Strategy First
to Publish Shadow Vault Worldwide

Turn-based RPG
Slated for Release in 2004

Montreal, Canada. September 8
2003 – Strategy First is pleased to announce that they will be publishing Mayhem
Studios’ upcoming turn-based RPG Shadow Vault worldwide excluding
Russia.

“Strategy First is continuing
its focus to bring only high quality games to the market,” says Don McFatridge,
President of Strategy First Inc. “Shadow Vault is a
well-thought out RPG with stunning graphics and we couldn’t be happier to have
it in our 2004 line-up”

“We managed to settle on the
world markets and our technological background as well as the quality of our
games is rising constantly. I believe that Shadow Vault
will interest players by dragging them into a somber and dark post-apocalyptic
world.” adds Tom Benčk, CEO of Mayhem Studios.

About Shadow Vault

Shadow Vault is a Strategy RPG set during a violent
time in Earth’s alternate history. Battle the forces of the Contingent
government through 20 different levels featuring over 30 unique characters and
units or go against human opponents in 10 multiplayer levels over LAN or
internet. Designed for both casual and hard-core strategy players, the games
provides countless hours of strategic gameplay without the need of studying a
huge manual, but still delivering lots of action and strategic possibilities.

Features
of Shadow Vault:

• Stylish nuclear war ravaged
  environment, where buildings and structures can be destroyed or used for cover
  

• Unique unit classes, each
  with its own special sets of abilities, such as medics, engineers, snipers…

• Units improve abilities and
  acquire new ones as they gain combat experience

• Over 30 unique abilities and
  40 different actions to enhance and update your units
  

• Hours of strategic gameplay
  through 20 game levels

• 30 units and characters to
  choose from or battle against

• Epic story and dynamic
  storyline that immerses the player into the game
  

• High
  level Artificial Intelligence that reacts to as player’s strategy
  

• Intuitive
  game rules and interface placing emphasis on the strategical experience rather
  than a steep learning curve

About Strategy First

Strategy First Inc. is a leading
developer and worldwide publisher of entertainment software for the PC.  Founded
in 1990, the company has grown rapidly, publishing major games in the industry
and simultaneously developing its own in-house titles such as O.R.B., Disciples
II, and Nexagon: Deathmatch. After winning numerous awards for games such as
Disciples: Sacred Lands, Europa Universalis, Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns and
Steel Beasts, Strategy First continues to push the gaming envelope with its own
groundbreaking titles, while maintaining its reputation as a unique alternative
for independent developers seeking to market their games to a worldwide
audience. Further information about Strategy First and its products can be found
at
www.strategyfirst.com

About Mayhem Studios

Mayhem Studios s.r.o. is a
Slovak company specialized in computer games development, based in Bratislava.
In the past four years the level of company technical equipment as well as human
resources grew rapidly. The main element characterizing whole Mayhem is high
flexibility. Company management uses modern trends in administration like
flexible task assignment, IT outsourcing, etc. thanks to which we achieve low
costs and high work efficiency.