December
16, 2005 – Cary, North Carolina – CDV Software Entertainment AG
and award-winning video game developer Deck 13 Interactive GmbH are
delighted to announce their joint publishing agreement for Jack Keane
(working title), a classical adventure game for the PC. Slated for a Q1
2007 retail release, this game will highlight Deck 13's newest
technology as the player guides hero Jack Keane to face some of his
toughest challenges yet.
Developer
Deck 13 is best known for making high quality, creative classical
adventure games that immerse the player with their rich story-telling
and fun gameplay. Earlier this month the German Developer Awards 2005
recognized Deck 13's adventure game Ankh with three prestigious awards:
Best German Video Game of 2005, Best Game Sound Track and Best In-Game
Sound.
"Deck
13 is Germany's best and most renowned adventure game developer,"
remarked Teut Weidemann, CDV Software Entertainment AG's Chief
Technology Officer. "We can imagine no better partner for globally
delivering a great game within the time-proven adventure genre."
"Not
content to rest on our laurels, this is an ambitious project and we are
delighted to partner with CDV, a publisher that shares our vision and
makes it possible for us to take Jack Keane on a fast-paced but humorous
adventure, complete with many original and challenging obstacles that
players must help the hero overcome," explains Jan Klose, Deck 13's
Creative Director.
About
CDV Software Entertainment
CDV
Software Entertainment is dedicated to publishing and distributing
top-notch war and strategy games worldwide. The publicly traded company,
founded
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and
headquartered in Karlsruhe, Germany, has its North American offices
located in New Jersey and North Carolina, and collaborates with leading
distribution partners across the globe. As publisher of critically
acclaimed titles like Codename: Panzers, Divine Divinity, American
Conquest, Combat Mission, Hammer & Sickle, War Front: Turning Point,
Cossacks and the Blitzkrieg series, CDV is Europe's foremost publisher
of PC strategy titles.