Imperial
Wars to be released May 19, 2003
Woodland Hills, Ca – April 21, 2003 – Intelligent Life
Games (www.intelgames.com) announced today that Imperial Wars, a
hybrid strategy - role-playing game, first of the Episodic Metagames
promised by ILG and one of the fastest growing multiplayer game
sites on the Internet, is poised to close beta testing and launch
full game service on May 19th 2003, following the E3, Electronic
Entertainment Exposition.
"Imperial Wars offers a blend of online science fiction strategy
with a very interesting and new role-playing character element from
all those archetypal science fiction stellar empires we have known
and loved, said Larry Dunlap, one of the founders and Creative Director
of Intelligent Life Games. “Players of past classics like
Diplomacy, Civilization, Masters of Orion, Tradewars and VGA Planets
will find a home in this unique online game community along with
those who loved the galactic empires in sci-fi books from writers
like Frank Herbert, Isaac Asimov, Gregory Benford, CJ Cherryh and
Jack Vance.
We are hoping
to tap into an under-serviced market in online gaming, those people
who need a “lifestyle” game. IWars is immersive and
deep and still lets people have, friends, families and other activities.
Imperial Wars is a persistent player environment with in-game email,
instant messengers and forums wrapped around a turn-based game mechanic.
IWars gives players a game experience rich in detail and depth without
demanding every waking moment of their lives to play. We are becoming
the online game of choice for people who don’t have complete
control their schedule but still want to experience those wonderfully
complex game environments playing with their friends, old and new.
“IWars
is meant to appeal to those players who realize that the delayed
gratification, anticipation and suspense of turn-based movement
combined with the immediacy of a persistent player environment generally
leads to a much more intense player satisfaction. The game environment
in IWars leads to a delicious tension between competition and cooperation
between Starlords in each of their universes. Games are an integral
part of the human experience and there are a lot of people who want
real game-play as well as eye-candy and technical gee-whiz. These
are the people we want to please, not the adolescent fantasy murderer.”
Imperial Wars has recently appeared in PC Gamer Magazine, GamespyDaily.com,
Slashdot.org, Ogcan.com, UnknownPlayer.com and several other major
online media sites. “Imperial Wars is one of those rare titles
that is imaginative and groundbreaking while still remembering its
roots and I think the media has recognized this and been very open
to us”. Thanks to media coverage, the Imperial Wars player
base has tripled since January of 2003.
Imperial Wars is being developed by Intelligent Life Games and is
set to be self-published via the Intelligent Life Games “Affiliate”
and “Associate” Programs. “As an Episodic Metagame
we are different enough from the massively multiplayer games that
we must find new sources for players. We feel that self-publishing
is the best option available to us right now. It gives us flexibility
to be creative and responsive to our customers as we continue to
learn from them more and more about how to best deliver this new
style of game model”, said Larry Dunlap.
Imperial Wars will available for download from Intelligent Life
Games or one of our affiliates, with a subscription price of $10.95
US Dollars per month. During the four weeks prior to the launch
of IWars there will be special offers available at the website to
early players and a launch special that will be announced on May
19, the day of the launch.
About Intelligent Life Games
Intelligent Life Games was formed to develop a special niche of
games to reach an under-served audience of online game players who
want a deep and immersive game experience without the time demands
common to most MMOGs. Their philosophy is to create Internet-friendly
games that use embedded and familiar Internet tools within a rich
game environment to bring a new generation of strategical diplomacy
games. IWars is their first game but the company has very experienced
artists, programmers and developers and game executives working
on this game and planned variations of the IWars theme. There are
also plans for other games using the IWars engine with new and inventive
themes. Among the advisors to the company are Jessica Mulligan,
well known and respected online game business executive, journalist
and author and Arthur Schimmel, former Senior Vice President of
ABC Television.
Intelligent Life Games and Imperial Wars are trademarks of Intelligent
Life Games. All other trademarks property of their respective owners.
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