Online trading card game developer acquires TCG license for highly anticipated MMO.
DENVER, Colo., October 14, 2005 – Worlds Apart Productions, LLC announced that it has acquired digital and physical trading card game (TCG) rights for NCsoft® North America’s highly anticipated massively multiplayer online game (MMO), Auto Assault™.
Auto Assault is a fast-paced role-playing game featuring vehicular combat and destructible environments set in a post-apocalyptic Earth. It is being developed by Colorado-based developer NetDevil, and published by industry leader NCsoft Corporation (publisher of Lineage®, Lineage® II, Guild Wars® and City of Heroes®). The game has already received numerous awards and high praise at this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo, including "Best Massively Multiplayer Game" from Yahoo! Games, "Best Gameplay" from Stratics.com, "Editor’s Choice" from TenTonHammer, and a "Best Online Multiplayer Game" nomination by the Game Critics Awards group.
"Auto Assault flat out rocks!” says Worlds Apart President Scott Martins. “We’re having a blast in development, and couldn’t be more excited to bring the proud tradition of big guns on tricked out cars back to strategy gaming.” Martins adds, "We’re looking forward to some great synergy between the Auto Assault MMO and the TCG. We think players are going to love the cool cross product rewards we have planned for both the TCG and MMO."
Design of the Auto Assault Online TCG is being guided by Paul Dennen, responsible for the critically acclaimed online game Star Chamber, and Evan Lorentz, a veteran TCG designer with credits that include Star Trek CCG 2nd Edition and the award-winning The Lord of the Rings TCG. Look for the launch of the first set of the Auto Assault Online Trading Card Game this spring.
"Worlds Apart has a real passion and vision for the future of trading card games and their increasingly digital presence," said NetDevil President Scott Brown. "They’ve got a great track record and we think Auto Assault fans are going to enjoy having more ways to blow stuff up when the Auto Assault Online Trading Card Game is launched."
Keep an eye out for more upcoming news and spoilers about "the fastest, most destructive TCG ever!" at the Auto Assault Online Trading Card Game website.
About Worlds Apart Productions
Founded in 1996, Denver-based Worlds Apart Productions, LLC has nearly a decade of experience in developing and operating multiplayer online games, specializing in online RPGs and games featuring digital properties. In 2004, the company launched the online version of the best-selling The Lord Of The Rings Trading Card Game and continues to support the game with daily events and special online-only content. It also currently operates the online TCG Star Chamber, and the Star Trek Online Customizable Card Game as well as the critically acclaimed online RPGs The Eternal City and Grendel’s Revenge.
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About NetDevil
NetDevil was founded in 1997 under the inspiration of Jumpgate™, the world’s first massively multiplayer space simulator universe. NetDevil is an independent game development company dedicated to the construction of massively multiplayer universes. NetDevil is committed to creating immersive, interactive virtual worlds in unique settings outside the typical fantasy genre. For more information, please visit http://www.netdevil.com/.
About NCsoft-North America
NCsoft North America is headquartered in Austin, Texas and is part of Korea-based NCsoft Corporation. NCsoft, with its own development and publishing offices in Texas and California, also works with subsidiaries and third party developers throughout North America to develop and publish innovative online entertainment software products. The company launched two massively multiplayer titles on the same day last year, Lineage II and City of Heroes®, and in April of 2005 the hit game Guild Wars®. In the coming months, NCsoft is poised to launch two more massively multiplayer titles: City of Villains™ and Auto Assault™. More information about NCsoft can be found at http://www.PlayNC.com.
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