2007-03-16 10:48 CET Frontline thunders into Scandinavian stores today

- Paradox Interactive, a leading publisher and developer of critically acclaimed strategy titles, announced today that their next strategy release, Frontline: Fields of Thunder, is available in stores across Scandinavia and via download on Gamer's Gate. The game follows in the footsteps of the original "Blitzkrieg" and offers a gameplay experience on a strategic level as well as a tactical level. The detailed giant battle map gives players both immense scope and historical accuracy. In addition, the historical settings and scenarios are so accurate that the game comes with a complete encyclopedia of all units represented in the game. Frontline: Fields of Thunder is rated 12+ by PEGI and will retail for €29.99, 299 SEK/ 299 NOK/ 299 DKK. For demo mirrors go to: Sweden Norway Denmark Finland For more information about the release of Frontline: Fields of Thunder or Paradox Interactive, please contact [email protected]. For more information about Gamer's Gate, please contact [email protected]. About the Game As the largest tank battle of all time, the battle of Kursk was the ultimate clash of the titans. It caused the global powers to focus vast amounts of resources on improving the design and production of their tanks, representing the last great conventional arms race before the advent of the atomic bomb. Read more About Paradox Interactive Paradox Interactive has been a leading publisher and developer of strategy games for the PC platform since 1999. Well-known worldwide for their strategy titles, the company has a particularly strong presence in and the US. The steadily growing publishing portfolio includes in-house developed titles such as critically acclaimed franchises Europa Universalis and Hearts of Iron; as well as third party titles that include Rush for Berlin in North America, Galactic Civilizations II in Europe and upcoming worldwide release of Frontline: Fields of Thunder. Their latest release, Europa Universalis III, has become very popular with gamers and critics alike and has won several awards worldwide. http://www.paradoxplaza.com About Interactive Nival Interactive, Inc. is an international game developer and publisher, and the largest development studio in Eastern Europe. Headquartered in Los Angeles, with a main creative studio based in Moscow, Russia, the company is expanding its expertise and experience in gaming to achieve aggressive growth in the production of PC, console, handheld, mobile and casual games. Founded by Sergey Orlovskiy in 1996, over the past decade Nival has developed more than 15 high quality and internationally successful games. Nival is currently in development on several new products, including Heroes of Might and Magic V for Ubisoft Entertainment, which will join a prestigious family of titles that includes the Blitzkrieg, , and franchises. For more information about Nival visit http://www.nival.com/ Nival Interactive's majority shareholder is Ener1 Group, a privately held, diversified technology investment holding company with offices in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, New York and Moscow. The firm's assets include ownership in 11 portfolio companies in a variety of technology and technology-driven industries.