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Futuremark Games Studio Announces Unstoppable Gorg for PC, Xbox LIVE Arcade and iPad

Thrilling Space Defense Game to be Published by Headup Games

JULY 19, 1954 - URGENT TRANSMISSION FROM ECHO STATION

For the attention of President Culver:

GORG ARMADA LEAVING PLANET X -(STOP)- ATTACK ON EARTH IMMINENT
-(STOP)- PREPARE DEFENSES -(STOP)- RECONNAISSANCE FOOTAGE AND
INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING POSTED ON SPACEWIRE -(STOP)-

PRESIDENTIAL BRIEFING

Futuremark Games Studio presents Unstoppable Gorg, a thrilling new space defense game coming to PC, Xbox LIVE Arcade and iPad. In Unstoppable Gorg you defend our solar system from the relentless march of a fearsome alien race by sending satellites into orbit around planets, moons and space stations. Unlike other tower defense style games, in Unstoppable Gorg you can move your satellites even after you have placed them. When the Gorg armada attacks you can move your satellites around their orbits to best defend against each wave, a convention defying mechanic that brings new vitality and interaction to the tower defense genre.

NEWSREEL - "IT'S WAR!"

Futuremark Games Studio presents this newsreel to inform the public about the Gorg threat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9PFTpIend0

AMAZING FEATURES

• PROTECT our solar system from the Gorg in a thrilling space defense game


• SATELLITES in orbit replace the towers and grid layout used in other TD games


• MOVE satellites around their orbits to create the best defense for each wave


• GLORIOUS 3D graphics for added impact, not a sprite in sight


• AUTHENTIC homage to the sci-fi films of the 1940s and 50s


• PROPAGANDA

Jaakko Haapasalo, Director of Defense at Futuremark Games Studio tells reporters, "With Unstoppable Gorg we have been inspired by classic sci-fi films to create a game of flying saucers, rubbery aliens, dodgy effects and earnest heroes. Unstoppable Gorg builds on the core tower defense mechanics that fans love while shattering the genre's conventions to provide exciting new experiences."

Michael Zolna, Minister of Information at Headup Games further adds, "We are very pleased to continue our successful cooperation with Futuremark Games Studio.

Unstoppable Gorg is a highly original tower defense style game with a novel sci-fi
setting that will teleport the genre into unimagined territory."

PLANET X - ASTONISHING DISCOVERY OR UNIMAGINABLE THREAT?

Planet X was hypothesized in 1906 by Percival Lowell, the astronomer infamous for popularizing the "canals" of Mars. Lowell figured that a new planet beyond Neptune would explain the discrepancies in the orbits of the outer gas giants. The search for the mysterious Planet X continued even after the discovery of Pluto in 1930.

The breakthrough came in 1951. A deep space survey ship discovered Planet X far beyond the orbit of Neptune. Even more astonishing, the planet was inhabited. Ships were sent with Earth's greetings yet as they neared the strange planet the Gorg launched a vast armada, thousands of flying saucers on a direct course with Earth destroying everything in their path.

COUNTDOWN TO CONFLICT

Unstoppable Gorg, developed by Futuremark Games Studio and published by Headup Games, will be available for PC, Xbox LIVE Arcade and iPad.

SUPPORT OUR TROOPS - JOIN THE DEFENSE

Spacewire http://www.unstoppablegorg.com
Spacebook http://www.facebook.com/unstoppablegorg
Surveillance http://www.youtube.com/user/futuremarktv
Telegram service http://twitter.com/futuremarkgames

### PRESS RELEASE ENDS ###

INFORMATION FOR RESPONSIBLE REPORTERS

President Culver expects everyone to support the Earth allies' defense against the
Gorg threat. Avoid causing unnecessary public panic by respecting the official
embargo and refraining from publishing sensitive information before July 19.

Gamescom defense planning
Futuremark Games Studio and Headup Games will be at Gamescom from
August 17-21 to brief journalists on the Gorg threat with exclusive live reports from the front lines. Contact Director of Defense Jaakko Haapasalo on jhaapasa [at] futuremark [dot] com to book your meeting.

Planet X - The historical record
The search for Planet X continued well after the discovery of Pluto. In fact, it wasn't until as recently as 1993, after new measurements of Neptune's mass were taken by Voyager 2, that the theory was finally disproved.

Fun facts about the "It's War!" trailer
Look closely during the armada clip and you will see the strings holding the flying
saucers in place for the camera. Unstoppable Gorg is a lovingly crafted homage to a great era of sci-fi. The artists at Futuremark Games Studio are recreating the special effects techniques of the time in-game and focusing their full attention on every detail of this period sci-fi experience.

The trailer was made mainly from clips of public domain archive footage from the
war time era. The Internet Archive http://www.archive.org/ is a fantastic resource for such material and Futuremark encourages people to create their own mash-ups and remixes using the "It's War!" trailer and other clips freely available from the site.

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