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    Master of Orion III PC Game Goes Gold
    Friday January 24, 1:33 pm ET
    Fans Get Ready for New Frontiers in the Building of Galactic Empires as Highly-Anticipated Sequel Ships


    BEVERLY, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 24, 2003--Infogrames, Inc. a leading global publisher of interactive entertainment software, announced today that the highly-anticipated and long-awaited sequel in the space epic Master of Orion® 3 has gone Gold and will ship to retail as early as February 25, 2003.

    "Master of Orion 3 is the definitive game for building civilization in space," says Nancy MacIntyre, Vice President of Marketing for Infogrames, Inc.'s Beverly, MA studio. "This game offers a truly immersive experience into all of the science fiction mystery, intrigue and adventure fans have come to expect from the Master of Orion® franchise and we're sure that fans everywhere will find it worth the wait."

    In Master of Orion 3, the sequel to one of the best-loved strategy games of all time, players assume the biggest role ever. No longer do players merely represent petty interplanetary dictators. Players become the controlling power behind an entire galactic civilization; the dictators, presidents, councils, and overlords that come and go are merely pawns in the player's arsenal. One must use these governments, their citizens, and their leaders to secure the destiny of their civilization, to manipulate policies of freedom and oppression in both foreign and domestic arenas. It is not enough to be an able economist or a great starship captain to succeed in Master of Orion 3; considerable political, administrative, research, and espionage skills must be applied to claim the title of Master of Orion.

    Featuring a robust Single Player game and up to 8-player simultaneous turn-based Multiplayer, Master of Orion 3 is the definitive 5X Space Strategy game; Explore, Expand, Exploit, Exterminate and now Experience grand strategy as you never have before.

    Master of Orion 3 is being developed by veteran developer of classic strategy games Quicksilver Software, Inc and features a wide range of multi-player and solitaire play options, 16 highly-distinctive alien races, crisp graphics and an intuitive user interface. Master of Orion 3 is available for Windows 98/ME/2000/XP PCs.

    About Quicksilver Software, Inc.

    From Quicksilver Software, Inc., the developer of such classic strategy games as STAR TREK: STARFLEET COMMAND, CONQUEST OF THE NEW WORLD and CASTLES, MASTER OF ORION 3 features a wide range of multi-player and solitaire play options, 8 highly distinctive alien races, and a level of graphics and interface design that will raise the stakes for the entire genre.

    About Infogrames

    New York-based Infogrames, Inc. (Nasdaq: IFGM - News) is one of the largest third-party publishers of interactive entertainment software in the U.S. The Company develops video games for all consoles (Sony Computer Entertainment America, Nintendo and Microsoft), PCs, and Macintosh systems. Infogrames' catalogue of more than 1,000 titles includes award-winning franchises such as Civilization®, Backyard Sports(TM), Deer Hunter®, Driver(TM), RollerCoaster Tycoon®, and Test Drive®, and key licenses including Warner Bros. The Matrix®, Warner Bros. Looney Tunes(TM), Nickelodeon's Blue's Clues® and Dora the Explorer(TM), Dragon Ball Z®, Unreal®, Mission Impossible®, Terminator®, Harley-Davidson®, Major League Baseball®, and the National Football League®, among many others. The Company's Humongous Entertainment and MacSoft labels are leaders in children's and Macintosh entertainment software, respectively.

    Infogrames, Inc. is a majority-owned subsidiary of France-based Infogrames Entertainment SA (IESA) (Euronext 5257), a global publisher and distributor of video games for all platforms. In 2001, IESA acquired Infogrames Interactive, Inc. (formerly Hasbro Interactive), including rights to use its line of software based on well-known licenses such as MONOPOLY, Jeopardy®, TONKA, and Atari®, which are published and distributed in the U.S. by Infogrames, Inc. For more information, visit the Company's Web site at www.infogrames.com.

    (C) 2003 Infogrames Interactive, Inc. All rights reserved.

  • #2
    ok, that's two people crossposting the same press release

    Let's hope it gets released asap...
    Long-time poster on Apolyton and WePlayCiv
    Consul of Apolyton from the 1st Civ3 Inter-Site Democracy Game (ISDG)
    7th President of Apolyton in the 1st Civ3 Democracy Game

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    • #3
      congrats Devereaux, you wrote history by a difference of seconds
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      • #4
        Thanks - doesn't really matter, since the thread got buried under the 15 similiar threads

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        • #5
          1. Why the delay until Feb 25 AT THE EARLIEST to get the game in stores?

          2. Does Rantz want to east crow for saying the game would be done WELL before Feb28? 25 is close to 28.

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          • #6


            No sweeter sight.

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            • #7
              - MarkG closed the crossposted threads with this one. Go Devereaux
              Long-time poster on Apolyton and WePlayCiv
              Consul of Apolyton from the 1st Civ3 Inter-Site Democracy Game (ISDG)
              7th President of Apolyton in the 1st Civ3 Democracy Game

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              • #8
                Originally posted by GP
                1. Why the delay until Feb 25 AT THE EARLIEST to get the game in stores?

                2. Does Rantz want to east crow for saying the game would be done WELL before Feb28? 25 is close to 28.
                Who says it'll be released 2/25? SimCity 4 was supposed to be release 1/24, but was released two weeks early due to it becoming gold too soon.

                It could come out in 7-10 days.

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                • #9
                  w00t! Apparently I beat the others by a few seconds...

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by GP
                    1. Why the delay until Feb 25 AT THE EARLIEST to get the game in stores?

                    2. Does Rantz want to east crow for saying the game would be done WELL before Feb28? 25 is close to 28.
                    1. Maybe they meant January? Remember the 'idea' that Rantz mentioned of the game going gold on Friday and the game being in the stores on Monday? Feb 25 could be the last date they plan to have it everywhere and not just in the US assuming the translations take a few weeks like happened with Civ3.

                    2. Well the game *is* done now apparently, which is well before Feb 28. If the publishers can't get it out sooner than that date (my bet is it will be in the stores by the end of next week) then that's not the fault of the developers.

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                    • #11
                      Hail Deveraux!
                      Hail MarkG
                      Hail MooIII

                      Did I mention I write my last Exam on Feb 25.?
                      Coincedence? Luck? Conspiration?

                      //Actually I just saw I have an additional one on the 28. .. ahh well.. Next Year
                      Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!

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                      • #12
                        All right. All the fellows having predicted Feb 2003 like me in the past were finally right on target about the delays. Now it's over and we'll have this long awaited jewel in a month. I suppose they've nailed good the nasty bugs spotted before Christmas ?!

                        That's grand news, I'm delighted, and I can't wait, but oh my that decision to stick all the development time on 800x600 graphics still bugs me...can't wait to see that also on my 19'' monitor and on my friend's high-end system ( and with a 21''). Other than that, the wait renders incoming Feb the longest month of 2003...
                        The art of mastering:"la Maîtrise des caprices du subconscient avant tout".

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                        • #13
                          Yet still the question remains, is Feb 25th the world-wide release date or what?

                          When's it coming to NZ and Australia?
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                          • #14
                            YIIIIIIPEEEE!!

                            Thanks Devereaux!

                            Okay, now I have to wait until I see what all of you intelligent people have to say about the game before I get it.
                            (Well I'll also have to get a new computer to run MOO3 but if it is worth it...)

                            Thanks again.
                            Chaos, panic and disorder... my work here is done.

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                            • #15




                              'Nuff said...
                              The cake is NOT a lie. It's so delicious and moist.

                              The Weighted Companion Cube is cheating on you, that slut.

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