Aztech New Media First of Two Third Party Companies Licensed to Create StarCraft Add-on Missions.TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 17, 1998--Aztech New Media Corp. (ASE (Adaptive Server Enterprise) A relational DBMS from Sybase that runs on Windows NT/2000, Linux and a variety of Unix platforms. ASE is a comprehensive and robust data management product with a long history dating back to the late 1980s. :ANM ANM Azienda Napoletana Mobilità (Italian) ANM Advancing Native Missions ANM Answer Message (telecommunications) ANM Auxiliary Nurse Midwife ANM Arab Nationalist Movement ANM Advanced Network Management ) has signed an agreement with Blizzard Entertainment Blizzard Entertainment, a division of Vivendi Games, is an American computer game developer and publisher headquartered in Irvine, California. History Blizzard Entertainment was founded by Michael Morhaime, Allen Adham and Frank Pearce as Silicon & Synapse to become one of only two Third Party companies authorized worldwide to create and market add-on levels for StarCraft, Blizzard Entertainment's highly anticipated successor to the WarCraft game series. "Aztech is the first company that Blizzard has signed as an authorized creator of StarCraft add-ons," said Paul W. Sams, Blizzard Entertainment's vice president of business development. "In addition to quality game development skills, Aztech also possesses the sales and marketing resources to place their StarCraft companion product in worldwide retail very quickly." As a result of this relationship with Blizzard, Aztech predicts it will be first to the market with its StarCraft companion product and will achieve sales of at least 100,000 units. "We believe this is a conservative estimate, as the upsell of other add-ons have exceeded this figure significantly," said Christopher Seepe, Aztech President, Business Development. "Our agreement with Blizzard to publish an authorized companion product is a significant vote of confidence and provides access to a larger worldwide market," Seepe added. Aztech's authorized companion product for StarCraft is titled "Insurrection A rising or rebellion of citizens against their government, usually manifested by acts of violence. Under federal law, it is a crime to incite, assist, or engage in such conduct against the United States. INSURRECTION. ," and is currently under development in-house. The planned launch date of Insurrection follows the release of StarCraft. "Add-on levels are showing tremendous growth and potential," 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. leading industry analyst Adam Levin, President of Levin Consulting. "For game enthusiasts, additional game play is like the long-awaited sequel to a good movie: most find it difficult not to go. The more successful an original game is, the better the sales of the add-on levels. We are very optimistic op·ti·mist n. 1. One who usually expects a favorable outcome. 2. A believer in philosophical optimism. op about the retail future of this growing category." Aztech New Media publishes consumer software focusing on entertainment and games. In addition to developing original content, the company publishes best-selling best·sell·er also best seller n. A product, such as a book, that is among those sold in the largest numbers. best CD ROM CD ROM Compact Disk Read Only Memory compilations of licensed, third party software. Best known for the number-one selling WarCraft series and the blockbuster hit Diablo, Blizzard Entertainment is a premier publisher of entertainment software, and a division of Cendant Software, subsidiary of Cendant Corporation. CONTACT: Aztech New Media Corp. Christopher Seepe, 416/449-4787 ext. 233 E-mail: cseepe@aztech.com or Aztech New Media Corp. Paul D. Engels, 416/449-4787 ext. 239 E-mail: pengels@aztech.com |
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