Koch Media and Slitherine conclude sales agreement

Koch Media, a leading producer and distributor of digital entertainment products, and history specialist Slitherine, a UK-based independent developer and publisher, announced today that they have concluded an exclusive distribution agreement, according to which Koch Media will handle exclusive initial sales for six titles from the Slitherine catalog in Germany, Austria, Switzerland (including French and Italian versions), Scandinavia, Spain, the Benelux countries, the United Kingdom, and Australia.

Titles for PC, Nintendo DS^TM, Wii^TM, Xbox 360®, the video game and entertainment system from Microsoft®, PLAYSTATION®3 and PSP^TM (PlayStation®Portable) include games from various Slitherine brands, such as HISTORY^TM and MILITARY HISTORY^TM, the Horrible Histories^TM and a game from Slitherine’s agreement with the BBC.

Dr. Klemens Kundratitz, CEO of Koch Media, comments on this cooperation: “In Slitherine, we gained a valuable partner with reputed brands and licenses. We are happy that we get to distribute these attractive, entertaining games with historical contents exclusively in the designated countries.”

Marco Minoli, Marketing Director at Slitherine, said: “As a UK Developer we had already worked extensively with Koch over the years. Now that we have transitioned into publishing they were our distribution partner of choice and a natural fit. We are very pleased to be working with them on our 2009 line up.”

Details regarding individual titles will be released soon.