Paleo Entertainment

INDIE DEVELOPER PALEO ENTERTAINMENT TO BRING BACK NEADERTHALS FROM EXTINCTION IN UPCOMING RELEASE

Company announces back story to it’s upcoming flagship multiplayer FPS,
Merchants of Brooklyn: M.O.B. at Austin Game Developers Conference

AUSTIN, Texas, September 5, 2007 – Paleo Entertainment, an independent video game development, production and distribution company for consumer video games, today released the back story surrounding its upcoming multiplayer FPS, Merchants of Brooklyn: M.O.B.

Set in 3100 AD, Merchants of Brooklyn: M.O.B. challenges gamers to plunge themselves in a futuristic world that confronts mankind’s ancient past with its technological future as cloned Neanderthals walk the planet again. The simple but physically strong creatures find themselves with unexpected freedom, and as a Neanderthal themselves, gamers will need to battle their way from becoming extinct once more.

About Merchants of Brooklyn: M.O.B.
The game pits a rough-and-tough Brooklyn mafia don against a brilliant paleogeneticist who has created flesh and blood Neanderthals from ancient DNA. Exploiting them as forced labor and blood sport entertainment, the mob is determined to take and maintain a hold on this new cash enterprise. There is also a resolute scientist who will do his best to maintain ultimate control over his creations, as well as cloning activists, adding a third element of surprise to this fast-paced single and multiplayer FPS.

Merchants of Brooklyn: M.O.B. challenges gamers to become the main character, Matteo Savio and skillfully fight and think their way through visually breathtaking environments, and discover Matteo’s place as a primitive Neanderthal within a futuristic world steeped in greed, deception and violence.

About the technology
To create complex and stunning graphics, Paleo Entertainment focused on incorporating the newest engine technology available. The company recently entered into a technology partnership with CryTek GmbH (“CryteK”) to incorporate one of the industry’s most robust physics and rendering engines available. CryTek’s new and highly anticipated CryENGINE®2 is the driving force behind Merchants of Brooklyn: M.O.B.

About Paleo Entertainment
Paleo Entertainment was established in 2006 as an independent video game development, production and distribution company for consumer video game products.

Based in San Diego, California, Paleo Entertainment was founded by Troy Latimer to deliver video games with distinctive and unpredictable storylines utilizing the most advanced technology available.

Paleo Entertainment has evolved significantly since the release of its Half Life 2 multiplayer mod Paleolithic Revolution in March 2007. Building on the conflict between one of the world’s most successful extinct species, the Neanderthal, and their natural enemy, man, Paleo Entertainment is creating games that will bring the fight between those ancient foes back into the present day – and beyond.

Paleo Entertainment to Develop New FPS powered by Crytek's CryENGINE ™ 2

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA / FRANKFURT, GERMANY, July 03, 2007 -- Paleo Entertainment, a new independent development studio based in San Diego, California , today announced the that they have begun developing an original FPS game entitled "Merchants of Brooklyn" which will be powered by the new CryENGINE 2(r) middleware from Crytek.

"Before licensing the CryENGINE 2(r) for our new project." said Troy Latimer, President of Paleo Entertainment. "we looked carefully at all our options, and concluded no other engine could produce the kind of AAA quality game we were aiming to develop, nor were any other toolsets as advanced or user friendly as the ones delivered with the CryENGINE 2(r). The combination of the best rendering and physics engine of any middleware available, together with the powerful Sandbox 2™ editing system, was what lead us to decide to license this technology from Crytek rather than attempt to develop an engine ourselves, or license something from another 3 rd party. With this agreement in place, we can immediately begin to move forward with prototyping our game, secure in the knowledge the engine will be able to handle everything we need, while the tools will give us the creative freedom to build the kind of next generation game no one has been able to make until now."

"We are very pleased to welcome Paleo Entertainment as our newest engine licensee and proud to be their technology partners" said Faruk Yerli, Managing Director of Crytek, "their bold ideas and unique art style showed us that they had the talent and vision to create something truly original which would stand out on its own merits, and also utilize many of the features of our engine in fresh and innovative ways."

About Crytek GmbH

Crytek GmbH ("Crytek") creator of the multiple award winning next-generation first person shooter Far Cry, and the upcoming blockbuster hit Crysis, is an interactive entertainment development company with its headquarters located in Frankfurt/Main, Germany and additional studios in Kiev, Ukraine and Budapest, Hungary. Crytek is dedicated to creating exceptionally high quality video games for the PC and next-generation consoles, powered by their proprietary cutting edge 3D-Game-Technology CryENGINE 2(r). For more information about Crytek, please visit http://www.crytek.com . Developers who are interested in obtaining a commercial license for the CryENGINE 2(r) middleware should mail their enquiries to cryengine@crytek..com

About Paleo Entertainment, LLC

Paleo Entertainment is an independent video game developer located in San Diego, California. From humble beginnings as a modding team, Paleo Entertainment has grown into a passionate team of AAA game developers. They are committed to the creation of fun and engaging next generation titles. Their upcoming FPS title, „Merchants of Brooklyn", will take advantage of CryTek's CryENGINE 2(r) to deliver engaging, fast-paced, futuristic mafia action mixed with Neanderthal vs. Cro-Magnon clones. For more information about Paleo Entertainment, visit www.paleoent.com.