Impressions Games Releases Editor for Zeus™: Master of Olympus™
Adventure Editor and new Odyssey Adventure Included in Free Download
February 16, 2001 (CAMBRIDGE, MA) - Impressions Games™ and Sierra
Studios™ today announced that the Official Zeus Enhancement Pack has been
completed and is now available for download. With the free Enhancement
Pack, owners of Impressions Games' latest city-building game Zeus: Master of
Olympus can, for the first time, create their own mythical tales with the
new Zeus Adventure Editor. In addition, the download contains a new
adventure that expands the storyline in the original game to provide even
more city-building fun.
For the first time, fans of Impressions' City Building Series can expand the
world of Zeus: Master of Olympus themselves with the Zeus Adventure Editor.
Using the new Zeus Adventure Editor, users can create entire adventures,
including maps, introductory and victory text, as well as add their own
audio narrations. These files can be then traded online through several
websites devoted to fans of the game. The Enhancement Pack can be downloaded
for free from the official Zeus website.
The new adventure included in the Official Zeus Enhancement Pack is called
The Odyssey and begins right where the last adventure in Zeus ended -- at
the end of the Trojan War. The player, as Penelope's cousin, undertakes
assignments and quests meant to ease Odysseus' return to Ithaca. Penelope
herself, of course, is busy keeping her suitors at bay while Odysseus makes
his way home.
Designed with strategy gamers of all skill level in mind, Zeus: Master of
Olympus 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 City Building Series which is comprised of the
Caesar™ line of games, Pharaoh™, Pharaoh Official Expansion:
Cleopatra™, and Zeus™: Master of Olympus™. 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 Interactive has operations in the US and in Europe and
is a subsidiary of Havas, the publishing and information division of
Vivendi, a world leader in mass market multimedia comunications.