Gaming News - January 2006

Montreal, Canada (January 16, 2006) - Meridian4 today announced the signing of a publishing agreement with Cinemax to bring Daemonica to North America.

“We are excited to sign an agreement with Meridian4 and get our game, Daemonica into the North American market. We are confident in Meridian4’s abilities to deliver and are thrilled with this opportunity.” said Lukas Macura, CEO of Cinemax.

“Meridian4 is pleased to be able to bring this unique mystery adventure to North America. We were intrigued by the game’s subject matter and storyline and knew that it would appeal to adventure gamers.” said Andrew Sher, CEO at Meridian4, “Daemonica has all the trappings of a great murder mystery with a whole lot of twists.”

From Meridian4:

Daemonica is an intriguing 3D interactive murder mystery that offers everything that adventure gamers appreciate - immersive storyline with unexpected twists, extensive dialogues with believable characters, puzzles and both mandatory and optional quests.

Set in the medieval England it tells a story of Nicholas Farepoynt, an investigator who can talk to the Dead. Throughout the game you will explore the gloomy surroundings of the slowly dying city of Cavorn, make sacrifices, talk to both living and dead characters, fight and punish those who deserve it, gather information, collect herbs and make potions to enhance your senses and slowly discover what role you play in all of this. As you strive to solve the murder of a young girl, more dead appear and the town starts to slowly slip into insanity. A grim, long-forgotten secret, something that should never see the light of day again slowly awakes...

· Engaging and immersive storyline
· Detailed and realistic 3D environments
· Enhanced environmental effects
· Intriguing characters with unique personalities
· Easy to control, yet thrilling action fights
· Potion-making, raising of the Dead
· Optional quests and various endings