Sandlot Games Selected by Microsoft to Enhance Windows XP Experience
Popular PC games SUPER SLYDER™ and SERPENTINE™ to be distributed by Microsoft Partner Pack for Windows XP.
Bothell, WA (PRWEB via PR Web
Direct) October 21, 2004 –- Sandlot Games today announced its selection and
participation in the Microsoft Partner Pack for Windows XP including two of its
most popular games for distribution to Microsoft Windows XP customers. As the
sole game developer for the Microsoft Partner Pack for Windows XP, Sandlot
Games’ SUPER SLYDER™ and SERPENTINE™ can be downloaded and installed from www.microsoft.com/windows/partnerpack.
Participation in Microsoft Partner Pack furthers Sandlot Games mission of
developing and publishing entertaining games that all people can play. From the
casual to the hardcore gamer, Sandlot Games' talented team of game designers,
engineers and artists create high-quality games on computers, handhelds and
mobile phones for millions of consumers worldwide.
“Sandlot Games is
thrilled to be working with Microsoft to provide our popular games to PC users
seeking to achieve a more dynamic and fun experience from their PC,” said Daniel
Bernstein, President & CEO, Sandlot Games. “Furthermore, developing these
games with Visual Studio .NET and the .NET Framework, provides Sandlot Games
with the ability to transform the computer game market with an innovative
pay-for-play business model. SUPER SLYDER™ and SERPENTINE™ will not only enhance
consumers’ PC and Windows XP experience, it will have a significant impact on
how they interact with gaming content.”
Microsoft and top industry
partners such as Sandlot Games are delivering new and compelling content for
Windows XP customers through Microsoft Partner Pack for Windows XP. The Partner
Pack is Microsoft’s exciting new application package for your PC. By installing
the package, consumers will be able to play new games, explore the internet in
new ways, keep in touch and share information with friends and family, better
protect their PC and do more with tools and desktop utilities.
“Microsoft
is pleased Sandlot has chosen to incorporate its vividly imaginative games SUPER
SLYDER™ and SERPENTINE™ into the Partner Pack,” said John Montgomery, director
of product management in the developer division at Microsoft Corp. “By offering
a game optimized to run on Windows and the Microsoft .NET Framework, our mutual
customers have the opportunity to experience a unique and exciting gaming
environment.”
Once the Partner Pack is downloaded, consumers are level
limited in their play of SUPER SLYDER™ and SERPENTINE™. However consumers can
play the included levels as often as they choose and can
go beyond these
levels by purchasing expansion packs, which will be updated dynamically as they
become available. SUPER SLYDER™ stars a lovable superhero ball named Slyder.
Help maneuver Slyder through 100 (120 on Windows XP) challenging and unique
mazes. Max out your puzzle skills to keep Slyder alive and send him home.
SERPENTINE™ is an exhilarating game in which you guide a hungry Dragon to his
dinner through 50 (70 on Windows XP) beautiful levels. Use the mouse to
manipulate the walls that guide your creature to yummy “bao” or Chinese steamed
buns. Eat enough bao and a pagoda will open to magically transport you to the
next level. Both SUPER SLYDER™ and SERPENTINE™ come pre-installed with one
expansion pack for an additional 85 unique levels per game.
With Windows
and the .NET Framework, Sandlot Games offers an innovative platform for
consumers to receive, play and interact with games on an episodic pay-for-play
subscription model. This innovative business model creates a consistent and
ongoing relationship with the consumer in terms of transactions and gameplay
with the release of each expansion pack.
The new Microsoft Partner Pack
for Windows XP offers applications that run best on Windows XP but also offers a
great experience on Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005.
About Sandlot
Games
Sandlot Games Corporation is a premier publisher and developer of
entertaining casual games across a variety of platforms. With Sandlot Games,
consumers play a wide variety of popular game titles including Tradewindsä,
Ballistikä, Super Grannyä, Orbitalä, Slyderä and Serpentine™. Sandlot Games
reaches millions of users worldwide through a variety of distribution channels,
including web portals and desktop computers. Founded in 2002 by video game
veteran Daniel Bernstein, Sandlot Games is headquartered in Bothell, Wash. For
more information, please visit us at www.sandlotgames.com.
For more information on Sandlot
Games contact:
Jared Nieuwenhuis
Sandlot Games
Phone: 206.399.3406
Fax: 425.482.9180
Other product
and service names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective
owners
# # #
Source : http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/10/prweb170330.htm