The Strogg Assault Cyberspace With Launch Of Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars Website
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Mesquite, TX - May 9, 2006 - The Strogg and
Global Defense Force armies are gearing up for online battle
with the launch of the Enemy Territory: QUAKE
WarsTM
website-the definitive site for all things QUAKE Wars. Fans
can now go online to http://www.enemyterritory.com to get an in-depth
look at game features, browse and download screenshots,
videos, and concept art and read what others are saying about
the game. The site also features a fan site creation kit
offering every necessary element for gamers to create their
own Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars fan home pages.
Serving as the official headquarters for all the latest Enemy
Territory: QUAKE Wars news and information, www.enemyterritory.com will deploy a number of new
sections and features over the coming months, including;
detailed comparisons of the Strogg and GDF forces, more
videos, screenshots, and wallpapers, and an entire community
site with strategies, game stats, developer blogs and much
more.
Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars is the ultimate online team and
objective-based multiplayer experience. Set within the epic
QUAKE® universe in the year 2065, gamers choose to play as
Human or Strogg in one of five unique character classes.
Employing an arsenal of weapons, vehicles and deployable
armaments, players engage in an action-packed test of skill
and coordinated teamwork through a series of combat
objectives. Persistent character growth and achievements
reward players for teamwork, while clearly defined mission
and class objectives guide new players to meaningful
contributions on the battlefield.
Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars is currently in development at
Splash Damage - co-creators of the original Wolfenstein:
Enemy Territory, and is being executive produced by id
Software. The game is rated RP (Rating Pending) by the
ESRB.
About id Software
id - Freud's primal part of the human psyche and one of the
hottest game shops on Earth - has been rocking the gaming
world from Mesquite, Texas since 1991. As a renowned leader
in the industry, id Software forged such frenetic titles as
Wolfenstein 3D®, DOOM®, DOOM II®, QUAKE® QUAKE II®, QUAKE III
Arena®, QUAKE 4®, Return to Castle Wolfenstein®, DOOM 3®, and
Enemy Territory: QUAKE WarsT. With intense graphics and
mind-blowing action, id's games have helped redefine the
modern video game,
continually setting industry standards for technology and
gameplay. Check out more about id Software at www.idsoftware.com.
About Splash Damage Ltd
Based in London, England, Splash Damage Ltd is an
independently-owned game development studio dedicated to the
design and development of multiplayer games utilizing id
Software's engine technology. Splash Damage made its name
developing id Software's Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory -
winner of multiple 'Game of the Year' awards and a British
Academy Award Nomination. Formed in 2001 from key members of
the online QUAKE III Arena® mod-making community, Splash
Damage is honoured to maintain an exclusive relationship with
id Software, as both their mentors and Executive Producers.
Splash Damage is also proud to have contributed to the
commercial releases of Return to Castle Wolfenstein®: Game of
the Year Edition, and DOOM 3®. Check out more about Splash
Damage at http://www.splashdamage.com.
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is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor
of interactive entertainment and leisure products. Founded in
1979, Activision posted net revenues of $1.47 billion for the
fiscal year ended March 31, 2006.
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