WESTWOOD STUDIOS TO HOST "CELESTIAL CIRCUIT" IN EARTH & BEYOND
Three-day
in-game event begins November. 23
LAS VEGAS,
NV (Nov. 18, 2002) – Fire
up your engines captain, and prepare to match wit with brawn in the first ever
Earth & Beyond(tm) Celestial Circuit!
From November
23, at 9 a.m. PST through November 25 at 10 p.m., Westwood Studios(tm) will
host a race through the Earth & Beyond galaxy in the style of a classic
scavenger hunt. Earth & Beyond is an online role-playing game published by
Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:ERTS) under the EA GAMES(tm) brand.
In the Celestial
Circuit, players will be given clues and must travel around the game’s galaxy,
solving puzzles from various in-game characters. To advance to the next
checkpoint, players will need to use all their combat, exploration, and trade
skills to perform a variety of activities, including fighting enemies,
prospecting rare minerals, and delivering goods.
Experience
points and in-game rewards will be given out as players complete steps of the
Celestial Circuit. All players, regardless of race or level, can participate.
Earth & Beyond
is one of the best reviewed new games of the year winning many editors’
awards, buy recommendations, and positive reviews from respected trade and
mainstream publications like Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, and
http://IGN.com.
In Earth &
Beyond, players become captains of their own starships and live futuristic
galactic adventures in an evolving, online galaxy. Westwood is committed to
updating the game world every month with new content and features. November’s
update features enhancements to the combat system, including new skills, new
enemies, and high-level, epic encounters.
The Celestial
Circuit will give players an opportunity to use the new combat skills that
they get in the November update.
For more
information on Earth & Beyond and details on the Celestial Circuit, visit the
game’s official website at
www.earthandbeyond.com.
ABOUT WESTWOOD STUDIOS
Westwood
StudiosTM is a prominent publisher of best-selling PC and
next-generation console games. Formed in 1985, Westwood is the creator of the
15-million + selling Command
& ConquerTM
franchise that includes
Command & ConquerTM, Tiberian
SunTM, Red
AlertTM 1 and 2 and Command & Conquer
Renegade. Westwood has also released
award-winning titles such as
Blade RunnerTM,
Monopoly®, and
the Lands of
LoreTM
series. Looking forward, Westwood is expanding to new franchises and genres
with titles such as
Earth & BeyondTM. More information can
be found at the company’s official website at
http://www.westwood.ea.com.
ABOUT ELECTRONIC
ARTS
Electronic Arts, headquartered in
Redwood City, California, is the world’s leading interactive entertainment
software company. Founded in 1982, Electronic Arts posted revenues of more
than $1.7 billion for fiscal 2002. The company develops, publishes and
distributes software worldwide for the Internet, personal computers and video
game systems. EA markets its products under four brand names: EA SPORTS(tm),
EA GAMES(tm), EA SPORTS BIG and EA.COMSM. More information about
EA’s products and full text of press releases can
be found on the Internet at
http://info.ea.com.
Electronic Arts, Westwood Studios, Earth & Beyond, Command & Conquer, Command
& Conquer Renegade, Tiberian Sun, Red Alert, Lands
of Lore, EA SPORTS, EA SPORTS BIG and EA GAMES are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. in the United States and/or other
countries. EA.COM is a service mark of EA.com Inc. All other trademarks are
the property of their respective owners.
