Catalyst news archive for 2008

CAT23000 - CthulhuTech & CAT23001 - Vade Mecum Street Dates

CthulhuTech, and its core companion Vade Mecum, will be available for a October 14th Street date.

CthulhuTech, the innovative storytelling game is back in print under the Catalyst Brand with an exciting new partnership between Catalyst Game Labs and WildFire LLC. This venture brings the high quality production values of Catalyst Game Labs with the amazing setting and game play of WildFire LLC.

Excitement is high for these titles! With the extensive cross marketing among our consumer & fan websites (www.shadowrun4.com & www.classicbattletech.com), and our Demo Team members excited to start running in-store events, we expect demand to be high for this fully supported line. Look for the next product, CAT23200 Dark Passions, in early 09!

Title: CthulhuTech
SKU: CAT23000
Price: $49.99
Format: 288 page hardcover full color

Title: Vade Mecum
SKU: CAT23001
Price: $39.99
Format: 160 page hardcover full color
Streets: October 14th 2008

 

Catalyst Game Labs on ICV2

ICv2 has posted a couple articles about our upcoming games, based on talks we had with them at Gen Con Indy.

We got a lot of great media coverage at Gen Con, and will be posting some more links to it soon!

 

Catalyst Game Labs & WildFire LLC form partnership to print the CthulhuTech Role-Playing Line

Lake Stevens, Washington (Aug 4, 2008) - Catalyst Game Labs is incredibly pleased to announce an exciting new partnership with WildFire LLC to publish and distribute the full line of CthulhuTech role-playing products. Catalyst, publisher of the wildly popular Shadowrun role-playing game, is pleased to place CthulhuTech next to one of the most long-lived, popular lines available today. Matthew Grau, at the creative helm for WildFire, LLC said, “Our publishing partner is now Catalyst Game Labs, publisher of Shadowrun and Classic BattleTech. They print, advertise, and ultimately sell the physical product world-wide. Their expertise in those areas will allow WildFire to concentrate our efforts on creating the most innovative and high quality product that we can.”

David Stansel-Garner of Catalyst said, “We’re very excited to be able to offer gamers CthulhuTech! We feel putting it in our arsenal alongside Shadowrun will give the CthulhuTech brand all the attention it deserves. Shadowrun Fourth Edition has sold over 30,000 copies in print and is still going strong. When buyers from game stores and distributors see Catalyst they’ll see a growing catalog of some of the highest quality, most innovative titles in the market. We are a company constantly trying to innovate and break new ground. Partnering with a crew of folks who are clearly of a similar mindset feels like a great, natural fit.”

Catalyst and WildFire will debut their new partnership at the Gen Con Game Fair 2008 with a limited print run of both the CthulhuTech Core Rulebook (CAT23000) and the Vade Mecum (CAT23001) Core Rules Expansion (both hardcover, full-cover printings). Expect to see these books and all future CthulhuTech books in Hobby Distribution beginning in October

About Catalyst Game Labs: Catalyst Game Labs is dedicated to producing high quality gaming products that mesh sophisticated game mechanics with dynamic universes, presented in a form that allows both beginning players and long-time veterans to easily pick up our games. Catalyst Game Labs is an imprint of InMediaRes Productions, LLC, which specializes in electronic publishing of professional fiction. This allows Catalyst to participate in a synergy that melds printed gaming product with all the benefits of an electronic interface and community, creating a whole-package experience for any type of player. For additional information, visit www.catalystgamelabs.com.

About WildFire LLC: WildFire is passionate about creating cool, unique game settings wedded to simple and intuitive game systems. With cinematic and exciting universe settings, along with easy to grasp game mechanics, WildFire games put destiny back in the hands of players.