January 31, 2003 (SEATTLE) -- Whirlwind, the second expansion to the award-winning Mage Knight(tm) collectable miniatures game, has officially been retired and will no longer be made available for sale by WizKids. No further Whirlwind figures will be produced, and the last cases have shipped from the WizKids warehouse. All that remains of the Mage Knight: Whirlwind expansion is that which is currently en route to distributors and remains on retailer shelves.
"By introducing special abilities like Ram, Sweep, Magic Retaliation, and by debuting the Shyft faction, Whirlwind has done as much if not more to define the Mage Knight play environment than any set in Mage Knight history," said Martin Stever, executive vice president of sales and marketing for WizKids. "Its release is sure to be remembered as one of the Mage Knight game's formative moments."
The next Mage Knight expansion, Uprising, is slated for an April release. It will feature a contest through which players can win a trip to the WizKids office and work with company founder Jordan Weisman and members of the WizKids Game Design team to create new Mage Knight figures for an upcoming expansion.
Founded by 20-year game-industry veteran Jordan Weisman, WizKids is an award-winning Seattle-based game developer and publisher. WizKids is dedicated to creating a new genre of games that is both more accessible and more sophisticated than traditional adventure games. WizKids' best-selling Mage Knight game has been translated into seven languages and has sold tens of millions of figures worldwide. WizKids also produces the comic book-based HeroClix(tm) line of collectable miniature games, as well as the sci-fi MechWarrior®: Dark Age collectable miniatures game. For more information, visit the company's website at www.wizkidsgames.com.
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