Gates of Troy goes Gold
& Slitherine Becomes a Publisher
GATES OF
TROY is a Trojan themed stand-alone expansion pack for SPARTAN, the award
winning turn-based strategy game from Slitherine Software for PC CD ROM.
Slitherine Software are pleased to
announce that Gates of Troy has gone gold! This stand-alone expansion for
Spartan has been approved by QA and we are now burning the final disks, ready to
be sent to the factory, where they will make glass masters. The box art, CD
label & manual have all been laid out in printable format and are being
dispatched to the printers today. After the test copies have been approved we’ll
go into full production. We expect it to take around 3-4 weeks to complete the
manufacturing process and then Troy will be available to purchase through our
online store! Gates of Troy is compatible with all versions of Spartan & in all
languages. This is also the first time developer Slitherine has ventured into
the publishing arena. To date they have always worked with other larger
publishers, but after 4 years and 4 successful games, Slitherine has grown to
the point where it is ready to publish its own games. Iain McNeil at Slitherine
said "This is a big moment for us. We’re taking the step from developer up to
being a full publisher. It’s been a lot of hard work, but when you see how good
Gates of Troy looks and the amazing response we’ve been getting from our
existing publishing partners around the world, you know its all worth while and
very exciting!" As Gates of Troy is a stand-alone expansion to Spartan you do
not need to have Spartan installed to play Gates of Troy. If you do, you’ll get
the added bonus of being able to play all the campaigns from Spartan with the
new gameplay features included in Gates of Troy. Gates of Troy is initially only
available in English, but it will detect any previous installation of Spartan
and use any translated text that you may have already installed. E.g. if you
have a German version of Spartan it will detect this, load up the German text
from Spartan and only use English text for any of the new or altered messages in
the game, meaning you can still fully enjoy it even if English is not your first
language.
More Information about Gates of Troy
Gates of Troy Pack Shot –
http://www.slitherine.co.uk/Troy/TroyIndex.htm It includes 17 new
heroes ranging from Achilles and Hektor in the Trojan Wars to Leonidas &
Demophilus in the pass of Thermopylae. Play as Achilles with his Myrmidon
warriors, or maybe you prefer Odysseus or Hektor? Control vast armies of Trojans
and Greeks and lay siege to the most powerful city of its time – Troy! Take
command of Leonidas and his 300 Spartans against the mighty Persian horde. The
pass of Thermopylae has been re-created on a one for one scale with 300
Spartans, 700 Thespian allies under Demophilus & 400 unreliable Thebans who
really didn’t want to be there – and can you blame them! This small force stands
against the might of the Persian army with wave upon wave of increasingly
powerful troops hitting your lines until the mighty Immortals arrive. Xerxes
launches attack after attack from his inexhaustible horde and your objective is
just to hold the pass long enough for Greece to muster her forces. The expansion
pack includes 6 new historically accurate campaigns : The Trojan Wars The pass
of Thermopylae Greek Colonization Pre-Historic Greece The Ionian Revolt Grand
Campaign with Rome & Persia
GATES OF TROY also includes 12 new
units ranging from Achilles Myrmidons to Thespian & Theban Hoplites. It also
includes a number of new features such as a zoomable campaign map, enhanced
diplomatic options such as the vassalization of smaller nations, the chance to
build the Trojan horse and many more smaller upgrades.
GATES OF TROY takes the award
winning Spartan to a completely new level and fans of the genre will be thrilled
by what it has to offer.
