Counter-Strike: Condition Zero To Ship
Worldwide Q2 2002
Gearbox, Sierra and Valve Ready Follow Up
To The Number-One Online Action Game
BELLEVUE, WA (February 12, 2002) – Sierra
Entertainment, Inc., a studio of Vivendi Universal Publishing, and Valve, LLC
today announced a Q2 2002 release for Counter-Strike: Condition Zero(tm), an
extensive new product that introduces single player and co-op gameplay modes to
the number-one online action game in the world*.
A new stand-alone product, Counter-Strike:
Condition Zero (CS:CZ) extends the award-winning Counter-Strike multiplayer game
with new maps, weapons and more, while simultaneously introducing new
technologies, an extensive single player campaign, and cooperative play.
Texas-based Gearbox Software is co-developing
CS:CZ with Valve – the same partnership that produced the best selling
Half-Life: Opposing Force and
Half-Life: Blue Shift SKUs. For CS:CZ,
Gearbox has created an extensive single player campaign that includes over two
dozen new missions and takes players to several fictitious regions of conflict
around the globe. In addition to the single player campaign, players will be
able to set up cooperative games via Internet and LAN connections.
Counter-Strike(tm) is the number-one online
action game in the world. After a one-year public Beta, Counter-Strike was
commercially released in Fall 2000. It has sold over one million copies
worldwide, been named Game of the Year by several gaming publications, and is
the headliner at competitive gaming tournaments around the world.
"Gamers of all kinds should get very excited
about CS:CZ – it’s by far the most complete and addictive action experience seen
to date," said Adam Fossa, brand manager for Sierra Entertainment. "The robust
single player experience will introduce an extremely compelling new style of
action gaming. This, combined with the introduction of new cooperative gameplay
modes and advanced engine technology, plus new multiplayer weapons, maps and
models, make Counter-Strike: Condition Zero an incredible new offering for the
most popular online action game of all time."
"Working with members of the original team to
produce CS:CZ has been an incredible experience for Gearbox," said Randy
Pitchford, president and director of Gearbox Software. "As very active CS
players, we understand the challenge and care needed to create a compelling
single player experience.
Counter-Strike: Condition Zero represents a
new and complete collection of all Counter-Strike gameplay, and we’re very much
looking to forward to unleashing it to the community."
ABOUT GEARBOX
Founded in January 1999, Gearbox Software is
a team of veteran 3D game developers collected in Dallas, Texas. Half-Life:
Opposing Force(tm) was the company’s first offering to the gaming community and
is the recipient of the prestigious 2000 Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences’
PC Action Game of the Year. In 2001, Gearbox Software’s Half-Life: Blue Shift
became a #1 seller in North America and in the UK. Gearbox Software has shipped
award-winning, top-selling titles on the PC and the PlayStation(r)2 computer
entertainment system. More information about Gearbox Software can be found at
www.gearboxsoftware.com.
ABOUT SIERRA
Sierra Entertainment, Inc.
http://www.sierra.com,
a studio of Vivendi Universal Publishing and part of its Games division, is one
of the original developers and largest worldwide publishers of interactive
entertainment and productivity software. Sierra is renowned for releasing
critically acclaimed and award winning titles that represent a wide variety of
computer entertainment on both next generation console and PC platforms.
ABOUT VIVENDI UNIVERSAL PUBLISHING
Vivendi Universal Publishing (VU Publishing),
the publishing division of the world’s second largest communications group (Vivendi
Universal), is an international leader in multi-platform publishing and content
distribution. As one of the top three players in the global publishing market
and the only publisher with an international reach, the Company’s key content
areas include literature, reference, education, games and consumer press. VU
Publishing publishes content in four major languages, including English, French,
Spanish and Portuguese, and has strong local publishing brands, including Anaya,
Atica, Houghton Mifflin, Knowledge Adventure, Larousse, Nathan and Scipione. In
the games category, VU Publishing is a leading publisher of online, PC and
console-based games. Its studios include Blizzard Entertainment, Sierra
Entertainment, Inc. and Universal Interactive.
*According to GameSpy Industries, based on
stats found on
http://www.gamespy.com
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