Second round gives hundreds chance to play early release version.
Impressions Games (http://www.impressionsgames.com) today announced an
exclusive partnership with EBWorld.com (http://www.ebworld.com) to host
sign-ups for the open beta program for their upcoming strategy game, Zeus:
Master of Olympus. The open beta begins August 12th, and up to 350 testers
will be selected from those who visit
http://www.ebworld.com/ebx/ads/promos/zeusbeta/.
"We're looking for a broad range of people and systems so everyone should
feel free to apply," said Greg Sheppard, Q/A Manager for Impressions Games.
"Both expert and novice players are welcome."
According to Sheppard, selection for the beta test is based on a variety of
criteria: system specs, experience with other Impressions Games products,
and skill in documenting suggestions and communicating them clearly.
Contributing beta testers will receive not only pre-release builds of the
game for testing and evaluation, but also boxed copies when the game is
finished, and be listed in the credits in the manual. Sheppard adds that
those who already applied should not apply again or they may be
disqualified.
eus: Master of Olympus is the sixth game in Impressions' award-winning City
Building Series. Zeus, set in a mythological ancient Greece, serves up a
world filled with the likes of Hercules, Athena, Ares, Medusa, the Minotaur,
and many others. Players build and rule Greek city-states while summoning
heroes and gods to protect their land from monsters and other Greek cities.
Easy to learn, and quick to get in and out of, Zeus promises to be the most
fun city building game yet. More information about Zeus can be found at
http://zeus.impressionsgames.com/ Sierra On-Line, Inc.
http://www.sierra.com/ is one of the original developers and largest
worldwide publishers of interactive entertainment and productivity software.
Sierra is a division of Havas Interactive, a global leader in interactive
content, and is one of the world's largest publishers of education,
entertainment and home productivity software. Its divisions, Blizzard
Entertainment(r), Coktel, Knowledge Adventure(r), Sierra(tm) and
Flipside.com(tm) are famous for releasing critically acclaimed and award
winning titles. Havas has operations in the US and in Europe and is a
subsidiary of the French publishing house Havas, part of Vivendi
Communications.
