|
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Hillary
Crowley
Sierra
Studios
hillary.crowley@sierra.com
425-649-9800
ext.5002
Sierra
Studios(tm) Announces SWAT(tm) 3: SPECIAL EDITION
Redesigned
Web site Launched to Include New Information on SWAT 3 Franchise
BELLEVUE,
WA., (February 28, 2000)-Sierra Studios today announced that their
award-winning, first-person tactical simulation, SWAT(tm) 3: Close Quarters
Battle(tm), will now offer gamers the best of both the single and multi-player
worlds in SWAT(tm) 3: SPECIAL EDITION. Scheduled to ship August
2000, SWAT 3: SE, takes the next step in this distinguished gaming line
by combining the excitement of first person action with the intellectual
stimulation of tactics and attack planning – and
the gameplay thrill of multi-player. More
information can be found on SWAT 3 SE at http://www.swat3.com,
relaunched today to bring gamers more information on
the SWAT 3 franchise.
SWAT
3: SE will deliver the original 16 missions found in SWAT 3: CQB, plus
six new missions and the long awaited multi-player capability. SWAT 3:
SE will support up to ten players on a LAN or over the Internet, with technologies
provided by the WON.net(tm) Internet gaming site http://www.won.net.
The multi-player game will offer gamers several choices:
create an alliance with the opposing team and attempt to complete
overall objectives during a Co-Op game, play Death Match, or play
a tournament style game in Competitive mode. Also included in
SWAT
3: SE will be a proprietary level editor and skin editor, which will allow
the player to create their own levels and customize their character and
weapons. For those gamers who already own a copy of SWAT 3: CQB,
Sierra has recently announced their multi-player add-on, SWAT(tm) 3:
Battle Plan(tm).
"SWAT
3: SPECIAL EDITION allows gamers to experience the most authentic
tactical simulation ever created with both single and multi-player capabilities,"
said Adam Fossa, product manager at Sierra Studios. "The new
missions offer more of the original excitement by the strong team that developed
SWAT 3: CQB(tm), which was recently nominated for ‘1999 Action
Game of the Year’ by both Computer Gaming World and PC Gamer magazines."
Throughout
both the new single and multi-player missions, the heart of the game
is based on real life L.A.P.D. special weapons and tactics, just as in SWAT
3: CQB. Motion capture technology, cutting edge computer intelligence,
a real-world physics engine, and the close cooperation of actual
L.A.P.D. SWAT officers in development make this the most authentic tactical
game ever. Photographic resources for faces and clothing help to create
real world characters out of 3D models, while dynamic lighting coupled
with environments built to scale with photographic resources make the
SWAT 3 world extremely lifelike.
Sierra
On-Line, Inc. http://www.sierra.com is one
of the original developers and largest
worldwide publishers of interactive entertainment and productivity
software. Sierra is a division of Havas Interactive, a global leader
in interactive content, and is one of the world’s largest publishers of
education, entertainment and home productivity
software. Divisions of Havas Interactive
include Blizzard Entertainment®, Coktel, Knowledge Adventure®,
Sierra ™ and WON.net ™, which are famous for releasing critically
acclaimed and award winning titles. Havas has operations in the US
and in Europe and is a subsidiary of the French publishing house Havas,
part of Vivendi Communications.
###
|
