Vogster Reveals Exclusive Digital Distribution Packages for CrimeCraft

Value-Packed Programs Offer Coveted In-Game Apparel, Enhancements and Early Access

NEW YORK, NY, August 5, 2009 –Vogster Entertainment, LLC, an international innovator in video game design and content, today announced details behind its customized online programs in support of CrimeCraft, the company’s highly anticipated Persistent World Next-gen Shooter (PWNS). 

In addition to the exclusive retail package with Best Buy (and Future Shop in Canada), there are a variety of options on where and how to get your hands on the digital version of CrimeCraft either as a pre-order or when it launches in North America on August 25th, 2009. Each distribution partner offers its own set of exclusive in-game incentives:

CrimeCraft.com:

§         ‘V Dust Super Boost’ – boosts weapon damage, accuracy, resistances and health by 15% for 5 rounds

§         Limited edition Atticus t-shirt for your avatar;

§         Exclusive CrimeCraft shirt for your avatar.

Pre-Order from CrimeCraft.com and get all the great launch items plus:

§         Another hit of ‘V Dust Super Boost’ – boosts weapon damage, accuracy, resistances and health by 15% for 5 rounds.

§         Access to open beta, and entry into the game three days prior to launch

Direct2Drive (IGN):

§         ‘IGNphetamines Super Boost’ – boosts your weapon damage and accuracy by 25% for 5 rounds;

§         Limited edition Atticus t-shirt for your avatar;

§         Exclusive “Jess’ Hope” shirt designed by IGN.

Pre-order from Direct2Drive and get all the great launch items plus:

§         Another hit of ‘IGNphetamines Super Boost’ – boosts weapon accuracy and damage by 25% for 5 rounds.

§         Access to open beta, and entry into the game three days prior to launch

Steam:

§          ‘Steamrolls Super Boost’ – boosts your weapon damage and accuracy by 30% and all resistance 20% for 5 rounds;

§         Limited edition Atticus t-shirt for your avatar;

§         Limited edition Ecko Unltd. t-shirt designed by fashion icon Marc Ecko for your avatar.

BestBuy.com Digital (same offer as the Best Buy/Future Shop retail exclusive):

§         Best Buy Discount Card that saves you 15% at all in-game item vendor shops;

§         Combat Backpack that doubles your carrying capacity;

§         Limited edition Atticus t-shirt for your avatar;

§         Limited edition Ecko Unltd. t-shirt designed by fashion icon Marc Ecko for your avatar.

Pre-Order from BestBuy.com and get all the great launch items plus:

§         Limited edition Ecko Unltd. shoes designed by fashion icon Marc Ecko that increase the movement speed of your character by 20% inside the city areas;

§         Access to open beta, and entry into game three days prior to launch.

Available in North America on August 25, 2009 for a suggested retail price of $49.95, all versions of CrimeCraft will include two months of premium subscription time and a stipend of gold bars that can be used for in-game micro-transactions to outfit your character in the latest fashion. After the included two month subscription time has expired, there will be a low monthly fee of $9.99 that provides continued access to the game as well as a monthly allotment of gold bars. In addition to providing a persistent world with a secure and developer-managed gaming environment, CrimeCraft will continue to evolve and grow after launch with an aggressive addition of content including: new weapons, combat areas, skills, gameplay types and monthly contests for significant real world and virtual prizes.

CrimeCraft is a Persistent World Next-gen Shooter (PWNS) that blends a gripping, action-packed shooter experience with the best community and role-playing elements found in massively multi-player games.  CrimeCraft is set in a gritty fictional city of the near future, following an ecological disaster of unprecedented scale, where the price of life is far less valuable than one’s reputation. Join thousands of players online as you learn the rules of the street, build your own gang and do whatever it takes to survive amidst the chaos. 

Earn a reputation.  Build a gang.  Kill the competition.  For more information, please visit www.crimecraft.com.

About Vogster Entertainment

Established in September 2005, Vogster Entertainment, LLC, is a venture-funded, independent entertainment company that delivers high quality, inspiring and creative content for all major gaming platforms, leveraging opportunities that tie into refreshing themes and brands relevant to gamers.  The international company is headquartered in the New York City metropolitan area and has offices in Chicago and Eastern Europe, where it employs nearly 200 talented industry professionals with multiple awards and top-selling games to their collective credit. Vogster is currently working on the Persistent World Next-Gen Shooter (PWNS) CrimeCraft, the comic-book inspired arcade brawler Unbound Saga and two sequels to their acclaimed cartoon-strategy series Robocalypse. For more information, visit www.vogster.com.

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