February 9^th, 2004 (12:00am) - Strategy First and Made by Kiddies are pleased to announce that their PC arcade shooter hit, Alien Blast – The Encounter is now available on retail shelves in North America.

In this first-person arcade shoot’em-up, you must gather up all your courage to defend yourself and defeat the alien horde. Alien Blast is an exciting sci-fi action combat game for everyone.

Your mission is to defend allied planets against the alien raid. Far from the reaches of your solar system, you are alone on an assignment to battle the alien horde. As a member of the allied forces, everyone is relying on you. Most of your forces have been destroyed, and this will be your most difficult mission yet. It’s up to you to defend the planet against the Alien onslaught.

Features:

· Ground and air defensive battle stations

· Highly detailed 3D graphics providing an incredibly realistic environment

· Supports Single and Multi-player options

· Sophisticated sci-fi weapons with power-ups

· Boss challenge levels

· 45 progressive missions with sophisticated enemy AI.

· Realistic battle sounds effects

· Intuitive gameplay and intuitive controls

· Weather effects

Alien Blast – The Encounter has a SRP of $19.99 USD and an ESRB rating of T for Teen. For more information please visit www.strategyfirst.com or www.madebykiddies.com