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From: Xorg@cup.portal.com (Peter Ted Szymonik)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: EPYX software and Atari Corp.
Message-ID: <22392@cup.portal.com>
Date: 22 Sep 89 02:12:18 GMT
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 > STR NewsPlus
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   EPYX ANNOUNCES NEW DIRE TION FOR THE COMPANY
  
 Redwood City, CA., September 15, 1989
  
     Epyx Inc.  announced today  that the company is in the process of
 making an orderly transition from a  publisher of  computer software,
 who markets  and sells  it's own software, to a producer who develops
 software  for  affiliation  and/or  licensing  with   other  software
 publishers.
  
     Epyx just  recently released REVENGE OF DEFENDER and continues to
 develop product  for release  in 1990;  Ishido, the  oriental game of
 strategy introduced  at the Summer Consumer Electronics Show, will be
 released shortly.  The company also  plans to  continue their current
 product through the end of the year.
  
     "The NEW  Epyx will  be positioned  to take full advantage of the
 expansive video games industry,"  said Gilbert  K. Freeman, president
 and chief  executive officer of Epyx.  "As would be expected, we also
 intend to develop and license titles  for the  new Atari  Lynx, which
 was designed and developed here at Epyx."
  
 For further Information contact: Noreen Lovoi, 1-415-368-3200
  
     STReport provides  this release for a two fold purpose, first, to
 allow the users the opportunity to learn the "Epyx" story  first hand
 and second,  to dispel  any rumors  that may  have a tendency develop
 over the large employee layoff at  Epyx.   These events  will have no
 effect what-so-ever on the contemplated shipping date for the Lynx at
 the end of October.  The userbase may continue to count on seeing the
 Lynx in distribution for the holiday season, New York and Los Angeles
 will be first for Christmas,  with  more  markets  opening  after the
 Christmas holidays.
 09/18/89 STR (c)89