digital download rights. StarDrive is currently still in development and is aiming to be finished during the 4th quarter of 2012.

Iceberg Interactive CEO Erik Schreuder says: “Space strategy is definitely a genre that is working extremely well for us both digitally and still in retail as well. With StarDrive we are extremely happy to have signed a pure ‘4x’ game that was inspired by and follows in the footsteps of ‘golden oldies’ such as Masters of Orion, with emphasis on ship design and space combat. We realize that there is already a sound buzz ongoing for this game amongst strategy fans and look forward to contribute to its greatness.”

Zero Sum Games CEO Daniel DiCicco says: “Having raised initial capital through Kickstarter with a backer ratio of 235%, we are now very happy to have the backing of an established publisher who has extensive experience with 4x strategy games and a track record of success. We are excited to work with them on making StarDrive achieve its full potential. It goes without saying that all Kickstarter pledges will continue to be honored, and we hope that you will be as excited as we are to see how much further StarDrive will go with this new partnership.”

About StarDrive
In StarDrive, you will design your own race to lead into the stars. You will find new worlds to colonize and conquer, meet strange aliens to trade with or war upon, and implement strategies to promote trade within and growth of your interstellar empire.  Expand your military forces by researching new technologies and ship designs. And, when provoked by alien warmongering or the urge to conquer, lead your customized fleets and ships into pulse-pounding battles for supremacy of the galaxy.

The heart of StarDrive is its ship design and combat engine. StarDrive takes a module-based approach to ship design, allowing the player to create custom ship designs where the composition and placement of ship modules really matters to the performance of a ship in combat. Organize your ships into fleets with a simple fleet editor, allowing custom formations and rules of engagement. Jump directly into the combat action at any time by commandeering one of your vessels and piloting it yourself with arcade-like control, or just sit back and let your commanders control the battle.

Grand in scope, yet easy to pick up and fun to play, StarDrive hearkens back to the golden age of 4x gaming.  Player-designed races, espionage, diplomacy, custom ship designs, planetary invasions, and  many more classic 4x features will provide players with endless replayability in a massive living universe. Challenge your friends online, or join them in co-operatively creating an empire to test against human opponents.

Game Features

• Real time gameplay with a seamless zoom from a grand strategic view to a close-up action view
• Control your ships with classic real time strategy commands or jump into the fray by taking direct arcade control of any ship in your empire
• Choose from 8 beautifully rendered alien races or design your own to lead into the stars
• Colonize new planets and build them into specialized centers of trade or industry
• Design custom ships with a module-based ship design system
• Create custom fleet formations and set rules of engagement in the easy to use fleet editor
• Unlock new technologies to improve your military and industrial technology
• Explore a procedurally-generated galaxy and discovery what treasures and terrors are hidden within

About Zero Sum Games
Zero Sum Games is based in Portland, Oregon, in the beautiful Pacific Northwest region of the United States.  We are an independent studio with a small and dedicated team possessing a broad and diverse set of skills.  Our mission is to deliver hardcore PC games to gamers looking for depth and challenge without sacrificing aesthetics.  In design and execution, we follow the craftsman’s code: measure twice, cut once.  We hope you enjoy our games.

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