Cavedog Entertainment's Total Annihilation: Kingdoms Captures Top Spot on PC Data's Sales Charts

Business Wire, July 20, 1999

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 20, 1999--

Best Selling CD-ROM Game Ranked No. 1 in Game Software Sales;

No. 2 Among All Software Sales

Cavedog Entertainment, a wholly owned subsidiary of GT Interactive Software Corp. (Nasdaq:GTIS), today announced that its highly anticipated fantasy, real-time strategy game Total Annihilation(R): Kingdoms(tm) has captured and maintained the no. 1 spot on PC Data's best selling game charts since its release in late June. In addition, according to PC Data whose monitored retailers account for 80 percent of sales in the software industry, Total Annihilation: Kingdoms has become the no. 2 best selling title among all software sales, behind Norton Antivirus 5.0.

"We couldn't be more pleased with the success of Total Annihilation: Kingdoms," said Ron Gilbert, co-founder and creative director, Cavedog Entertainment. "But, for our fans, the fun has just begun. In Cavedog Entertainment's trademark style, fans will be able to regularly visit www.cavedog.com to download new fully functional battle units, maps and other goodies that add to the game for free."

Total Annihilation: Kingdoms

As the second title in Cavedog Entertainment's Total Annihilation series of real-time strategy games, Total Annihilation: Kingdoms quickly involves players in a pitched battle for dominion over the mythical world of Darien. Players find themselves controlling one of four unique races, each with dozens of units at its command, such as dragons, knights, trolls and giants. As the immortal monarch of one of these races, each player builds armies, hones magic skills, and wages war in an effort to wrest supreme power from their enemies.

Total Annihilation: Kin50 wandering monsters and non-player characters that populate the world of Darien. Fans of single player gaming will be treated to an innovative twist in the "Campaign" which are interspersed with dozens of cinematic cut-scenes. Cavedog Entertainment has also included 30 multiplayer maps that players can utilize in both "Skirmish" and "eatures Cartographer, the game's powerful map aAnnihilation: Kingdoms PC CD-ROM is available now in stores nationwide for an estimated street price of $44.9system requirements are a 233MHz Pentium PC sysinment

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