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1C has held two big press events this June. One in North America – in San Francisco, the second one in Europe – in Prague. 1C has shown its key titles to be released in 2008 – 2009 including such games as 4x4 Hummer, Cryostasis: Sleep of Reason, Death Track: Resurrection, King's Bounty: the Legend, Men of War, NecroVisioN and two brand new console games - Captain Blood and IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey. To find more about coverage on these games please visit the news section and our forum.

The Death Track: Resurrection Hands-on is now available at IGN. Furious racing, combats and gathering power-ups across versions of Tokyo, Moscow, New York, Bangkok, Prague, Paris, London, Istanbul, San Diego and even Vatican City together with high detailed graphics can keep the player near the screen for many hours and provide overwhelming sense of déjà vu for the ones, who tried the original game in early 1990th. Also there are plenty of new screens and new video on our web-site.

1C Company announces the development of two brand new console games to be released in 2008 – 2009. These titles mark the first cross-platform games from 1C to be developed and published worldwide - Captain Blood, a pirate adventure with combat on land and the high-seas, and IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey, a brand new console version of the critically acclaimed combat flight simulation.

We are proud to announce that 1C Company has been selected as a finalist for the Publishing hero award at the Develop Industry Excellence Awards 2008 to be held at the Hilton Metropole, Brighton, UK on Wednesday 30th July 2008.

New screenshots from Men of War are published in the Gallery of the game. The set pictures weapons of 5 playable multiplayer nations from Russia, Germany, USA, the British Commonwealth and Japan in action. You can find the screenshots and their detailed description here.

Gry.o2.pl has published an interview with the developers of Captain Blood a new a hack'n'slash game by SeaWolf. The interview tells about two main characters, advanced fight system, modern graphics and many other features of Captain Blood. You can find the interview in English and Polish here.

RPG Vault has published an interview with 1C's International Sales Director Nikolay Baryshnikov. The interview unveils many questions regarding present situation in the Russian gaming industry and the marketing focus of 1C Company. Read the interview in English here.

Several musical themes from King's Bounty: The Legend are now available to download from the game's official site. Tracks capture the atmosphere from different locations and various game situations. You can find the tracks here. King's Bounty: The Legend is a top-selling and award-winning fantasy RPG with turn-based battle mode, which received an overall rating of more than 90% in major Russian specialized game media.

Gry.o2.pl published a detailed interview with the Apeiron team, developers of 7.62. 7.62 is a third-person view tactical strategy with many RPG elements and battle system that combines RTS dynamics with diverse opportunities of turn-based gameplay. Main character is a professional mercenary involved in the military conflict in an imaginary banana republic somewhere in Latin America. Please find the interview in English and Polish here.

1C Company announces that the video interview with the members of SoftLab-Nsk – the developers of Rig'n'Roll , the highly-anticipated truck simulator, is now available for download. Many details of the game and the stages of its development are unveiled in the interview. The video is Russian with English subtitles. The Rig'n'Roll video interview is available for download from the game's official site here and from 1C Company official site here. You can also watch the streaming video at the 1C's channel on YouTube here.

New eight screenshots from Men of War showing military vehicles, battle locations and landscapes are published in the Gallery of the game. You can find the screenshots and their detailed description here.

King's Bounty scored 90% and received the Editor's Choice Award in a 20-paged review in Best Computer Games magazine. "Incredibly charming game where not complicated rules come together with plenty opportunities, the story line parodies all the fantasy cliches ever, while the world lives its life and breathes. That is a true continuation of the legendary game unlike Heroes series and others", - says the first review.

1C Company proudly announces that Avalon Style Entertainment, the developers of an off-road driving simulation 4x4 Hummer and one of Russia’s leading developers of interactive entertainment, today announced that it has licensed Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 3 to develop the latest installment in its popular “4x4 Off Road” off-road driving simulation series for PC, Xbox 360™ and PLAYSTATION®3. “4х4 Off Road III” (international title, “Off Road Drive”), will be published by 1C Company.

New set of screenshots from Men of War showing the mission in North Africa is published in the Gallery of the game. You can find the screenshots and their description here.

King's Bounty: The Legend scored 93% and received the Editor's Choice Award on the top Russian gaming website AG.ru. "One will never want to leave from King's Bounty. It is impossible to spend just half an hour each day playing this game, because it takes you to bright fairy tale which is full of adventures. There were no such cozy and pleasant games for many years." You can find the whole review in Russian here.

Screenshots showing new features of Men of War are published in the Gallery of the game. You can find the pictures and their description here.

One of the leading Russian specialized magazines, PC Games, has published a cover story review on King’s Bounty: The Legend. The game scored 9.5 out of 10, received the Editor's Choice Award and was characterized as "a fabulous, heartfelt, high-grade project… Probably the game of the highest quality that ever came from Russia". "Special effects are splendid: every time your character casts a new spell on the battlefield that is simply amazing!"- adds the author. You can find the inside of the review (in Russian) here.

4x4: Hummer has been chosen as the Best Simulation Game at Gameland Award 2008 that was held in Russia, Moscow on April, 19. All the awards in this ceremony are based upon the people’s choice. 4x4 Hummer is an off road driving simulation where players can test drive a range of General Motors’ sports utility vehicles (SUV’s) across challenging and exciting locations including the Grand Canyon, Crimea, Egypt, Iceland and many more.

First details from Majesty 2, the game that is being produced by 1C and developed by 1C’s internal studio 1C:Ino-Co, are published on Gamespot. The interview uncovers the importance of keeping of the original Majesty’s atmosphere, the biggest and most important enhancements of Majesty 2 and other aspects of managing the kingdom full of unique characters. Please find full text of the interview here.

King’s Bounty scored 9.5 out of 10 in a review published on CRPG.ru. «The player finds himself immersed into the atmosphere of the game from the very beginning. This is a feeling of being in the real fairy tale», - says the review. «King’s Bounty: The Legend is an absolutely unique game, a true drug that simply can’t leave you insensible.» Full review in Russian can be found here.