Ares Rising Interactive Demo Updated.AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 13, 1998--iMAGINE Studios announced today that the interactive demo for their front line space combat simulator, Ares Rising, has been upgraded to include the optimized final version of the game engine and data. The interactive demo for Ares Rising is available for free download from http://www.aresrising.com, as well as from other popular download sites. The initial release of the Ares Rising demo was made on June 22nd, utilizing the game's Beta code For the software release stage, see . Beta Code is a method of representing, using only ASCII characters, characters and formatting found in ancient Greek texts (and other archaic languages). and data. The Beta demo made waves in the Internet community. Worldcharts (http://www.worldcharts.com) ranked Ares Rising is the number 8 game download on the Internet, and Ziff Davis Ziff Davis Inc. (ZD) is an American magazine publisher and Internet Information company. It was founded in 1927 in Chicago by William B. Ziff, Sr. and Bernard G. Davis. Throughout most of its history, it was a publisher of hobbyist magazines, often ones devoted to expensive, included the Ares Rising Demo in their Hotfile section of their website. Ziff Davis gave Ares Rising 4 out of 5 stars and commented, "Ares Rising conveys the excitement of a space battle game with the detail of controlling a complex piece of machinery. It's a keeper!" "When our initial demo release met with such enthusiasm, we knew that we had to update the demo as soon as the final game code was available," said Joel Manners, producer and creative director for Ares Rising. "We made a lot of progress on the game during our Beta-testing, especially in the area of multi-player support and speed for low-bandwidth connections. This new demo is still a limited version of the game, we aren't giving away all of the improvements we made, but players should see a marked difference between the two demos." The just released game, Ares Rising is now available for sale exclusively via iMagine Studios' website, at a retail price of $29.95. The internet address There are two kinds of addresses that are widely used on the Internet. One is a person's e-mail address, and the other is the address of a Web site, which is known as a URL. Following is an explanation of Internet e-mail addresses only. For more on URLs, see URL and Internet domain name. is www.aresrising.com. About iMAGINE Studios Founded in 1995, Austin-based, Imagine Studios' Ares Rising Team includes the game designer, lead programmer A lead programmer is a software engineer in charge of one or more software projects. Alternative titles include Development Lead, Technical Lead, Senior Software Engineer, Software Design Engineer Lead (SDE Lead), Software Manager and director of the highly successful game Privateer privateer Privately owned vessel commissioned by a state at war to attack enemy ships, usually merchant vessels. All nations engaged in privateering from the earliest times until the 19th century. . These individuals, working in conjunction with the other talented members of the Ares Rising development team, have collectively designed what the company believes to be the most compelling space simulation Space simulation is a term used to define a piece of software that simulates space and/or space flight. The umbrella definition of space sim is not widely used as it covers an extensive and highly varied range of programs, from astronomical software to arcade games; this article is created in the industry to date. Ares Rising is powered by Charybdis Enterprise's successful MythOS my·thos n. pl. my·thoi 1. Myth. 2. Mythology. 3. The pattern of basic values and attitudes of a people, characteristically transmitted through myths and the arts. Engine. This combination of superior, proven design talent with established game technology is expected to catapult catapult (kăt`əpŭlt'), mechanism used to throw missiles in ancient and medieval warfare. At first, catapults were specifically designed to shoot spears or other missiles at a low trajectory (see bow and arrow). Ares Rising to the forefront of the space combat product category.
CONTACT: iMAGINE Studios
Jeff Eastman, 512/271-3700
FAX: 512/458-1648
jeff@idmp.com
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