Art of Murder in North America; Code of Honor 2 Revealed
undertaking North American and Latin American distribution, as they plan on
bringing Art of Murder: FBI Confidential (story) to the
new world, along with the previously unannounced Code of Honor 2:WHITE
PLAINS, NEW YORK, May 19, 2008 –City Interactive, one of Poland’s largest games
developers and international multi-format publishers, announced today the
appointments of Gabriel Del Castillo to the position of CEO Americas and Lisa
Rivera as Vice President Sales North America as part of the company’s plans to
expand into North and Latin American markets. The company will launch its first
U.S. titles, the critically acclaimed PC adventure game Art of Murder: FBI
Confidential and Code of Honor 2, a first-person shooter for the PC, later this
summer.
“City Interactive is pleased to have such a great team in place to spearhead our
expansion,” said Marek Tyminski, CEO and Founder, City Interactive. “Because Art
of Murder is one of the best-selling adventure games in Europe and the
best-selling game in the history of our company, it’s a natural product for our
North American and Latin American launches.” City Interactive Americas is headed
by Gabriel Del Castillo, who has extensive experience working for IBM, Price
Waterhouse, Andersen Consulting and others.
“City Interactive’s culture of adapting to each market segment and capitalizing
on the economies of scale that our own globalization allows, gives us the edge
to successfully compete in these important markets,” said Del Castillo. “We are
starting with PC games, but we will soon establish the company as a
multiplatform publisher. With our global know-how and great game content, we’re
set to make an impact from the start.”
Lisa Rivera, who has worked for such noted video game companies such as Take Two
Interactive, Nintendo of America, Inc. and GT Interactive, brings twenty plus
years of video game industry sales and marketing experience to City
Interactive’s team of experts.
“City Interactive has a great team of people dedicated to making great games,”
said Rivera. “I am so excited to be a part of the team launching the company in
the U.S. and Canada. Our flagship title Art of Murder is sure to be a hit with
adventure gamers, and this is just the start of the great games the company will
offer.”
Based in Warsaw, Poland, City Interactive debuted on the Warsaw Stock Exchange
in November 2007 with much success. City Interactive aims to offer affordable
games for casual and special interest gamers with a wide range of titles for the
PC, Handhelds and Next-Gen consoles.
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