Weird Worlds Press Release!

[Mindi]

Shrapnel Games Gets Weird!
Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space Coming Soon!

Cary, NC, 30 June, 2005

Space. Full of stars and planets, galaxies and quasars. And if Futurama is to be believed, flying brains and intergalactic Harlem Globetrotters. You know it, you love it. Especially on your PC. But space is big. Infinite, in fact. You want to explore it, you want to see all the sights it has to offer, yet who has time? As much as you want to spend the next five years boldly wooing alien women and fighting styrofoam monsters you can barely find time to watch Galaxy Quest again. Enter Digital Eel and Shrapnel Games.

Shrapnel Games is excited to announce that we will soon be publishing Digital Eel's Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space. Currently slated to go gold in September, it will be available for the Windows operating system, and while insanely rich in gameplay it will only ask for a modest system to enjoy it upon.

Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space is your single-player ticket to an endlessly replayable space opera starring you, as the ________ (Choose from one of the following: (a) reluctant (b) over-confident (c) chosen (d) drunken and brain-damaged) hero. Fly one of three ships into the great unknown of the cosmic highways and byways, as you gain fame and fortune through wily negotiations, discovering strange new worlds, and slaughtering wave after wave of alien scum in a xenophobic display of violence that would make Zap Brannigan weep with joy!

Every time you start a Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space session you'll encounter a totally new universe to explore! It's never the same game twice (although mathematically it may be possible, but highly improbable) as the universe, and all the worlds are created each game. And best of all you can thrill to your galactic adventures in less time than it takes to watch "The Trouble With Tribbles". A typical game session averages about ten minutes, with the high end timing out around thirty minutes. Of course if you really want to take on an entire Garthan flotilla armed with nothing more than a winning smile your playtime may be quite shorter...

A ten minute space opera? Yes, indeed, and one full of everything you'd expect in a space opera. To wit: explore new worlds on the turn-based sector map and encounter aliens, events, and relics…battle seven kinds of aliens bent on your destruction in real- time, with an amazing array of ship types and weaponry…upgrade (or if you're some sort of masochistic weirdo, downgrade) your ship components through trade…witness supernovas, black holes, and other mysteries of the known universe including ghostly space hulks and eldritch artifacts.

Wait, it even gets better! On top of the fact that you can play Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space over and over again and thrill to brand new adventures each and every time, all within the space of your lunch hour, gamers can continue to discover new adventures with the game's ease of moddability. Mod-makers will be thrilled to learn how easy it is to mod Weird Worlds, and even those gamers that have always been afraid to tackle modding will find Weird Worlds to be a very friendly experience. Because of this Infinite Space is truly infinite.

Rich Carlson, co-designer of Weird Worlds has this to say: "If you're a fan of space adventure movies and TV programs (like the one with the pointy-eared science officer and the Scottish engineer), or if you just like to blow up stuff, Weird Worlds is definitely for you!"

For more information on Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space please visit its gamepage at www.shrapnelgames.com/digital_eel/Weird_worlds/1.htm, and for our complete award-winning lineup of the best independent computer and board games available, please visit us at www.shrapnelgames.com

You can even pre-order starting today and save $5.00 off the ridiculously weird price of $24.95 (that makes it $19.95 for the mathematically challenged). Just point your browser to Shrapnel Games e-Store, the Gamers Front, at:
www.gamersfront.com/cgi- bin/store/category.cgi?item=42210&type=store


About the Companies

Digital Eel, the geniuses behind Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space, are a trio of industry professionals based in Seattle, Washington. Well known for their amazing "coffee break" games such as Dr. Blob's Organism, Big Box of Blox, and the prequel to Weird Worlds, Strange Adventures in Infinite Space, Digital Eel epitomizes the cutting edge of the world of independent gaming. Their titles always provide gamers with an amazing bang for their buck, with superb audio and visual presentations, and highly addictive gameplay, all amazingly programmed in their spare time.

Located in picturesque North Carolina, Shrapnel Games was formed in 1999 by Tim Brooks and is recognized worldwide as one of the finest publishers of independent computer war and strategy titles, with an emphasis on creativity, uniqueness, and replayability. Recently released titles include Dragoon: The Prussian War Machine, The Falklands War: 1982, and Salvo!. Upcoming games include the highly anticipated Land of Legends, Dominions III, the boardgame ETO, and the pen-and-paper RPG Foresight. Shrapnel Games is always on the look out for the best and brightest the independent gaming world has to offer.

For press related information please contact Scott R. Krol at: skrol@shrapnelgames.com

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