Shattered Suns Now Available on Direct2Drive (PC)

The real-time strategy title is available for immediate download in conjunction with its retail release.
Official Press Release | Aug. 19, 2008

Direct2Drive, IGN Entertainment's digital retail store, today announced that Shattered Suns is now available for digital download in conjunction with its retail release. Starting today, users can go directly to Direct2Drive and immediately download Shattered Suns, the latest title from Clear Crown Studios.

Shattered Suns is a real-time strategy title that allows gamers to command a fleet of custom-designed space ships in exciting 3-dimensional battles amid the ever-changing battlefield of orbiting planets and moons. Shattered Suns is unlike any real-time strategy game loaded with revolutionary new features and strategic depth.

"We are very excited to offer Shattered Suns available for digital distribution on the day that the game releases into retail," said Chas. Cooper, Founder of Clear Crown Studios. "By providing gamers the ability to purchase through Direct2Drive, we are working with a trusted leader in the industry giving our fans the best experience possible in downloading our games."

"Direct2Drive is dedicated to working closely with independent developers and publishers like Clear Crown Studios to provide our customers with the broadest selection of great PC games on the exact day they are released at retail," said Sutton Trout, VP of digital content for IGN Entertainment. "We are happy to offer Shattered Suns in our ever-expanding library of premier titles."

Since the site's launch in October 2004, more than one million games have been downloaded on Direct2Drive, and the site enables gamers to conveniently purchase and download the latest premium games and expansion packs from the world's top publishers.

Consumers can download Shattered Suns today at http://www.direct2drive.com. Shattered Suns is rated E10+ by ESRB with an MSRP of $39.99 (USD).

About Direct2Drive

Direct2Drive (D2D) is IGN Entertainment's digital download store (http://www.direct2drive.com). Launched in October 2004, D2D allows consumers to conveniently purchase and download the latest premium PC games, comics and anime titles directly from the Web to their desktops. D2D's AAA roster of leading game publishers includes Atari, Activision, Blizzard Entertainment, Electronic Arts, NCsoft, Rockstar Games, SEGA, Sony Online Entertainment, THQ, 2K Games, Ubisoft and Vivendi Universal Games.

About IGN Entertainment

IGN Entertainment, a unit of Fox Interactive Media, Inc., is a leading Internet media and services provider focused on the videogame and entertainment enthusiast markets. Collectively, IGN's properties reached more than 30 million unique users worldwide in the month of June 2008, according to Internet audience measurement firm comScore Media Metrix. IGN's network of videogame-related properties (IGN.com, GameSpy, FilePlanet, TeamXbox, Direct2Drive and others), is the Web's number one videogame information destination and attracts one of the largest concentrated audiences of young males on the Internet. IGN also owns and operates the popular movie-related website, Rotten Tomatoes and one of the leading male lifestyle Websites, AskMen.com. In addition, IGN provides technology for online game play in videogames. IGN is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, with offices throughout the U.S. and in Montreal.

About Clear Crown Studios

Based in Burlingame, California, Clear Crown Studios develops and publishes computer games. For more information, visit http://www.clearcrownstudios.com.
via GameSpy