KKnD, the latest game from new label Melbourne House, has received its first indications of strong international demand, with the title entering German Games Retail Sales charts straight at number 1. Germany is the largest and most competitive market for computer games outside of the United States.
The top five positions on the German 'Media Markt' chart for the week ending 21st March 1997 are:
1.   | (--) KKnD |
2. | ( 1) Command & Conquer 2 - Alarmstufe Rot (Red Alert) |
3. | ( 3) Grand Prix 2 |
4. | ( 5) Tomb Raider |
5. | ( 4) Master of Orion 2 |
The 'Media Markt' Charts reflect sales figures from one of the largest computer retail chains in Germany. Media Markt has over 75 stores selling computer game software in Germany. Melbourne House is the publishing imprint for Beam International Limited.
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"We are extremely proud of this achievement in Germany. It is gratifying to see people obviously enjoying our games, especially considering the excellent titles we are competing with. We always hoped that KKnD would become an international Top Ten title." commented Adam Lancman, Beam International's Managing Director.
Krush Kill N Destroy was developed in Australia by Beam Software and is a real time strategy wargame for the PC CD-ROM. Its release has seen the re-emergence of the Melbourne House publishing label which dominated in the early 80's with titles such as "Way of the Exploding Fist" and "The Hobbit". Melbourne House titles are distributed internationally by Electronic Arts Inc., the world's largest games publishing and distribution company. More information about Electronic Arts can be obtained on the Internet at:
http://www.ea.com.
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