Shadowbane announced

Gathering of Developers and Wolfpack Studios Announce Massively Multiplayer Game, Shadowbane Publisher Enters Massively Multiplayer Online Gaming Arena Dallas, TX, May 05, 2000 - Developer-driven computer and video game publisher Gathering of Developers today announced that the company will publish Wolfpack Studios' massively multiplayer game Shadowbane. Designed to allow up to tens of thousands of gamers to gather online simultaneously, Shadowbane's persistent, immersive world combines role-playing and large-scale strategy. Shadowbane will be distributed throughout North America by Take-Two Interactive's Jack of All Games and available online in summer 2001. "Gathering was clearly our best choice for publishing partner. Their culture gives us the creative freedom to follow and realize our grand vision for Shadowbane," said Josef Hall, co-founder and president of Wolfpack Studios. "The game, which combines role-playing and strategy elements, adds a new dimension to online play. Players not only interact with the world but they control it." In Shadowbane, players are challenged to carve out their destiny in a world blanketed by political unrest and torn apart by storms, disease, starvation and an endless war. Brutal warlords have assumed control of the land and a dark age has descended upon mankind. Shadowbane's design adds a large-scale warfare system to the completely functional role-playing game, allowing tens of thousands of players to simultaneously unite, form armies, build kingdoms and conquer virtual territories. This twist gives rise to a new realm of gameplay - guild politics and siege warfare. "Wolfpack's Shadowbane will offer a next-generation, massively multiplayer gaming experience that appeals to a wide range of online gamers and strategists," said Harry Miller, president of Gathering of Developers. "The potential of having the players control and dictate the internal politics of this virtual world is enormous, not to mention that the emphasis on guilds, team work, and insanely large group interaction are definitely elements for success. Our development board was really impressed with Shadowbane and we believe it's the perfect entry for Gathering into the massively multiplayer online gaming arena."