Monte Cristo’s E3 Line-up

MONTE CRISTO GAMES ANNOUNCES 2004 LINE-UP

Paris, France-based video game
developer & publisher to showcase variety of strategy-based games at Electronic
Entertainment Expo 2004

PARIS,
FRANCE (APRIL 23, 2004)
— Monte Cristo Games will take gamers to new realms in 2004 with three new games
slated for release before the holiday season. At the Electronic Entertainment
Expo 2004 (May 12-14), the company will showcase a variety of strategy-based
games that challenge gamers to defeat blazing walls of flame, penetrate enemy
lines in historic battles, build medieval cities and protect them from
treacherous villains.

"We’re focused on empowering
our development teams to fully realize their creative vision and our 2004
line-up reflects this commitment to quality," said Jérôme Gastaldi, managing
director of Monte Cristo Games. “This is our strongest line-up to date. Each
game in our line-up combines unique challenges, rich and immersive gameplay, and
game technologies that offer a feast for the senses."

Monte
Cristo Games will showcase three games at the Electronic Entertainment Expo
2004:

• “Fire Captain: Bay Area
  Inferno” (Real-Time
  Strategy). Fire Captain:Bay Area Inferno
  ignites the 3D Real-Time Strategy genre with the
  fire and rescue scene. Players are challenged to keep their cool as they
  manage a squad of elite firefighters in a variety of fast-paced,
  unpredictable, and explosive emergency scenarios. Set in and around a
  metropolitan city along the U.S. west coast, fire chiefs command fire squads
  and vehicles to extinguish flames and save victims in five single player
  campaigns with increasingly complex missions based on real-life events and
  three multiplayer modes.

  • Realistic missions, inspired by
    real-life disasters, designed in collaboration with international fire
    consultants. Tackle windswept brush fires that threaten a hillside of
    suburban homes and the forest beyond, battle a potentially-explosive blaze
    at a fireworks factory, and save victims and battle blazes after the ‘Big
    One’ rattles the city.

  • Every moment
    counts – fire and smoke spread with incredible realism, structures weaken as
    fire spreads and intensifies, and victims to cling life as injuries mount.
    

  • 
    Reinforcements can be called in order to manage increasingly
    complex situations

• “D-Day”
  (3D Real-Time Tactical). D-Day
  drops players into the role of World War II Allied forces in the final drive
  to liberate Europe. Throughout three campaigns and 12 missions in single
  player mode, D-Day challenge players to prepare troops for battle, create
  combat strategies, and execute one of the largest military invasions in
  wartime history. Multiplayer mode uses GameSpy’s online Matchmaking network,
  allowing up to 8 players to play simultaneously on 12 different maps using 3
  different modes.

  • Successfully plan and execute
    the turning points in the liberation of Europe: the first hours of the beach
    landing at Omaha Beach, the paratrooper attack on Sainte Mre Eglise, the
    taking of the Cherbourg harbor, operation Cobra, the battle of the Falaise
    pocket, and the liberation of Normandy in August 1944.

  • Over 60 historically accurate
    units, including rifleman, paratroopers, artillery, tanks, transports, and
    air support.

  • Advanced 3D effects — advanced
    damage and destruction models, a realistic physics animation system,
    real-time shadows, stunning realistic landscapes and much more.

  • Combination of real-time
    strategy and turn-based gameplay elements: pause the game at any time and
    plan your operations, give out your orders, un-pause the game and see your
    orders carried out.

• “Medieval Lords: Build,
  Defend, Expand” (City Builder). Medieval
  Lords: Build, Defend, Expand takes aspiring city governors to the middle
  ages, combining rich city-building challenges with evolving military forces to
  defend against relentless attacks from neighboring enemies. Through the course
  of ten scenarios, the player is challenged to manage finances, population, and
  food resources to succeed.

  • Full 3D engine – a first for the
    city building genre. Manage cities in the traditional god’s view and then
    zoom in and take a first-person walk in the fields and along the streets.
    

  • In another first for the genre,
    build the city without the constraints of the traditional orthogonal grid –
    simply place structures wherever you want on the map.

  • Face an innovative new challenge
    – attacks from a variety of over twenty hostile forces ranging from simple
    outlaws to legendary Vikings and invading armies from neighboring cities.
    

About Monte
Cristo Games
Monte
Cristo, founded eight years ago, has become a respected player in the sector of
management and strategy games. Desert Rats vs Afrika Korps, Emergency Fire
Response, Platoon, The Partners, Airline Tycoon, Wall Street Trader, Start-Up,
Economic War and Casino Tycoon have contributed to Monte Cristo’s expertise.
Monte Cristo is now focusing its production and design resources towards life
simulation, builders and tactical management with the intention of reaching a
larger international audience.

For
additional information on Monte Cristo Games:

http://www.montecristogames.com/