SIERRA STUDIOS' AND REWOLF SOFTWARE'S
GUNMAN CHRONICLES SHIPS TO STORES NATIONWIDE
High Noon Comes to Deep Space in First-Person Action Experience
Powered by the Half-Life Engine
Bellevue, WA (November 20, 2000) - Sierra Studios(tm) and Rewolf Software
today announced that Gunman Chronicles, a completely new stand-alone PC
experience powered by Valve's Half-Life engine, has shipped to software
retailers nationwide. The game combines a wild-west sensibility with a
high-tech theme to create a thrilling and visually unique first-person
action experience.
As the first stand alone release built on the Half-Life engine, Gunman
Chronicles expands on all the amazing effects and frighteningly realistic
artificial intelligence that made Half-Life the undisputed king of
first-person action games.
Developed by Rewolf Software, Gunman Chronicles is set in the western spiral
of the galaxy, five years after a horrifying alien infestation. The
adventure leads players to four unexplored planets with an amazing variety
of habitats for enemies, features 40+ hours of gameplay, new customizable
weapons allowing for 32 variations of arsenal, original sound and music, and
30 new monsters to wage heart-stopping battle. In addition, Gunman
Chronicles includes multiplayer modes for up to 32 players via LAN and
Internet connections.
Founded in 1997, Rewolf Software is a digital entertainment group comprised
of artists, designers, and programmers from around the world, who met
online.
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 Interactive has operations in the US and in Europe and
is a subsidiary of Havas, the publishing and information division of
Vivendi, a world leader in mass market multimedia communications.
