CAMBRIDGE, MA (August 25, 2000) - Impressions Games today announced the
launch of the official website for Zeus: Master of Olympus, their upcoming
city-building strategy game that allows players to mingle with the gods of
ancient Greece. The new site, found at http://zeus.impressionsgames.com,
will provide the gaming community with updated information on the game, due
to ship this October. Faithful fans are waiting anxiously to scour the site,
as the webmaster is known for secret areas and hidden pictures of the
development team.
The new Zeus website showcases everything from never-before-seen screen
shots and development sketches to gameplay videos, development team photos
and game tips. There is a live chat room for game discussion, and a threaded
discussion forum where developers answer questions. There are also links to
the latest Zeus game news, previews, reviews, and press releases.
Zeus: Master of Olympus is the sixth game in Impressions' award-winning City
Building Series, which has sold over two million copies worldwide. Zeus, set
in a mythological ancient Greece, serves up a world filled with the likes of
Hercules, Athena, Ares, Medusa, the Minotaur, and many others. Players build
and rule Greek city-states while summoning heroes and gods to protect their
land from monsters and other Greek cities. Easy to learn, and quick to get
in and out of, Zeus promises to be the most fun city building game yet.
Sierra On-Line, Inc. http://www.sierra.com/ is one of the original
developers and largest worldwide publishers of interactive entertainment and
productivity software. Sierra is a division of Havas Interactive, a global
leader in interactive content, and is one of the world's largest publishers
of education, entertainment and home productivity software. Its divisions,
Blizzard Entertainment(r) Coktel, Knowledge Adventure(r), Sierra(tm) and
Flipside.com(tm) are famous for releasing critically acclaimed and award
winning titles. Havas has operations in the US and in Europe and is a
subsidiary of the French publishing house Havas, part of Vivendi
Communications.
