Engage Games Opens Online Gaming Store Using Digital River Technology
MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 26, 1998--
Online Store Offers Gamers Easy Access to Buying Games Online
ENGAGE games online, one of the world's premiere online PC gaming distributors, and Digital River introduced the ENGAGE Game Station, ENGAGE's official online store. The online store will offer gamers the opportunity to buy their favorite games online. The ENGAGE Game Station will use Digital River's proprietary technology to deliver retail games to ENGAGE's 1.6 million monthly visitors. ENGAGE Game Station will offer popular game titles such as Claw, Starcraft, Tomb Raider II and Titanic: Adventure Out of Time.
"As our core business approaches break even, we are now expanding the value of ENGAGE to our partners. Many of the developers we work with have signed up with Digital River, so we wanted to show our support," said Gary McKenzie, president of ENGAGE games online.
"The ENGAGE store will showcase more than 500 games and ENGAGE merchandise with specials each month," said Joel Ronning, president and CEO of Digital River, Inc. "Adding the large ENGAGE audience to our already extensive retail offerings gives us a strong presence in the online gaming market."
The ENGAGE Game Station will offer monthly specials and, over time, will tie into tournaments and promotions throughout the ENGAGE service. Retail games are perfect for members who want to practice at home and then compete on ENGAGE.
The ENGAGE Game Station is accessible through ENGAGE's sites on America Online (Keyword: ENGAGE) and the World Wide Web (http://www.gamesonline.com).
ENGAGE enabled games offer the finest online multiplayer experience available. Access to ENGAGE games online is provided via the Internet through GameStorm (North America), ICL's GamesZone (Europe), and Pacific Internet (Asia) and on America Online. Titles include: Claw, Descent, Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, Rolemaster: Magestorm, Splatterball, Darkness Falls, Virtual Pool, Castles II, Billboard Live! Trivia, Rolemaster: The Bladelands, and many more. ENGAGE is more than just an online games service, providing chat, bulletin boards, leaderboards and many other features designed to create the ultimate online multiplayer gaming experience. ENGAGE has a dedicated community of the industry's most experienced online GameMasters to help novice players sharpen their skills quickly, and to provide the veteran players with the most competitive environment available online. ENGAGE's relationships with the industry's top game companies such as Blizzard Entertainment, Interplay Productions, Mythic Entertainment, and Monolith Productions (to name a few), assures online gamers around the world a constant stream of the best content available anywhere online. ENGAGE games can be accessed on the Internet through GameStorm at gamestorm.com, ICL's GamesZone at gameszone.net, Pacific Internet at pacific.net.sg and on America Online at Keyword:ENGAGE. ENGAGE games online can be found at gamesonline.com.
Digital River, Inc., based in Minneapolis, offers the world's largest online database of software products. Digital River partners with more than 1,200 software publishers and online dealers to implement its proprietary technology for Internet delivery of more than 100,000 software and other digital products. The company has 12 patents pending, covering digital delivery, commerce and encryption systems. Tech Squared Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board:TSQD) controls 23 percent and Fujitsu Limited of Japan owns 16 percent of Digital River's common stock. For more information, visit the Digital River Web site at digitalriver.com.
CONTACT:
Cory Busse Amy Peterson
Digital River, Inc. ENGAGE Games Online
612-253-8833 714-752-5510
cbusse@digitalriver.com
or-
aren Blondell
Technology Solutions, Inc.
212-320-2267
kblondell@tsipr.com |
