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| Astraware Rolls Out GTS Racing Challenge for Pocket PC Platform Handhelds
Astraware Rolls Out GTS Racing Challenge for Pocket PC Platform Handhelds; Astraware Delivers Pazzazz Games' Critically-Acclaimed 3D Auto Racing Game to Pocket PC Devices THE MIDLANDS, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 21, 2003--Astraware Ltd and Pazzazz Games are launching a new Pocket PC version of the popular Palm OS auto racing game, GTS Racing Challenge. The game is a 3D racing game that delivers console-quality visuals and game-play to Pocket PC handhelds. BizVantage – Beyond the news: indepth on business, investment and technology. After GTS Racing Challenge was first released, the media universally applauded the game for its excellent graphics and game-play. BargainPDA commented, "Astraware is behind another great game -- this time it's the best looking racing game the Palm OS has ever seen," while Aximsite remarked, "No other racing games that are currently available on Pocket PC even come close to this one." The game-play of GTS Racing Challenge is similar to SNES/Game Boy Advance titles like F-Zero or Mario Kart, but with large, realistic car sprites rendered in full color from 3D models. Both the players' view and cars are free to rotate in 3D, and the raceway is fully texture-mapped. The cars race along roadways with photo-realistic skylines. The game offers a wide variety of racing options, including 32 separate racetracks and three different super-charged models of GTS race cars. Players will enjoy power sliding around corners, skidding into a U-turn for a sudden change of direction, or even cranking the wheel and "doing doughnuts" on the spot. Taken together, these features put GTS Racing Challenge at the cutting edge of PDA games. "GTS Racing Challenge has already wowed the media and consumers alike as the most playable and thrilling car racing game available for the Palm OS," said Howard Tomlinson, Astraware's CEO. "Bringing this title to Pocket PCs will excite fans who have been eagerly awaiting the first quality race driving game for the platform." Astraware has long been recognized as one of the top producers of PDA games while Pazzazz Games enjoys a solid reputation for developing 3D games for console game systems and PDAs. Astraware and Pazzazz Games first worked together in 2002 to develop a more advanced racing game than had ever before been available for Palm Powered(TM) handhelds, resulting in the launch of the original GTS Racing Challenge for Palm OS in February of 2003. GTS Racing Challenge is priced at US$17.95 at Astraware's Web site, www.astraware.com. About Astraware Ltd. Founded in 1994, Astraware Ltd. licenses, develops and publishes high quality games for handheld computers. The company provides a range of products, including the popular Zap!2000 and Bejeweled, which was named as the "Best Handheld Game for 2001" by Handheld Computing Magazine. Handheld gaming enthusiasts have downloaded more than a million copies of Astraware's products, and the company has customers in over 100 countries. Astraware currently offers over fifty of the best game titles for handheld platforms, both from its award winning in-house gaming development department and by building successful partnerships with a over a dozen companies worldwide. For more information, contact CEO Howard Tomlinson at howard@astraware.com or visit www.astraware.com. About Pazzazz Games Founded in 2001 by industry veterans Andy Wilton and Jim Gardner, Pazzazz Games is an independent developer of games for handheld systems. Pazzazz team members have worked on a wide range of platforms including Amiga, PC, PSX, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance, creating games such as the critically-acclaimed helicopter action titles Zeewolf and Zeewolf II. Other credits include Star Trek: New Worlds (Virgin), B-17 II -- The Mighty Eighth (Rage), AirForce Delta (Konami) and the NFL Blitz series (Midway). For more information, contact Andy Wilton at andy@pazzazzgames.com or visit www.pazzazzgames.com. Palm OS is a registered trademark of Palm, Inc. All other products, services and company names are trademarks, registered trademarks or services marks of their respective owners.
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