WarnerActive announces agreement to publish new CD-ROM titles from BlueSky, developers of "Jurassic Park" and "VectorMan".BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 6, 1995--WarnerActive, the multimedia publishing division of Warner Music Group Warner Music Group (WMG) is one of the four major record labels. Warner Music Group also has a publishing arm, Warner/Chappell Music, which dates back to 1929, when Jack Warner, president of Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. , Tuesday announced an agreement to publish action-adventure CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). titles from BlueSky Software BlueSky Software or BlueSky Software Corporation was an American software company situated in California formed in 1988 and had a successful run for 12 years before closing down in March of 2001, when parent company Interplay was in financial trouble. , developers of the highly successful "Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park is a techno-thriller novel written by Michael Crichton that was published in 1990. " and much anticipated "VectorMan" titles for Sega Genesis. As part of its publishing agreement, WarnerActive will offer comprehensive marketing and promotional support for the titles, as well as technical support for consumers purchasing the products. BlueSky will make use of new technologies and significantly enhanced computer graphics to create titles that are geared toward serious video game players. The first two titles are currently planned for mid-1996 release. "WarnerActive is focusing on publishing games for gamers and our agreement with BlueSky directly supports those efforts," said Robert Marick, vice president of marketing for WarnerActive. "BlueSky's reputation for combining superb graphics and realistic gameplay into their action-adventure titles is appealing to our target market -- gamers -- and we plan to significantly build upon that reputation." Stuart Kosoy, senior director of product development for WarnerActive, said BlueSky's reputation was key to finalizing this agreement. "We were attracted to BlueSky for many reasons but mostly by their successful track record in developing hit gaming titles that gamers love. We feel BlueSky is one of the best developers around, and we look forward to continued success under our new agreement." Based in San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , BlueSky Software is a video game development company founded in 1988 by George Kiss, Steve Hostetler, Dana Christianson, Mike Hendricks, and Dave Cartt. Their combined experience in the consumer and coin-operated video game fields has produced some of the most successful game titles on the market for the Sega Genesis platform -- including "Jurassic Park," "Looney Tunes: Desert Demolition Desert Demolition Starring Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote is video game for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis. Wile E Coyote and Road Runner are having a competition to see who will win the Acme prize for best customers of the year. " (with Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner Wile E. (Ethelbert) Coyote (also known simply as "The Coyote") and the Road Runner are cartoon characters from a series of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons, created by Chuck Jones in 1948 for Warner Brothers. ), "Ren & Stimpy: Stimpy's Invention," and "Shadowrun." WarnerActive is the multimedia publishing division of Warner Music Group, the world's largest music company. WarnerActive's products include the recently released CD-ROM game, "The Chaos Engine," and the soon-to-be-released CD-ROM titles "Where's Waldo? At the Circus" and "Panic in the Park." Its products are distributed by WEA WEA Weather WEA World Evangelical Alliance WEA Washington Education Association WEA Wilderness Education Association WEA Workers' Education Association WEA WebSphere Everyplace Access (IBM) WEA Wisconsin Education Association Visual Entertainment. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: WarnerActive is a trademark of Warner Music Group Inc. Sega and Genesis are trademarks of Sega Enterprises Ltd. CONTACT: Rogers & Associates, Burbank 310/552-6922 Joanne Gerson, jgerson@rogersassoc.com Kirstin Ahearn, kahearn@rogersassoc.com |
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