Mortals Rejoice! Zeus: Master of Olympus Bolts onto Store Shelves
Impressions Games' New City-Building Simulation Allows Players to Mingle
With the Gods of Ancient Greece
CAMBRIDGE, MA (October 16, 2000) - Impressions Games™ and Sierra Studios™
today announced that the sixth game in their series of ultra-successful city
building strategy games, Zeus™: Master of Olympus™ has shipped to
retail stores nationwide. Set in ancient Greece, Zeus: Master of Olympus
serves up a world filled with heroes, gods, and other mythological
creatures. Based around scenarios that can be enjoyed in less than an hour,
Zeus: Master of Olympus transports gamers into a world where Gods walk among
mortals in player-built city states, resolving their issues with fiery
thunderbolts and monster minions that do their bidding.
"Zeus is the best game we've ever created," said Chris Beatrice, director of
design and development at Impressions Games. "We designed it to offer
something to both the moderate and hard-core gamers. It offers adventures
that can be completed in about an hour, but is also very deep and
challenging for a gamer who has more time to invest."
Designed with strategy gamers of all skill level in mind, Zeus makes it
simple to get a city built and running smoothly. But running the city is
only a part of mastering Zeus. Players will have to contend with driven
deities who can appear in the city to cause happiness or havoc. Famous
heroes wander the countryside, and can be summoned when their help is
needed. Players must defend their cities from hostile invaders, monsters,
and other Greek cities. Mixing the historical with the mythological, Zeus is
divided into quests and objectives that can be completed in about an hour,
making it the ideal diversion for both moderate gamers and hardcore
strategists alike.
Impressions Games has been a leading developer of strategy games for over
ten years, with offices in Cambridge, MA. Impressions Games has created some
of the most innovative, best-selling titles in the interactive entertainment
industry, including the Lords of the Realm™ series, Lords of Magic™, Robert
E. Lee: Civil War General™, Civil War Generals 2: Grant, Lee, Sherman™, and
the Impressions' City Building Series™ which is comprised of the
Caesar™ line of games, Pharaoh™, Pharaoh Official Expansion:
Cleopatra™, and now Zeus™. More information can be found at
http://www.impressionsgames.com.
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®, Coktel, Knowledge Adventure®, Sierra™ and
Flipside.com™ 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.