Vampire: The Eternal Struggle® Adding Online
Play
Atlanta, GA, August 12, 2004
— White Wolf Publishing formally announced today its collaboration with CCG
Workshop, LLC to bring the Vampire: The Eternal Struggle collectable card
game to online play.
Development has already begun to port the #1 multiplayer CCG over to online
play. “Vampire’s graphical and strategic intensity are a good work-out
for our development staff. We aspire to bring over as much dark flavor and feel
as possible into the online adaptation, and look forward to inviting VTES
players in for beta-testing later this year," said Ed Mittelstedt, president of
CCG Workshop.
Online VTES will be hosted on its own dedicated server accessed through
White Wolf’s website or CCG Workshop’s website. Normal pick-up games as well as
organized online tournaments are all planned, with White Wolf providing real
world prize support for the tournaments.
“Vampire’s player community literally spans the world from Singapore to Prague
to LA. We’re looking forward to hosting some exciting international events and
tournaments using the online platform,” said Steve Wieck, White Wolf’s VP of
Card Games.
There will be a nominal monthly cost for play which will give players access to
all of the active cards. Initially all cards from the Camarilla Edition
set will be available for play with more expansions added after launch. Online
players will be able to construct and save decks, as well as share them with
other players.
Vampire: The Eternal Struggle celebrates its tenth anniversary this year.
Designed by Richard Garfield, designer of Magic: The Gathering®, VTES
allows players to pit clans of vampires against one another in a mix of intrigue
and action. Two special 100-card Tenth Anniversary Packs, complete with
exclusive carrying tins, are available this November.
About White Wolf: Since its entry into
the roleplaying game market in 1991, White Wolf Publishing, Inc. has grown,
maintaining an average market share of 26%. With collective book sales in excess
of 5.5 million copies during this time, White Wolf is one of two undisputed
worldwide publishing leaders for pen-and-paper roleplaying games. White Wolf
properties have been licensed for television series, comic books, action
figures, console and computer video games, coin-operated arcade games,
professional wrestlers, replica props and weapons, interactive media events and
myriad merchandise. More information on White Wolf can be found at
<http://www.white-wolf.com/> .
About CCG Workshop: CCG Workshop is a company that hosts online play of
strategy games. It was started in 2001 by Ed Mittelstedt with a mission to adapt
orphaned collectible card games for online play, but has since grown to host all
forms of strategy games. CCG Workshop is an online community, a culture that
shares the love of strategy gaming. CCG Workshop’s core technology is the
gatlingEngine, a Win32 application used to play strategy games over the
Internet. CCG Workshop also created the gatlingDevKit. With it, a prospective
game designer can create an online strategy game that can be instantly playable
on the gatlingEngine. More information on CCG Workshop can be found at
<http://www.ccgworkshop.com/>.
