REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--EA Partners, a division of Electronic Arts Inc. NASDAQ:ERTS and
award-winning independent development studio Klei Entertainment
announced today an exclusive publishing agreement to bring the
provocative new game Shank to Xbox LIVE® Arcade,
PlayStation®Network and PC this summer. Featuring a unique art style
inspired by graphic novels and golden age comics, Shank blends
the intensity of classic 2D side-scrolling action games with a gripping
and mature storyline. The cinematic brawler is a finalist for
“Excellence in Visual Art” at this year’s Independent Games Festival and
will be featured at the IGF Pavilion during the Game Developers
Conference in San Francisco next week.
“Our mission at EA Partners is to work with the best talent across the
game industry, and we are thrilled to extend our expertise to the
leading creative developers in downloadable indie games”
“Our mission at EA Partners is to work with the best talent across the
game industry, and we are thrilled to extend our expertise to the
leading creative developers in downloadable indie games,” said Jamil
Moledina, Outreach Director, Business Development at EA Partners. “The
team at Klei Entertainment is among the best in the world at developing
fun and engaging titles for digital distribution platforms, and Shank
is an amazing experience.”
“As an independent development studio, we always focus on creating
great, authentic experiences for players. Working with EA Partners
expands our distribution and allows us to bring Shank to a much
wider audience,” said Jamie Cheng, CEO of Klei Entertainment. “They have
been a fantastic partner and their understanding of the space is
incredibly exciting.”
Taking place in a stylized, modern-Western setting, Shank tells a
classic betrayal story directed through a sophisticated cinematic lens,
with addictive action gameplay found in classic 2D side-scrolling games.
Klei Entertainment was represented in the deal by CAA. For more
information on Shank, please visit www.shankgame.com
and follow the development team on Twitter at www.twitter.com/klei.
About Klei Entertainment
Founded in 2005, Klei Entertainment is an award-winning game development
studio based in Vancouver, British Columbia with both the technical and
creative capabilities to create original and lasting properties on all
platforms. Klei combines world-class talent and passion to craft great
games with memorable characters that appeal to a wide range of
audiences. It has developed and published games for the PC,
PlayStation®Network and Xbox
LIVE® Arcade. To learn more about the Klei team and its latest
projects, visit www.kleientertainment.com.
About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts Inc. EA, headquartered in Redwood City, California, is
a leading global interactive entertainment software company. Founded in
1982, the Company develops, publishes, and distributes interactive
software worldwide for video game systems, personal computers, wireless
devices and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under
four brand names: EATM, EA SPORTSTM, EA Mobile TM
and POGOTM. In fiscal 2009, EA posted GAAP net revenue of
$4.2 billion and had 31 titles that sold more than one million copies.
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