'Unreal' Goes Gold! GT Interactive, Epic MegaGames and Digital Extremes to Ship 1998'S Most Eagerly Anticipated PC Game Nationwide for Memorial Day Weekend.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 19, 1998-- 20,000 Already Registered On-line for Unreal Demo Download The wait for 1998's most eagerly anticipated 3D action/adventure PC game is nearly over as GT Interactive Software Corp. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :GTIS GTIS Government Telecommunications and Informatics Services (Canada) GTIS Global Trade Information Services GTIS GOES Tap Imaging System GTIS Government Technical Information Services (Canada) ), Epic MegaGames and Digital Extremes announce that Unreal has gone "gold" and is currently being manufactured. Unreal will be available at retail outlets nationwide on Memorial Day Weekend. "Consumers around the world have waited a long time to play Unreal and we are excited to be only days away from delivering its revolutionary game-play experience," says Holly Newman, vice president of Marketing for GT Interactive. "Seeing is believing Seeing is believing is an idiom first recorded in this form in 1639 that means "only physical or concrete evidence is convincing".[1] Seeing is Believing may refer to:
In anticipation of the retail release of Unreal, nearly 20,000 people have registered on GT Interactive Software's Web site to download a playable demo version 1. demo version - An early, barely-functional version of a program which can be used for demonstration purposes as long as the operator uses *exactly* the right commands and skirts its numerous bugs, deficiencies, and unimplemented portions. 2. of the game while more than 200 Unreal fan-based Web sites on the Internet spread the Unreal "word" with screen shots, game information and chat rooms. In addition, many of the sites are preparing to host Unreal servers for multi-player tournaments and level editing contests. Unreal will ship with a fully functional beta version A pre-shipping release of hardware or software that has gone through alpha test. A beta version of software is supposed to be very close to the final product, but, in practice, it is more a way of getting users to test the software in the first place under real conditions. of Epic's Unreal Level Editor - an advanced 3D authoring tool which provides a sophisticated, yet easy-to-learn, method of creating 3D environments and objects by which players may create their own Unreal worlds. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Computer & Net Player magazine, "if this doesn't bring level editing to the masses, nothing will." A feature-enhanced, fully supported and documented version of the Unreal Level Editor with additional 3D content and a tutorial is currently under development and will be released separately later this year. Unreal will be available at retail outlets nationwide on Memorial Day Weekend at a suggested retail price of $54.95. Epic MegaGames Inc. is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. based in Rockville, MD, with offices in the U.K. Established in 1991, Epic produces, markets and distributes cutting-edge PC games. Best known for Jazz Jackrabbit Jazz Jackrabbit may refer to the following:
Digital Extremes is a privately held company in Waterloo, Canada. Established in 1993, Digital Extremes is a development studio for video games on both the PC and console systems and is best known for Epic Pinball, Extreme Pinball and Unreal. Additional information can be found at the Digital Extremes web site: http://www.extremes.on.ca. Headquartered in NY, GT Interactive Software Corp. is a leading global publisher of entertainment and edutainment software under the GT Interactive, Cavedog Entertainment, SingleTrac and MacSoft brands for personal computers as well as game consoles from Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. and Nintendo. The company operates development studios in Seattle, Salt Lake City and San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo (săn l  `ĭs ōbĭs`pō), city (1990 pop. 41,958), seat of San Luis Obispo co., S Calif., near San Luis Obispo Bay; inc. 1856. , CA, as well as MN-based GT Value Products, a market share leader in budget software under the WizardWorks, CompuWorks and Slash brands. Located on the World Wide Web at http://www.gtinteractive.com, GT Interactive is publicly traded on the NASDAQ National Market System under the symbol GTIS. CONTACT: GT INTERACTIVE Allyne Mills Alan B. Lewis (212) 726-4265 alewis@gtinteractive.com |
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