Game developer iEntertainment Network (IENT)—best known for Wa...
Game developer iEntertainment Network (IENT) -- best known for Warbirds TotalSim series -- said Wed. it had signed exclusive U.S. distribution deal with Activision to ship 3 of IENT’s latest air and land combat game titles to stores for…
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holiday season. IENT Gen. Mgr. Phil Hall said: “Tapping into Activision’s leading online and retail distribution channel positions our products to have the greatest impact in the highly competitive flight and combat simulation games marketplace. Successful retail distribution and sales will drive players to our online arenas, which in turn drives our recurring monthly online revenues.” Activision Value Publishing (AVP) will be exclusive U.S. distributor for Dawn of Aces II, Air Combat, Armored Assault. All titles are to be distributed with 1-2 months of free online play and feature more than 45 unique airplanes, tanks and ships, as well as many offline missions allowing players to practice their combat skills on their own before going online. AVP said it “plans to ship a number of these PC titles to major retail chains in over 100 U.S. cities in 2003, and is expected to sell a significant number of the games via their online sales channels.”