Namco Bandai Announces "Mobile Ops(TM): The One Year War" Exclusively For Xbox 360
Metal-to-Metal Giant Mecha Combat Comes to Life in 2006
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SANTA CLARA, Calif., (April 24, 2006) -
Leading video games publisher and developer NAMCO BANDAI
Games America Inc. announced today "Mobile
OpsTM:
The One Year War," a next-generation mechanized shooter
exclusively for the Xbox 360TM video game and entertainment
system from Microsoft. Scheduled to launch holiday 2006, this
title features beautifully detailed graphics, a wide array of
giant mobile suits, and intense multi-player combat to
deliver an exhilarating experience in mechanized
warfare.
The story of "Mobile Ops: The One Year War" opens with the
space colonists' brutal battle for independence from The
Earth Federation. Advanced ECM (Electronic Countermeasures)
has rendered range sensors and communications useless,
resulting in the rise of new war machines called mobile
suits. These ultimate instruments of destruction, capable of
metal-clashing hand-to-hand combat, completely redefine
modern warfare.
"With dramatic cockpit views and exquisitely detailed mobile
suits, we fully expect 'Mobile Ops' to immerse gamers into a
futuristic world where giant mechas loom against a war-torn
horizon," said Yoshi Niki, business director at NAMCO BANDAI
Games America Inc. "As desperate battles ensue in both open
battlefields and urban environments, players can choose to
engage enemies on foot, in vehicles or in mobile
suits."
Utilizing the Xbox Live® online game service, "Mobile
Ops: The One Year War" will put players right in the cockpit
of their very own mobile fighter for thrilling battles online
as they fight in teams through multiple scenarios and
battlefields. Gamers can also modify mobile suits with a
robust customization options, including beam sabers, heat
hawks, and other melee weapons. Vividly presented in HDTV
resolution, "Mobile Ops" offers beautifully detailed
graphics, right down to the brown rust on metal and stress
damage from combat.
About NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc.
NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. is an interactive
entertainment software publisher and developer based in Santa
Clara, CA. The company is a subsidiary of the newly formed
NAMCO BANDAI Holdings (USA) Inc. based in Cypress, CA.
On September 29, 2005, Bandai Co., Ltd. and NAMCO LIMITED
implemented a management integration to form NAMCO BANDAI
Holdings Inc. This step was taken to compete more effectively
on the global stage in the fast-changing entertainment
industry and to deliver further growth.
The resulting BANDAI NAMCO Group is a global entertainment
group involved in business fields ranging from toys,
amusement facilities, video game software and visual
software, to apparel, sundries and network content.
As previous separate entities (Namco Hometek Inc. and Bandai
Games Inc.) the companies were each known for creating some
of the industry's top video game franchises including:
Tamagotchi®,
Tekken®,
SOULCALIBUR®,
Dead to Rights®,
Pac-Man®
WorldTM,
Digimon®, Ridge
Racer®, Time
Crisis® and
ACECOMBAT®. For
more information about NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc.
and its products log onto www.namcobandaigames.com.
Press Release ® 2006 NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc.
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Contacts
Rannie Yoo
Kohnke Communications
(415) 777-4000
rannie@kohnkecomm.com
OR
Robert Cogburn
NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc.
(408) 235-2138
rcogburn@namcobandaigames.com