Sydney,
Australia, 12th of August, 2005; Perception Pty Ltd would like to
rectify certain statements that have been made to the press by JoWooD
Productions. To be clear, Perception is the official licensee of MGM on
Stargate SG-1: The Alliance. Any suggestion that JoWooD has rights to
Stargate SG-1: The Alliance upon termination of the contract is
incorrect and not based on commercial or legal fact.
Development
on the game will continue uninterrupted at Perception’s Sydney studio.
Perception is committed to giving fans the best gaming experience
possible.
Ben
Lenzo, CEO of Perception said, “We view it as unfortunate that JoWooD
would elect to make such misleading and libelous comments to the media
and the marketplace. Over the last 9 months, JoWooD has openly
acknowledged being in breach of contract in a number of areas including
many legal and confidentiality breaches as well as several financial
defaults for work performed by Perception and accepted by JoWooD.”
Perception
has tried to work with JoWooD to resolve these issues for months but to
no avail. This resulted in several breach notices being served on JoWooD,
giving them ample time to
remedy.
As these newest issues had not been resolved by the August 5th 2005,
Perception gave notice that all outstanding issues would need to be
resolved by Monday August 8th 2005, or Perception would terminate its
contract with JoWooD.
“It’s
disappointing to hear of this so called termination via the press on the
basis of a “get in first” tactic. This further suggests that JoWooD
do not understand the terms of the contract. We are not surprised by
their behavior or lack of appreciation for the goodwill Perception has
afforded JoWooD on many occasions,” said Lenzo.
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Perception
has begun personal prosecution proceedings against both the CEO, Albert
Seidl and the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of JoWooD, Andreas Rudas,
for the libelous comments made in their press release and will use all
legal remedies available to it for the substantial monies owed to it by
JoWooD.
“Perception
will not allow its name to be tarnished in such a manner and view such
matters extremely seriously and will always protect the reputation of
our staff, our products, licensing partners and the company.”
Perception
will not discuss any further the outstanding issues with JoWooD in
public as legal action is underway. We look forward to the release of
Stargate SG-1: The Alliance.