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stormiestlWar on Terror now stops babies from flying http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050815/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/no_fly_babies (Give me a break. They need to include some biographical information on the folks on their fly ban list.)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Direct Inquiries to:
Philippe Boulle
Marketing Director, White Wolf Publishing
prboulle@white-wolf.com
Arthaus Reverts Rights to RAVENLOFT® and GAMMA WORLD® to Wizards of the Coast
Sword & Sorcery Studios to release electronic manuscript for
VAN RICHTEN'S GUIDE TO THE MISTS
Atlanta, GA and Renton, WA; August 15, 2005
— Arthaus Publishing, Inc. and Wizards of the Coast, Inc. today
announced that they have reached an agreement for the reversion of
rights to the RAVENLOFT and GAMMA WORLD campaign settings. Wizards of
the Coast has tentatively agreed to allow White Wolf, which solicits
and sells all Arthaus products, to continue to sell back stock in both
lines under its Sword & Sorcery umbrella brand through June of
2006.
This reversion means that the RAVENLOFT supplement Van Richten's Guide to the Mists
will not see print. Sword & Sorcery Studios will release the
unproofed manuscript (by authors Carla Hollar and Rucht Lilavivat and
outgoing developers Jackie Cassada and Nicky Rea) as a free download
available at <
http://www.swordsorcery.com/>. The manuscript will be available this September.
"It
has been a pleasure to publish and work on these two classic
properties," said Stewart Wieck, Managing Editor of Sword & Sorcery
Studios. "These are icons of the RPG culture, and I think we did them
justice, added to their lore, and gave them a fresh treatment for this
generation of gamers."
Arthaus Publishing licensed the rights to RAVENLOFT, the
gothic horror brand of DUNGEONS & DRAGONS®, in 2001 and—under the
Sword & Sorcery banner—has released 19 different products in the
line over the last four years. Van Richten's Guide to the Mists was to
be the twentieth product in the line. Arthaus licensed GAMMA WORLD in
2002 and released six products in the line.
"Sword & Sorcery has done a great job with both lines,"
said Rich Redman, Wizards of the Coast's Assistant Brand Manager for
Licensing. "We never had any doubts that these lines were in good
hands."
About Sword & Sorcery Studios:
An imprint of White Wolf Publishing, publisher of the popular World of Darkness® and Exalted®
properties, Sword & Sorcery Studios exists to publish under Wizards
of the Coast's Open Gaming License. Sword & Sorcery launched with
the smash Creature Collection™ series and the popular Scarred Lands™
fantasy setting, and has since become the umbrella brand under which
several independent studios publish some or all of their output. These
studios include Necromancer Games, Malhavoc Press, Goodman Games, and
Guardians Of Order. Sword & Sorcery has also created tabletop
roleplaying games based on popular computer games such as Sony Online
Entertainment's EverQuest® and Blizzard Entertainment's World of Warcraft®. For more information, visit <http://www.swordsorcery.com
>.
About Arthaus:
Arthaus Publishing is the
special projects publisher partnered with White Wolf Publishing. Under
the Arthaus banner, White Wolf creators and partners have published a
diverse array of games. Arthaus products include the upcoming fifth
edition of Pendragon™, Paragon Games' The Secret of Zir'An™, and the upcoming constructible card game Racer Knights of Falconus™. All Arthaus products are solicited by White Wolf Publishing. For more information, visit <
http://www.arthausgames.com/>.
About Wizards of the Coast:
Wizards
of the Coast, Inc., a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE: HAS), is a
worldwide leader in the trading card game and tabletop roleplaying game
categories, and a leading developer and publisher of game-based
entertainment products. The company holds an exclusive patent on
trading card games (TCGs) and their method of play and produces the
premier trading card game, Magic: The Gathering®, among many other
trading card games and family card and board games. Wizards is also a
leading publisher of roleplaying games, such as Dungeons &
Dragons®, and publisher of fantasy series fiction with numerous New
York Times best-sellers. For more information, visit <
http://www,wizards.com/>.
Dungeons
& Dragons, D&D, Ravenloft, Gamma World and Magic: The Gathering
are registered trademarks of Wizards of the Coast in the USA and other
countries. White Wolf, World of Darkness and Exalted are registered
trademarks, and Sword & Sorcery Studios, Creature Collection and
Scarred Lands are trademarks of White Wolf Publishing, Inc. All rights
reserved. Arthaus, Pendragon, Racer Knights and Racer Knights of
Falconus are trademarks of Arthaus Publishing, Inc. All rights
reserved. EverQuest and EverQuest II are registered trademarks of Sony
Online Entertainment, Inc. World of Warcraft is a registered trademark
of Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.
Direct Inquiries to:
Philippe Boulle
Marketing Director, White Wolf Publishing
prboulle@white-wolf.com
Arthaus Reverts Rights to RAVENLOFT® and GAMMA WORLD® to Wizards of the Coast
Sword & Sorcery Studios to release electronic manuscript for
VAN RICHTEN'S GUIDE TO THE MISTS
Atlanta, GA and Renton, WA; August 15, 2005
— Arthaus Publishing, Inc. and Wizards of the Coast, Inc. today
announced that they have reached an agreement for the reversion of
rights to the RAVENLOFT and GAMMA WORLD campaign settings. Wizards of
the Coast has tentatively agreed to allow White Wolf, which solicits
and sells all Arthaus products, to continue to sell back stock in both
lines under its Sword & Sorcery umbrella brand through June of
2006.
This reversion means that the RAVENLOFT supplement Van Richten's Guide to the Mists
will not see print. Sword & Sorcery Studios will release the
unproofed manuscript (by authors Carla Hollar and Rucht Lilavivat and
outgoing developers Jackie Cassada and Nicky Rea) as a free download
available at <
http://www.swordsorcery.com/>. The manuscript will be available this September.
"It
has been a pleasure to publish and work on these two classic
properties," said Stewart Wieck, Managing Editor of Sword & Sorcery
Studios. "These are icons of the RPG culture, and I think we did them
justice, added to their lore, and gave them a fresh treatment for this
generation of gamers."
Arthaus Publishing licensed the rights to RAVENLOFT, the
gothic horror brand of DUNGEONS & DRAGONS®, in 2001 and—under the
Sword & Sorcery banner—has released 19 different products in the
line over the last four years. Van Richten's Guide to the Mists was to
be the twentieth product in the line. Arthaus licensed GAMMA WORLD in
2002 and released six products in the line.
"Sword & Sorcery has done a great job with both lines,"
said Rich Redman, Wizards of the Coast's Assistant Brand Manager for
Licensing. "We never had any doubts that these lines were in good
hands."
About Sword & Sorcery Studios:
An imprint of White Wolf Publishing, publisher of the popular World of Darkness® and Exalted®
properties, Sword & Sorcery Studios exists to publish under Wizards
of the Coast's Open Gaming License. Sword & Sorcery launched with
the smash Creature Collection™ series and the popular Scarred Lands™
fantasy setting, and has since become the umbrella brand under which
several independent studios publish some or all of their output. These
studios include Necromancer Games, Malhavoc Press, Goodman Games, and
Guardians Of Order. Sword & Sorcery has also created tabletop
roleplaying games based on popular computer games such as Sony Online
Entertainment's EverQuest® and Blizzard Entertainment's World of Warcraft®. For more information, visit <http://www.swordsorcery.com
>.
About Arthaus:
Arthaus Publishing is the
special projects publisher partnered with White Wolf Publishing. Under
the Arthaus banner, White Wolf creators and partners have published a
diverse array of games. Arthaus products include the upcoming fifth
edition of Pendragon™, Paragon Games' The Secret of Zir'An™, and the upcoming constructible card game Racer Knights of Falconus™. All Arthaus products are solicited by White Wolf Publishing. For more information, visit <
http://www.arthausgames.com/>.
About Wizards of the Coast:
Wizards
of the Coast, Inc., a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE: HAS), is a
worldwide leader in the trading card game and tabletop roleplaying game
categories, and a leading developer and publisher of game-based
entertainment products. The company holds an exclusive patent on
trading card games (TCGs) and their method of play and produces the
premier trading card game, Magic: The Gathering®, among many other
trading card games and family card and board games. Wizards is also a
leading publisher of roleplaying games, such as Dungeons &
Dragons®, and publisher of fantasy series fiction with numerous New
York Times best-sellers. For more information, visit <
http://www,wizards.com/>.
Dungeons
& Dragons, D&D, Ravenloft, Gamma World and Magic: The Gathering
are registered trademarks of Wizards of the Coast in the USA and other
countries. White Wolf, World of Darkness and Exalted are registered
trademarks, and Sword & Sorcery Studios, Creature Collection and
Scarred Lands are trademarks of White Wolf Publishing, Inc. All rights
reserved. Arthaus, Pendragon, Racer Knights and Racer Knights of
Falconus are trademarks of Arthaus Publishing, Inc. All rights
reserved. EverQuest and EverQuest II are registered trademarks of Sony
Online Entertainment, Inc. World of Warcraft is a registered trademark
of Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.
