August 6, 2007
Ojom Launches Radioactive New Strategy Game
Shadow Zone
Join the thermo-nuclear scavenger hunt
Ojom GmbH today announced the launch of Shadow
Zone a step-by-step strategy game set in a world decimated by thermo-nuclear
fallout. Collect rare artifacts, grapple with mutated creatures and traverse a
forbidden zone to reach its epicenter – The Shelter – and prevent a global
disaster.
A battlefield strategy game that involves two
sets of warring factions locked in combat, Shadow Zone is also an adventure game
with an intricate plot and a compelling storyline. To begin with there is a
scavenger hunt in which you must discover and trade mysterious post-nuclear
artifacts. These artifacts act as currency to acquire more energy and weapons
that will enable you to deal with another aspect of the game – a race against
time to reach The Shelter and prevent a nuclear chain reaction before it
destroys the planet.
Similar in style to game of ‘dystopian’ chess
your job is to deploy squads of ‘Fortune Hunters’ to do battle with the enemy
soldiers and a collection of mutated creatures, in order to gain territory and
enemy bases across the atomic landscape. You will face the demented enemy
soldiers, a fiendish bunch that were driven insane by the radiation, a pack of
blind dogs and fishes that walk!
The skirmishes take place once you have lined up
your squadron against the enemy. The game then plays out a scenario of how the
skirmish will unfold based on your strength versus that of the enemy’s. This
depends on the amount of credits and points you’ve amassed so far. If your
stocks have been depleted then it is time for you to find more artifacts so that
the fight can continue.
Marc Bue, Channel Manager, of Ojom GmbH, said:
"Shadow Zone is a game that allows players to plot their moves before they
attack their enemies. This type of battlefield strategy game is a step in a new
direction for Ojom, but we hope that fans of this genre will also appreciate the
compelling storyline and quest that underpin the action."
Shadow Zone will be available from April 2007 on
all main Java-enabled handsets and from major mobile operators in a range of
European languages.
