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VM LABS EXPANDS VIDEO GAME COLLECTION FOR NUON PLATFORM THROUGH
MULTI-TITLE PUBLISHING DEAL WITH ACTIVISION
Source: WWW.NUON.TV
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Mountain View, CA-VM Labs, Inc. announced today that it has entered into
an agreement with Activision to publish three Activision games on the VM
Labs NUON DVD platform. The agreement calls for 'Shanghai : Mah-Jongg
Essentials' to be published on the NUON platform in the fourth quarter of
2001, and 'Star Trek: Invasion' and 'Pitfall : The Mayan Adventure' early
in 2002. The agreement also provides options for additional Activision
titles for the NUON DVD platform which will be announced at a later date.
This agreement brings three of Activision's most popular titles to the
NUON platform, joining NUON titles such as 'Monopoly', 'The Game of Life',
'Space Invaders XL', 'Freefall 3050 A.D.', 'Tempest 3000' and 'Merlin
Racing', from other top software publishers including Hasbro and Taito.
"By offering consumers a wide variety of quality titles such as these from
Activision, we appeal to the mass-market game player and help to establish
the NUON enhanced DVD player as the center of entertainment in the home,"
said Bill Rehbock, Vice President of Third Party Development, VM Labs.
"Our partnership with VM Labs allows us to be a part of bringing quality
video game entertainment to families of mainstream gamers," said David
Anderson, senior manager of business development and licensing for
Activision. "Now we can appeal to a whole new market of consumers who are
interested in playing games, but who may not own a dedicated gaming
console."
The Activision games to be published for the NUON platform represent a
mix of action and puzzle-style games:
Shanghai: Mah- Jongg Essentials - Features three challenging Shanghai
tile-matching games, plus the genuine version of Mah-Jongg. 25 different
tile sets to choose from.
Star Trek: Invasion - Features over 20 missions (including five Dual Play
missions for two players), Deathmatch mode, special weapons and missions,
ten different ships - and the voices of Patrick Stewart and Michael Dorn.
Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure - The game's 13 Mayan worlds are filled with
awakened Mayan spirits, hungry crocodiles, wicked skeletons and vicious
lethal traps at every turn, and requires not only lightning-fast reflexes,
but complex problem-solving skills, as well.
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