PARANORMAL ADVENTURE GAME MOEBIUS: EMPIRE RISING™ NOW AVAILABLE FOR PC/MAC FROM POSTUDIOS.COM AND ONLINE STORES

History Repeats Itself in New Thriller From Legendary Game Designer Jane Jensen — Can You Decipher the Pattern?

SAN JOSE, Calif. – April 15, 2014 – Phoenix Online Publishing™ has today released the critically acclaimed paranormal mystery adventure game Moebius: Empire Rising for PC and Mac. Players can enjoy this all-new tale by Jane Jensen, creator of the Gabriel Knight® video game series (and hailed as “the Agatha Christie of adventure games”), for just $29.99 via Phoenix Online’s website (http://www.POStudios.com), Steam, GOG and other online stores.

A sophisticated, story-driven interactive thriller, Moebius: Empire Rising is the first in an original series of titles from renowned game designer and novelist Jane Jensen. Her award-winning Gabriel Knight adventures have been ranked among the best games of all-time, and her 2003 sci-fi novel Dante’s Equation was nominated for the Philip K. Dick award. After nearly a decade designing casual games based on franchises such as Agatha Christie and James Patterson’s Women’s Murder Club, Jensen appealed to her fans on Kickstarter and crowdfunded more than $435k to make Moebius: Empire Rising. These funds were used to develop the game in partnership with indie team Phoenix Online Studios, which is publishing the title under its new publishing label.

Moebius is the story of Malachi Rector, a brilliant antiques dealer and historian whose photographic memory and eye for deduction transforms locations and clues into interactive puzzle pieces and historical patterns. A secretive government agency has tapped Malachi for an unusual assignment: fly to Venice and assess whether a recently murdered woman resembles a particular historical figure. As Malachi soon learns, this seemingly innocuous request is linked to a powerful paranormal theory the U.S. government will protect at any cost — and the more he discovers, the greater danger he faces.

Enter David Walker, a former Special Forces operative Malachi randomly encounters in his travels. David’s exactly the wingman Malachi needs: calm under pressure, an experienced bodyguard, and good with a gun. In fact, the typically distrustful Malachi can’t shake the feeling he’s known David all his life. But as Malachi learns more about the Moebius Theory and his unwitting role in history, even their growing bond might not be enough to protect him..

With its narrative- and puzzle-driven gameplay, Moebius: Empire Rising draws you into Jensen’s signature storytelling as only a video game can. Piece together the links between past and present to discover the secrets the government is hell-bent on hiding. In addition to today’s PC and Mac versions, Moebius will release later this year for iPad, Linux and Android.

To purchase Moebius: Empire Rising directly Phoenix Online or view a list of other stores that carry it, please visit: http://www.POStudios.com

Screenshots, trailers, and developer diary videos can be found on Phoenix’s press site: http://pressroom.postudios.com/pinkerton

Learn more about Moebius: Empire Rising at the official website: http://www.moebiusthegame.com

About Jane Jensen & Pinkerton Road

Jane Jensen and Robert Holmes founded Pinkerton Road in 2012 to create narrative games for tablet and desktop computers. A game designer and writer, Jane is best known for her work on the Gabriel Knight® adventure games and hidden object games such as Dying for Daylight. Robert is a composer, producer, musician, and strategic digital marketing executive whose music has appeared in numerous video games. The studio’s first projects are Moebius: Empire Rising, a Kickstarted adventure game released for PC and Mac in April 2014, and the Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers® 20th anniversary edition. The studio has also released a children’s ebook, Lola and Lucy’s Big Adventure™, for iPad. To learn more, visit http://www.pinkertonroad.com. Follow Jane on Twitter @jensen_jane.

About Phoenix Online Publishing — Every Game Has a Story™

Phoenix Online Publishing is a new independent video game publisher dedicated to bringing compelling and cutting-edge story-driven titles to market worldwide in every genre and across the full range of gaming platforms and devices. Providing game makers with business management, marketing, media and digital/retail distribution services, the company is committed to providing a platform for bringing titles with rich storytelling and atmosphere to life. Designed by indie game developers for indie game developers, Phoenix Online Publishing operates in parallel with Phoenix Online Studios, an award-winning game development studio (The Silver Lining, Cognition), and maintains a global network of development, publishing and distribution partners. More information about Phoenix Online Publishing can be found on the company’s website, www.POStudios.com.

ICEBERG INTERACTIVE OFFERS FREE UPDATE TO 4X STRATEGY GAME HORIZON

33% Weeklong Steam Discount and New Batch of Screenshots Accompany Post-Launch Free Update

Haarlem, The Netherlands— April 14, 2014 – Iceberg Interactive and developer L3O Interactive announced today a free update for its classic 4X strategy game Horizon (PC), which launched on Steam early February 2014. The post-launch update includes a number of upgrades designed to make gameplay more challenging and incorporates improvements and tweaks suggested by Horizon’s community. The update coincides with today’s new weeklong deal on Steam, offering the game at a 33% discount. Get a copy of Horizon on Steam HERE:  store.steampowered.com/app/236130/

Important Update Notes Include:

• UPDATED: Improved fleet managing A.I. for attacks, or rallying to defend a system
• UPDATED: Rebalanced economy and race relations
• UPDATED: Improved UI
• ADDED: French language now supported
• ADDED: A new refit system is added to more easily change the design of existing ships
• ADDED: New UI icons added making it easier to distinguish surveyed planets

For the complete list of changes please visit the official Steam community hub HERE: steamcommunity.com/app/236130/discussions/

About Horizon
Horizon is a turn-based space-strategy game of galactic exploration and conquest in which players are in control of humanity’s destiny. Explore deep space, find new frontiers and discover the alien artefacts hidden in long-abandoned planets. Players will also learn more about the galaxy as they come into contact with ten other species, each with their own unique culture, history, and schemes.

Horizon’s fully interactive galaxy allows players to navigate open space between stars and planets, patrol borders and, when the need arises, defend one’s territory by engaging in ship to ship tactical combat. Develop new colonies and watch them become galactic centers for trade, industry, and science – and of course military bases, outposts and shipyards to build custom battle ships. Players will push the empire to its limits and go beyond the known horizon!

Key Features:

• Advanced turn-based tactical combat, which many 4X fans have been requesting for years
• Full Tactical ship control includes managing movement, weapons, and more. Board other ships, attack from planetary, and orbital defences
• A distinct open world system, where ships can explore without artificial limits and where combat can span many turns before concluding
• Interact with alien races of different levels, including ancient civilizations featuring their own unique storyline, schemes, ships and technology
• An immersive galaxy storyline with open-ended missions that add another layer of gameplay over classic 4x mode, which is also available
• Engage in meaningful diplomacy choices that will impact the game outcome, includes coordinated actions with your allies against your enemies
• Discover more than 80 technologies each with 10 levels of upgrades Conduct planetary surveys and dig for artifacts
• Players can design and customize their ships’ weapons and systems based on available technology
• A detailed economy and colony management system with different types and levels of colonies based on gamers build choices
• Play in different galaxy configurations from a few dozen stars to over a hundred star systems containing more than a thousand planets

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ABOUT L3O INTERACTIVE

L3O Interactive (http://www.l30.com) is a Canadian independent video game developer located in Toronto, Ontario. L3O was founded on the principle to make classic hardcore games with innovative and more immersive gameplay elements. The studio is currently focused on completing its first commercial project Horizon, a grand space 4X game which strives to bring a new experience to strategy and sci-fi gamers!

ABOUT ICEBERG INTERACTIVE
Iceberg Interactive (www.iceberg-games.com) is an independent video game publisher founded in 2009 by an international group of games industry veterans and is located in Haarlem, The Netherlands. While keeping its roots in the European retail games market, Iceberg has rapidly increased its focus towards the global digital games market, by building strong direct relationships with dozens of Game Portals. Staffed with avid gamers, Iceberg works closely with an international assembly of game developers, both midsize and indie. With a distinct focus on the strategy, action, simulation and adventure game genres, the company has garnered attention with acclaimed releases including Killing Floor, Wings of Prey, APB Reloaded and Endless Space among its 70+ game arsenal – with more promising games in the pipeline.