A Farewell to Dragons Coming to the UK on February 26th
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Excalibur Publishing Ltd. keen to release new sci-fi fantasy RPG to the UK market
Excalibur Publishing Ltd is set to release classic action role-playing game '˜A Farewell to Dragons' in the UK. As of February 2010 you will be able to follow Victor's story and have hand in his fate.
Midworld, created in a Russian fantasy book by authors Sergey Lukyanenko and Nikolay Perumov, set the scene for the game and Victor is it's hero. He is an ordinary doctor who finds himself in Midworld after being attacked and losing consciousness. This is where the player comes in. After a series of initiations you will master the power and the magic of the four elements, having learned how to use them to your advantage.
Guided by the sorceress Telle you will make new friends and come across numerous enemies who you must destroy. You will explore this mysterious world where anything can happen and pass numerous initiations in order to proceed. Your final destination is the faraway Outer World Castle in which you will be put through your last test and seal the fate of Middle World.
Robert Stallibrass of Excalibur Publishing says: (In collaborating with 1C, the leading Eastern and Central European games publisher and developer, we have been given a great opportunity to bring an epic dragon-slaying adventure to the UK market. We are looking forward to the gamer's responses as we really enjoy this adventure.)
The product will retail at £24.99, is available on pre-order at www.excalibur-publishing.com and will officially hit the shelves in all major game retailers on 26 February 2010.
About Excalibur Publishing Limited
Based in the United Kingdom, Excalibur is the mainstream PC publishing arm of Contact Sales. It's headed up by Robert Stallibrass who brings over 20 years' experience in computer games sales and marketing to the "round table".
Until now Contact Sales has concerned itself exclusively with publishing flight and train simulator add-ons. Its titles can be found in all of the major UK retail outlets independant retailers, and online.
About 1C Company
1C Company specializes in distribution, publishing and development of business, entertainment and educational software. Founded in 1991, 1C has become the largest publisher and distributor of computer and video games in Eastern and Central Europe. 1C Company is widely acknowledged as a game developer and has several internal studios. Internal developments of 1C include IL-2 Sturmovik series and Theatre of War. 1C Company works as a publisher and producer with over 30 independent development studios and has produced over 100 projects for PC and consoles including titles like Space Rangers 1 & 2, Soldiers: Heroes of World War II, Men of War, Men of War: Red Tide, Perimeter, Fantasy Wars, Elven Legacy, Death to Spies, King's Bounty: The Legend and King's Bounty: Armored Princess.
For more information on 1C Company please visit www.1cpublishing.com
About the authors:
Sergey Lukyanenko is a Russian sci-fi and fantasy author best known to us by his books Night Watch (Nochnoy dozor) and Day Watch (Dnevnoy dozor) being turned into films.
Nikolay Perumov is also a Russian fiction author, one of his books being translated into English is called Gods Doom.
Minimum System Requirements
'¢ Operating system: Windows 2000/XP;
'¢ Processor: 1.5 GHz;
'¢ RAM: 512 MB;)
'¢ Graphics card: nVidia GeForce FX 5700 or ATI Radeon 9600 with 128 MB of memory
'¢ Sound card: DirectX-compatible
'¢ 3 GB of free hard drive space
Recommended System Requirements
'¢ Operating system: Windows 2000/XP
'¢ Processor: 2.4 GHz
'¢ RAM: 1 GB;
'¢ Graphics card: nVidia GeForce FX 6800 or ATI Radeon 9800;
'¢ Sound card: DirectX-compatible
'¢ 3 GB of free hard drive space;
'¢ DVD drive, three-button wheel mouse
'¢ DirectX 9.0c.
