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4CDS Selected by Red Storm Entertainment for Fulfillment of New Game,
"Tom Clancy's Politika", via Electronic Software Distribution
MILLBURY, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 7, 1997--
--Online Multiplayer Strategy Game is Based on Tom Clancy's Novel of the
Same Title--
OMNI MULTIMEDIA GROUP, INC. (AMEX/PSE: OMG) subsidiary, 4CDS
CORPORATION, today announced that it will provide fulfillment services
to distribute Red Storm Entertainment Inc.'s new multiplayer online
strategy game, ''Tom Clancy's Politika''. The game is based on
best-selling author's new novel of the same name.
4CDs CORPORATION will facilitate the electronic commerce capabilities
for the download of ''Tom Clancy's Politika'' software via Electronic
Software Distribution (ESD), using technology provided by MeterNet
Corporation of Long Beach, California. 4CDs will also provide the
manufacture and fulfillment of a free accompanying CD-ROM that includes
additional audio and video for the online game. In addition, 4CDs will
provide other related distribution services, such as 800# call center
logistics and technical support.
''Politika'' will be available for download on the Red Storm
Entertainment website (www.redstorm.com) on October 16, 1997. In
addition, on November 11, 1997, the mass market paperback novel,
''Politika'', will be packaged with a mini-CD of the game that will
provide a demo and link to Red Storm Entertainment's website for
convenient software download.
Paul Johnson, President and CEO of OMNI MULTIMEDIA GROUP, INC., stated,
''We are thrilled to provide Red Storm with a complete electronic
commerce solution for the ''Politika'' project. This new marketing
concept will help develop an exciting distribution channel for software
via the Internet.''
''Tom Clancy's Politika'' is a new form of storytelling in which players
create their own stories and outcomes. Set in post-Yeltsin Russia, ''Tom
Clancy's Politika'' is the first online game tied closely to current
international events. To play the game, up to eight factions vie to
amass enough money, resources and power to win control of the country.
''Tom Clancy's Politika'' combines mutiplayer gaming with online
conversation. Because spying has always been a component of political
negotiation, the game's realism extends to include an espionage
component that allows players to eavesdrop on each other. ''Tom Clancy's
Politika'' is the first online mutiplayer game developed using IBM's
Java-based software technology, code-named InVerse, which delivers
significant breakthroughs in performance of games played over the
internet.
OMNI MULTIMEDIA GROUP, INC., offers the software market complete turnkey
software manufacturing and distribution through its wholly-owned
subsidiaries, OMNI Resources Corporation and 4CDs Corporation. OMNI
Resources Corporation provides CD-ROM mastering and replication with six
color screen and offset CD printing as well as disk duplication, four
color in-house printing, packaging, assembly and fulfillment. 4CDs
Corporation provides a sale outlet for software developers through the
4CDs Multimedia Internet Catalog (www.4cds.com) and a growing capability
in Electronic Channel Services (ECS) including CD encryption and
electronic software distribution. Together, the OMNI Companies offer the
software industry vertically integrated software manufacturing,
fulfillment and distribution with retail and wholesale capabilities.
Red Storm Entertainment, Inc., based in Morrisville, NC, was founded in
1996 by best-selling author Tom Clancy and Virtus Corporation, the
leader in interactive 3D business applications, to develop multiple
media entertainment products based on its core business of massively
multiplayer online computer games. For more information, contact Red
Storm Entertainment at (919) 460-1776 or visit www.redstorm.com.
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