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Ellen Whitaker: The Horse Mystery is an Adventure game, developed and published by Global Software Publishing (GSP), which was released in Europe in 2007. Ellen Whitaker: The Horse Mystery also known as Springdale: The Horse Mystery, is a horse game where you play as Amanda alongside her horse Sapphire.
12th November 2008
Deep Silver, the games label of Koch Media, a leading producerand distributor of digital entertainment products, and the Frenchdeveloper Game Life are publishing a playable demo version of thenew title 'Ellen Whitaker's Horse Life', which is due to bereleased on PC, Nintendo DS, and Wii. Horse loverswill find the PC demo on the official website http://horselife.deepsilver.com under'Downloads'.
In the preliminary trial version of 'Ellen Whitaker's HorseLife', players get to complete various tasks. They are assignedtheir own horse and need to take good care of it. This includesmucking out the stall, brushing and grooming the animal, andfeeding it. They also take it on lovely rides through a gorgeouslandscape. Only a happy horse is able to perform at top level.Before taking their horses to the riding arena to practice variousdisciplines such as dressage and eventing, players can head to thetack store to buy some accessories for themselves and their horses,such as riding boots, helmets, ear nets, or saddlecloths. Once theyhave trained enough, young riders get to prove their expertise invarious competitions.
In Ellen Whitaker's Horse Life for Nintendo DS,Wii and PC players can select their horse from seven differentbreeds and can take care of it, train it and take part in variouscompetitions. The horse's behaviour is thereby depicted in alifelike way in real-time. All competitions such as dressage, showjumping and cross country are shown realistically. A gripping storyreally attracts the players to the screens and allows them toexperience many differing tasks in a wide range of variedlocations.
'Ellen Whitaker's Horse Life' will be released on the 28th ofNovember 2008, for Nintendo DS and the 12th of December 2008for Wii
For further information please visit http://horselife.deepsilver.com.
Deep Silver develops and distributes interactive games for allplatforms. The Deep Silver label means to captivate all computerand video gamers who enjoy and share a passion for thrillinggameplay in modern game worlds. Deep Silver works with its partnersto achieve a maximum of success while maintaining the highestpossible quality, always focusing on what the customer desires.Deep Silver products are designed to equally appeal toprofessionals and beginners, children and adults.
Deep Silver has published around 40 games since 2003, includingthe most successful adventure of 2006, Secret Files: Tun-guska, thebestseller ANNO 1701 (co-published with Sunflowers), thechallenging CrossworDS knowledge puzzle game, the horse simulationHorse Life DS, and the soccer MMO World of Soccer Online. Currentdevelopments include Warhammer - Battle March (incooperation with Namco Bandai), the action role-playing game Sacred2: Fallen Angel (in cooperation with Ascaron), S.T.A.L.K.E.R.:Clear Sky, the sinister Chernobyl shooter for PC, and the new gamefrom the Piranha Bytes team. Deep Silver's own developing studioopened in 2007. For more information please visit www.deepsilver.com
Koch Media is a leading producer and distributor of digitalentertainment products (software, games and movies on DVD). Thecompany's own sales activities, marketing and distribution extendthroughout Europe, and it has formed strategic alliances withnumerous software and games manufacturers: Ascaron, Braingame, D3P,G-Data, Gamelife, Kaspersky Lab, Lexware, Namco Bandai, Pinnacle,Square Enix, Sony Online Entertainment, System3, etc. Headquarteredin Planegg near Munich/Germany, Koch Media owns publishing anddistribution branches in Germany, England, France, Austria,Switzerland, Italy, Spain and the USA. www.kochmedia.com
Game Life is a dynamic independent videogame publisher, willingto release games with original concept, that are simply easy andfun to play. With its quality content and worldwide IP, Game Lifeteams are focusing their activities on next generation consolegames, working hard to offer the best gaming experience to the endusers.
NINTENDO DS, Wii AND THE Wii LOGO ARE TRADEMARKS OFNINTENDO.
For further information, please contact:
Koch Media / Deep Silver
Amy Curtin (a.curtin@kochmedia.com)
Head of Marketing and PR
Tel: ++44 870 027 6524
Christopher James Stevens (c.stevens@kochmedia.com)
Ellen Whitaker Pc Games On
Marketing Assistant
Ellen Whitaker Pc Gameplay
Tel: ++44 870 027 6505