SOE Details Pre-Order Kits for Vanguard

October 13, 2006

SOE Details
Pre-Order Kits for Vanguard

Sony Online Entertainment and Sigil Games
Online Reveal The Vanguard: Saga of Heroes Pre-Order Program and Collector’s &
Guild Edition Details

Sony Online Entertainment and Sigil Games Online
announced today the special features included in the Collector’s & Guild
Edition, as well as pre-order details for the highly anticipated massively
multiplayer online role-playing game, Vanguard: Saga of Heroes. In the vast
world of Telon, players are free to choose their destiny by exploring three
spheres of advancement, adventuring, diplomacy, and crafting. With intricately
detailed environments inspired by oil paintings, Vanguard: Saga of Heroes is
scheduled to make the journey to retail stores in Q1 2007.

The pre-order box at retail includes:

• Early access to the game! Log on and get a
  jump start up to 3 days prior to the official launch!
• Special account key that will grant you a
  unique exclusive in-game scroll allowing your character to sprint for longer
  periods of time due to an endurance buff (one per account).
• Invitation to the Vanguard: Saga of Heroes
  open beta (for eligible participants, date of open beta not yet determined).
• Guild Mail recruitment tool to help you build
  your guild before launch!
• A king’s ransom of assets, including videos,
  wallpapers and screenshots.

AVAILABLE EARLY DECEMBER

Regular Edition – $49.99 MSRP

Packaged in a DVD box, the Regular Edition will
include:

• A one month subscription to Vanguard: Saga of
  Heroes Station Players™ – an array of premium features that give incredible
  access to characters and guilds by merging the game world with the World Wide
  Web.
• Your choice of an in-game magical wand to
  create fireworks or an in-game set of horseshoes with +speed to use once you
  get your first horse (one per account).
• Collector’s & Guild Edition Details – $89.99
  MSRP Packaged in a custom leatherette chipboard box, the Collector’s & Guild
  Edition will include:
• An art book featuring many original pieces by
  seminal fantasy artist, Keith Parkinson.
• A cloth map with an overview and points of
  interest for each continent.
• A CD featuring the full Vanguard: Saga of
  Heroes soundtrack.
• A three month subscription to Vanguard: Saga
  of Heroes Station Players™ – an array of premium features that give incredible
  access to characters and guilds by merging the game world with the World Wide
  Web.
• One of three Hero Cards each granting a unique
  in-game item (one per account).
  • The Jeric card grants a cloak that increases
    adventuring stats.
  • The Eila card grants a cloak that increases
    crafting stats.
  • The Idara card grants a cloak that increases
    diplomacy stats.
• Your choice of an in-game magical wand to
  create fireworks or an in-game set of horseshoes with +speed to use once you
  get your first horse (one per account).
• A Guild Kit which includes:
  • An in-game guild trophy that buffs stats for
    the entire guild*
  • Ten 10-day buddy keys

*Need to earn/create guild house to use

For more information about Vanguard: Saga
of Heroes please visit:
www.vanguardsoh.com and
www.joinvanguard.com