Ground Control(tm) ships june 1st!

GROUND CONTROL(tm) SHIPS JUNE 1st! Sierra Studios( Announces Massive Entertainment's Frenetically Paced, Real Time Strategy Game To Hit Store Shelves. BELLEVUE, WA (June 1, 2000) - Sierra Studios( announced today that Ground Control(tm) (http://www.groundcontrol1.com), the debut PC title by Swedish-based developer Massive Entertainment, has shipped worldwide to retail outlets. Winner of IGN PC's "Best Strategy Game of Show" at E3 last month and nominee for The Game Critics' "Best Strategy Game of E3 2000," Ground Control is about to take consumers by storm with a technologically advanced real-time strategy (RTS) experience. "Over two years ago we set out to create a strategic, yet fast-paced, innovative game that would appeal to RTS and action enthusiasts alike," said Martin Walfisz, CEO of Massive Entertainment. "We now feel though we've succeeded in creating this vision, as we start to see Ground Control achieve awards and accolades from the media and know that it's going to market with such extraordinary consumer demand." "Ground Control has received unprecedented support worldwide from both its fans and the press," said Jim Veevaert, vice president of marketing at Sierra Studios. "Preorders have surpassed what we ever expected and we believe consumers have just set the stage for this game to make a significant mark on the gaming world. Fans can surely anticipate more top notch titles from this incredibly talented development team." Ground Control combines classic strategy elements with incredible 3-D technology previously seen for action games. It focuses its gameplay on tactics, strategy, and the art of battle. The end result is greater realism, faster-paced action, and an unparalleled player experience. Played out through a variety of missions, players must take control of their customizable squads of soldiers, tanks, hovercraft, aircraft, and other units, as they fight for control of a distant world. Massive Entertainment, http://www.massive.se, develops interactive entertainment products for a worldwide market. Since the company was founded in 1997 it has focused on creating state-of-the-art interactive games for PCs, consoles and mobile communication devices. The company today employs 35 people and has offices in Lund and Ronneby, Sweden. A new office will shortly open in Malmö, Sweden. 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. ------------------------------------------------------------ Please visit http://www.bit.se for further information The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/06/02/20000602BIT00550/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/06/02/20000602BIT00550/bit0002.pdf