December 3, 2007
(RENTON, Wash.) – Wizards of the Coast, the world leader in hobby gaming, and a
subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE: HAS), today announced an agreement with
leading UK video game developer Stainless Games to produce an exciting new online
downloadable game.
“Wizards of the Coast has created many of the
most popular brands in roleplaying, trading card and tabletop strategy games”
said Patrick Buckland, CEO for Stainless Games. “We’re proud to be working with
one of the most treasured IPs in the games field in a true partnership which
will produce a real gaming revolution later next year.”
Details about the
game will start to become available in early 2008.
Wizards of the
Coast is a worldwide leader in the trading card game and tabletop roleplaying
game categories, and a leading developer and publisher of game-based entertainment
products. The company holds an exclusive patent on trading card games (TCGs)
and their method of play and produces the premier trading card game, MAGIC: THE
GATHERING®, among many other trading card games and family card and board
games. Wizards is also a leading publisher of roleplaying games, such as
DUNGEONS & DRAGONS®, and publisher of fantasy series fiction with numerous New York Times best-sellers. For
more information, visit the Wizards of the Coast website at www.wizards.com.
Stainless Games
is a privately owned company based on the South
Coast of the UK. Although
best known for the creation of the multi-million selling Carmageddon franchise,
the company has most recently become recognized as one of the world’s leading
companies in the burgeoning Console Download market. For more information visit
the Stainless Games website at www.stainlessgames.com.
Magic: The
Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons are trademarks of Wizards of the Coast,
Inc. in the U.S.A.
and other countries.
© 2007
Wizards
