Battlestar
Galactica
blasts onto
Xbox LiveŽ
Arcade in
Fall 2007
Battlestar
Galactica
Gamer Pics
and
Themepacks
Now
Available on
Xbox Live
Marketplace
Los Angeles
- Feb. 9,
2007 -
Sierra
Online, a
division of
Vivendi
Games, is
creating a
video game
inspired by
the hit
television
series,
Battlestar
Galactica(TM),
airing on
the SCI FI
Channel.
Battlestar
Galactica
will be
available on
Xbox
Live(R)
Arcade, as
well as
Windows PC,
in Fall
2007. To
gear up for
the game,
fans of
Battlestar
Galactica
will be able
to download
Gamer Pics
and
Themepacks
from the
show on Xbox
Live(R)
Marketplace
beginning
today.
"We're huge
fans of
Battlestar
Galactica
and are
thrilled to
have the
opportunity
to create a
game
inspired by
the TV
series,"
said Ed
Zobrist,
president of
Sierra
Online. "NBC
Universal is
working
closely with
us so that
players will
be able
immerse
themselves
in the
Battlestar
Galactica
universe and
re-live
their
favorite
missions
from the TV
series."
Developed by
Australian-based
Auran Games,
Battlestar
Galactica
will feature
both single-
and
multi-player
modes and
allow the
player to
take part in
intense
space
battles as a
pilot for
either the
humans or
Cylon
forces.
Legendary
ships from
the
television
show will be
featured as
well as
missions
based on
favorite
episodes.
The popular
TV series
has received
rave reviews
from the
press.
Entertainment
Weekly said
"Battlestar
Galactica is
TV's next
great cult
hit" and
Variety said
"Battlestar
Galactica
achieves
what only
the best
science
fiction
can..."
Battlestar
Galactica is
not yet
rated by the
Entertainment
Software
Rating
Board.
For more
information
about the
Battlestar
Galactica
videogame,
visit the
official web
site at
www.BSGarcade.com
About Sierra
Online
Sierra
Online, a
division of
Vivendi
Games,
develops and
publishes
quality
short- and
mid-session,
online games
for PC, Xbox
LiveŽ Arcade
and all
other viable
platforms.
Sierra
Online's
titles
include
FreeStyle™
Street
Basketball,
a
fast-paced,
mid-session
online
basketball
game
developed by
JC
Entertainment
Corp., a
leading
Korean
developer,
featuring
innovative
community
and
customization
capabilities.
The division
is also
developing a
variety of
Xbox Live
Arcade and
other PC
online games
targeting
the
mass-market
casual
consumer.
Sierra
Online runs
a global
business
with
headquarters
in Los
Angeles,
Calif., and
regional
studios in
Seattle,
Washington
and
Shanghai,
China.
Vivendi
Games is a
global
developer,
publisher
and
distributor
of
multi-platform
interactive
entertainment.
The company
is the
leader in
the
subscription-based
massively
multi-player
online (MMO)
games
category and
holds
leading
positions in
the PC,
casual
online,
console,
handheld and
mobile games
markets.
Vivendi
Games' two
principal
studios and
publishing
labels
include
Blizzard
Entertainment,
headquartered
in Irvine,
CA, and
Sierra
Entertainment,
headquartered
in Los
Angeles,
which
includes
Radical
Entertainment,
Swordfish
Studios,
High Moon
Studios and
Massive
Entertainment.
Vivendi
Games is
also home to
Vivendi
Games
Mobile,
dedicated to
publishing
quality
titles for
the
worldwide
mobile games
market.
Vivendi
Games
maintains
strategic
relationships
with
industry
leading
content
partners,
including
Universal
Music Group,
NBC
Universal,
Twentieth
Century Fox,
and Ludlum
Entertainment.
The company
has 16
offices
around the
world
conducting
business in
75 countries
About
Universal
Studios
Consumer
Products
Group
Universal
Studios
Consumer
Products
Group (USCPG)
is
responsible
for global
licensing
and retail
strategies
as well as
building
brand
recognition
of the
extensive
catalogue of
NBC
Universal
properties.
Universal
Studios
Consumer
Products
Group is a
unit of NBC
Universal,
one of the
world's
leading
media and
entertainment
companies in
the
development,
production,
and
marketing of
entertainment,
news, and
information
to a global
audience.
Formed in
May 2004
through the
combining of
NBC and
Vivendi
Universal
Entertainment,
NBC
Universal
owns and
operates a
valuable
portfolio of
news and
entertainment
networks, a
premier
motion
picture
company,
significant
television
production
operations,
a leading
television
stations
group, and
world-renowned
theme parks.
NBC
Universal is
80% owned by
General
Electric and
20% owned by
Vivendi.
About
Battlestar
Galactica
Battlestar
Galactica is
the gripping
drama of
human
survival
against
unimaginable
odds. When
the Cylon
robots rose
against
their human
creators,
they
launched a
devastating
nuclear
attack that
left less
than 50,000
survivors.
On the run
and in
search of a
new home,
the last
remnants of
humanity
struggle
against
waning
supplies,
weapons and
hope.
Redefining
the space
opera with
its gritty
realism,
Galactica's
intensity,
issues-driven
topicality,
and command
performances
have
garnered it
unprecedented
critical
acclaim.
Battlestar
Galactica
airs on
Sundays
at 10 p.m.
on the SCI
FI Channel.