Midway snupper Unreal-serien

Tekst: Rasmus Berg
Publiceret 2004-07-29

Det har de seneste år været Atari, som har stået for udgivelsen af diverse Unreal-spil. Men fremover vil denne serie blive varetaget af amerikanske Midway, der med den kommende udgivelse af Psi-Ops, langsomt er på vej opad igen.

Midway har nemlig underskrevet en aftale med Epic Games om at de fremover udgiver såvel det kommende Unreal Championship 2 og 2005-udgaven af Unreal Tournament.
David Zucker fra Midway sagde følgende om aftalen:

"This relationship with Epic further bolsters the strength of our portfolio of top-rated games and allows us to leverage the marketing capabilities of our organization to take the Unreal franchise to an even broader audience of gamers. It immediately establishes Midway as a leader in the PC games sector. Additionally, Unreal Championship 2, scheduled for introduction in February, should further extend Midway's growing track record for distributing top quality games. We are delighted that Epic chose Midway over other publishers and we look forward to working closely with the Epic team to carefully manage this valuable franchise."

Mark Rein hos Epic Games knyttede også en kommentar til samarbejdet:

"They make awesome games and don't apologize for it, so we think games like Unreal Tournament will fit in perfectly here. In our opinion Midway is doing the industry's best marketing and promotional campaigns and they will contribute strongly to the ongoing success of the Unreal franchise."

Unreal Championship 2 er det første spil fra Epic Games. Dette står til udgivelse i februar år 2005 på Xbox. Herefter følger givetvis næste udgave i Tournament-serien.

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