Software and hardware publisher, developer and manufacturer, Signature Devices has issued a press release stating that they are creating a four-player arcade game based on “Well known comic and television superheroes.”  The press release refers to the protagonists as “earth’s mightiest heroes”, indicating to this comic nerd that this will in fact be an Avengers game, based on Marvel’s premiere superhero team.  Four-player action in an Avengers arcade game?  Unheard of!  Well, except for that four-player Avengers arcade game that came out about 20 years ago.

Regardless, the idea is exciting to me and fellow spandex junkies, but seriously, who even knows where to find an arcade these days?  I'll get really excited when and if a console port is announced.  Read on for the full gamma-irradiated, high-tech armored, super-soldier press release.  Or something like that…

Signature Devices, Inc. Finishes Development on Superhero Arcade Game

Game to Include Well Known Comic and Television Superheroes

    REDWOOD CITY, Calif., March 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Signature Devices, Inc. (Pink Sheets: SDVI) is pleased to announce that the Company has finished development on an arcade video game that will include several well known comic book and television superheroes. Signature Devices has developed the game through the Company's agreement with a major arcade video game publisher. The video game was developed using the company's recently announced open-source Elemental Engine II.

The game will feature a four-player arcade style co-operative play. Players can play solo or as a team against the plot, which takes place in three separate locations on earth and other planets. Signature Devices has developed the game to allow players to control the powers and abilities of earth's mightiest heroes in an action packed fight for justice against some of the greatest comic book villains. The Company has developed the game to truly come to life using the co-operative methods best utilized with two to four players at a time.

    "The need for games to support co-operative play has become a growing trend in both the console and arcade markets, making most co-op titles instant hits and practically guaranteeing substantial sales numbers," stated Kenneth Hurley, CEO of Signature Devices, Inc. and Graffiti Entertainment, LLC.

    The Company has recently announced that it has been receiving royalty payments of $100 per arcade unit for each Standard or Deluxe cabinet that
contains the Paradise Lost arcade game and $50 per software upgrade kit. Signature Devices is currently signed with a major publisher of arcade style games and intends to continue signing with additional well-known publishers in 2008.

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