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Las Vegas, N.V., March 15, 2006 – The City of Heroes®, collectible card game, designed and published by Alderac Entertainment Group as a licensed property of the multi-award winning online computer game from NCsoft and Cryptic Studios collected the first major award of its own this week, as it was named “Best CCG” in the 2006 fan awards by Inquest Gamer magazine.
The City of Heroes CCG launched in January of 2006 to wide acclaim and strong sales in the US and Europe.
“The Inquest Gamer fan awards are one of the most prestigious in our industry – a real representation of how players feel about your product, so we are extremely excited about this award. We really couldn’t be happier” said David Williams, lead designer of the game.
The City of Heroes brand has always well recognized. The computer has won a variety of “Game of the Year” and “Best Online Game” awards from a wide range of sources including Spike TV, Billboard Magazine, Computer Gaming World, Games Magazine, and more.
About Alderac Entertainment Group
Alderac Entertainment Group, Inc., is based in Ontario, California. Formed in 1993, Alderac’s first product was the hobby gaming magazine, Shadis. It jumped into the collectible card game business in August 1995 with the release of Legend of the Five Rings, which remains one of the most popular CCG’s to date. Alderac continued on to produce other collectible card and role-playing games such as Warlord CCG, Spycraft, Doomtown, and 7th Sea, and now has become an industry leader in hobby gaming.
About Cryptic Studios
Cryptic Studios, Inc., located in Los Gatos, California, was established in July of 2000 and is an independent developer of massively multiplayer online games for the PC and next generation consoles. Its first game, City of Heroes, launched in April 2004. The game takes place in a virtual world where thousands of people play simultaneously, take on the role of super-powered heroes, fight villains and help create a dynamic story in a visually-stunning, 3-D graphical world. The recently launched award-winning sequel, City of Villains, offers players a look at super-powered game play from the other side of the mask as villains seeking ultimate control.
About NCsoft
NCsoft - North American is headquartered in Austin, Texas and is part of Korea-based NCsoft Corporation. NCsoft, with its own development and publishing offices in Texas and California, also works with subsidiaries and third party developers throughout North America to develop and publish innovative online entertainment software products. The company launched two massively multiplayer titles on the same day last year: Lineage II® and City of Heroes, and in 2005 the hit games Guild Wars® and City of Villains were released. In 2006, NCsoft is poised to launch two more massively multiplayer titles: Auto Assault® and Tabula Rasa™ More information about NCsoft can be found at http://www.PlayNC.com <http://www.plaync.com/> .
Contacts:
John Zinser Alderac Entertainment Group 909 390-5444 jzinser@alderac.com
Mike Crouch NCsoft 512 531-1615 mcrouch@ncsoft.com Groundbreaking game releases to stores worldwide
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