14th Sep 2005

Nottingham, England. Linux Game Publishing and Egosoft today announce
plans to bring Egosoft's award winning game X2: The Threat to the
Linux platform.

X2: The Threat is the most involving and exciting space game available
today, with open ended gameplay allowing the player to experience an
immersive universe in many different ways. Groundbreaking AI and
spectacular graphics take the genre of space flight to a new level,
providing almost unlimited replayability.

X2 was released for Windows in 2004, and is due for Linux in Q4 2005

For more information please see
http://www.egosoft.com/games/x2/info_en.php
http://x2.linuxgamepublishing.com/

About Egosoft
Egosoft, founded in 1990, is one of the oldest game development
companies from Germany. Its team of industry veterans and dedicated
game enthusiasts entered the international stage with the widely
acclaimed X-Beyond the Frontier space simulation game in 1999. Egosoft
is now exclusively dedicated to setting new standards in the space
game genre and constantly improves the level of freedom in the X
Universe. 

For more information, please see http://www.egosoft.com

About Linux Game Publishing LTD
Founded in 2001, Linux Game Publishing was formed to help companies
bring their games to market. Combining extensive Linux knowledge with a
solid business foundation, Linux Game Publishing is partnering with a
number of other companies to bring to Linux both ports of games from
other platforms and original titles.

For more information, please see http://www.linuxgamepublishing.com