October 19, 2009
East India Company: Privateer
Pre-orders Launch
Players to Receive Early Access
to EIC "Designer’s Cut" with Pre-order
Paradox Interactive today announced
that pre-orders for East India Company: Privateer, an expansion for the popular
naval strategy title, East India Company, have started.
Customers who pre-order East India
Company: Privateer will be given early access to the free add-on “Designer’s
Cut.” The add-on, which introduces new gameplay enhancements based off of input
from both the game’s developers and East India Company fans on the Paradox
forums, will release to the rest of the public on October 27.
East India Company: Privateer
Features:
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Two new campaigns in which you
play the game as a privateer and complete missions for different nations.
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New missions, including destroying
forts, locating and either sinking or capturing enemy ships, blockading enemy
ports and escorting friendly fleets. -
New commander skills to fit the
life of a privateer, such as "False Colors," which allows the player to get
close to the victim without them perceiving a threat, and "Critical Hit,"
which gives the player a chance to hit an enemy ship’s magazine, causing the
enemy ship to explode.
East India Company: Privateer
requires the original game East India Company, which is now available at 50% off
for a limited time with the purchase of Privateer at most digital download
portals. The expansion East India Company: Privateer will be exclusively
available for digital download at all major digital download portals for a
suggested retail price of ç9.99 and $9.99.
For more information on East India
Company: Privateer, visit the official East India Company website at
http://www.eic-game.com.