Press release
LONDON, ENGLAND, 1st October, 2007 – Empire
Interactive, a wholly owned subsidiary of Silverstar Holdings (NASDAQ: SSTR),
today announced that the eagerly awaited, classic combat sports game Speedball
II: Brutal Deluxe, will be available on the Xbox 360™ video game and
entertainment system from Microsoft® via Xbox LIVE® Arcade from 17th October
2007.
Regarded as a break-though title that took the sports genre to a new level, the
Bitmap Brothers classic, Speedball, was first released for the Amiga in 1990
and quickly became a huge success. However it wasn’t until the release of its
sequel, Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe that the title reached new gaming heights
and sold over 2 million units. It is still considered by many to be one of the
best games of all time. The Xbox LIVE Arcade version is a perfect conversion of
Speedball II: Brutal Deluxe but with the addition of an all-new High Definition
version, more teams and downloadable content, whilst still retaining all the
classic elements that have made it a firm favourite amongst gamers.
Empire Interactive has recently enjoyed great success with the release of
arcade classic Double Dragon, where it has become one of the most popular full
games downloads on Xbox LIVE Arcade (400MP).
The highly anticipated release of this legendary game should further cement
Empire’s position as a leading provider of casual games in the online
marketplace.
Ian Higgins, CEO Empire Interactive said, “Xbox LIVE Arcade
is the ideal environment for this exciting new high definition version of
Speedball. With the addition of extra content packs and downloadable content,
gamers will at last have the ultimate version of the game.”
Clive Kabatznik, CEO of Silverstar Holdings commented, “Speedball 2 will
undoubtedly add to our earlier successes on Xbox LIVE Arcade and further
demonstrates our ability to cost effectively redeploy classic titles on all
major formats and a multitude of distribution channels.”
Mike Montgomery, of developers Bitmap Brothers said, “The team are all as
passionate about Speedball today as they were back in the day. The evolution of
the game to Xbox LIVE Arcade will provide
renewed interest and excitement for Speedball fans old and new”.
The title was recently voted one of the most wanted games for Xbox LIVE Arcade in an article by the Computer and Video Games
website. At a cost of 800MP its arrival will please both hard-core fans and new
generations of gamers who have yet to experience what some believe is the finest
combat sports game ever made.
Xbox LIVE Arcade is the central destination
for Xbox 360 gamers to find, download, try, and buy smaller games on the Xbox
360 console. Xbox LIVE Arcade offers a large
catalogue of fun, broad-appeal games that can be downloaded via Xbox LIVE.
