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SEGA Alliance Rolls Out Flannel Carpet for Jack Lumber
First SEGA Alliance Title—Jack Lumber by Owlchemy Labs—Launches Today
SAN FRANCISCO & LONDON - August 16, in the year of our
Lord 2012 - SEGA® of America Inc. and SEGA® Europe Ltd.
today announced the formation of a new publishing initiative,
SEGA Alliance. The SEGA Alliance will focus on publishing mobile
games made by independent developers. The SEGA Alliance will
provide participating developers with comprehensive marketing
and production support as well as creative consultation. SEGA
Alliance’s first title, Jack Lumber, developed by Owlchemy Labs,
launched today on iPad®, iPhone® and iPod touch® worldwide.
Jack Lumber tells the tale of a supernatural lumberjack out to
exact revenge on the forest after a tree killed his granny.
Players will massacre the forest in this time-warping
line-drawing pun-filled mashup from Owlchemy Labs, the
scientists of mobile gaming who create award-winning absurdist
mobile hits like Snuggle Truck.
“SEGA has been a major player in the mobile games landscape for
years and we’ve had tremendous success bringing our iconic
franchises to smartphones and tablets,” said Chris Olson, vice
president of digital business at SEGA. “With SEGA Alliance,
we’re looking forward to sharing that success with talented
developers like Owlchemy Labs by introducing new and unique
games, such as Jack Lumber, to the market. Now if you’ll excuse
me, I have some trees to destroy.”
“We’re very excited about being the first developer to partner
with SEGA Alliance,” said Alex Schwartz, chief scientist at
Owlchemy Labs. “We’ll be able to introduce Jack Lumber to a much
wider audience than we’d originally hoped thanks to the
resources provided by SEGA Alliance. Working with SEGA has been
the opposite of dealing with a lumbering bureaucracy. We just
focused on making a great game. Now Jack Lumber is branching out
across mobile devices and players worldwide can show those
treacherous trees who’s boss!”
Jack Lumber is available on the
iTunes App Store for $1.99, with a special launch price of
$0.99 for a limited time.
For more information visit
http://JackLumberGame.com.
About Owlchemy Labs
Owlchemy Labs is a Boston, Massachusetts based independent game
developer focusing on absurd and highly polished games for all
platforms. With shipped titles on iOS, Android, Blackberry, and
Steam, Owlchemy Labs conducts science over at
www.owlchemylabs.com.
About SEGA® of America, Inc.
SEGA® of America, Inc. is the American arm of Tokyo, Japan-based
SEGA® Corporation, a worldwide leader in interactive
entertainment both inside and outside the home. The company
develops, publishes and distributes interactive entertainment
software products for a variety of hardware platforms including
PC, wireless devices, and those manufactured by Nintendo,
Microsoft and Sony Computer Entertainment. SEGA®’s global
website is located at
www.sega.com.