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    SAN DIEGO, Oct. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- In mid April, 2005, a group of game
 development professionals from Sony Computer Entertainment America formed a
 new independent game development company, MACHINE Union, LLC.  Located just a
 few minutes south of downtown San Diego, MACHINE, the first division of the
 privately funded company, will focus their efforts towards next generation
 console game development.
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     "MACHINE has set its sights on creating great games in a highly
 functioning, enjoyable studio environment," says Geoff Houston, co-founder and
 General Manager.  "Our vision is to bring gameplay and game-control back to
 the front."
     The founders and employees of MACHINE have been previously credited on
 more than 20 Xbox, GameCube, PlayStation2 and PlayStation titles.  They
 collectively represent more than 30 years of professional game development
 experience.
     "By June we had completed our main frameworks and art development
 pipelines which allowed pre-production on MACHINE's first game title to start
 in July," says Houston.  "The game project we chose to develop presents new
 gameplay mechanics we hope the player finds extremely captivating.  Our engine
 takes advantage of next generation hardware capabilities and is designed to be
 easily retargeted to multiple consoles."
     While MACHINE representatives are unable to discuss details of the
 company's debut game, publishers will be able to attend the unveiling of the
 game project at Game-Connection 2005 in Lyon, France.
     For additional information about MACHINE, please visit:
 http://www.wearemachine.com
 
     About MACHINE
     MACHINE, a division of MACHINE Union, LLC, is an entertainment software
 and games developer, dedicated to bringing game-play and game-control to the
 frontlines of popular game systems.  More information about MACHINE and its
 products and services may be found at www.WeAreMachine.com .  MACHINE, MACHINE
 Union and their respective logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks
 of MACHINE Union LLC.
 
 

SOURCE  MACHINE Union, LLC