FOR COMMAND &
CONQUER GENERALS
Exclusive “Officers Club” pack available to those who pre-order the 3D RTS
IRVINE, CA (Jan. 17, 2003)
– Electronic Arts announced today that, beginning this week, it will offer an
exclusive Officers Club pack to players who pre-order the highly-anticipated 3D
real-time strategy game, Command & Conquer Generals™ from participating
retailers. Command & Conquer Generals will be published by EA (NASDAQ:ERTS)
under the EA GAMES™ brand Feb. 11, 2003.
The Officers Club pack is the only place to get exclusive information and
in-game elements including:
 | A unique
Officers Club medal icon that appears on the player’s online “My Persona”
screen and by the player’s name when setting up a custom multiplayer match. |
| An Officers
Club flag that appears on the player’s Command
Center
when playing online. |
| A full-color
fold-out tech tree card with all the units, vehicles, buildings and upgrades
for each of the three sides. |
| A full-color
multiplayer map strategy card featuring winning tips and tricks from the
Command & Conquer Generals development team. |
| An
interactive CD-ROM with concept art, movies, music and more. |
Beginning this
week, players can obtain the Officers Club pack by pre-ordering Command &
Conquer Generals either online or from their local software store. Retailers
currently participating in the pre-sell program are
www.EA.com,
Electronics Boutique,
www.EBWorld.com,
GameStop,
www.GameStop.com,
CompUSA and MediaPlay.
Command & Conquer Generals puts players’ trigger fingers on the pulse of modern
warfare as they become a powerful general and control massive armies of
bleeding-edge military weaponry across a globe teetering on the brink of
Armageddon. Three unique sides will be available, each with customizable
high-tech arsenals ready to deliver unprecedented firepower on land or in the
skies. Players can annihilate the opposition in the 23-mission single-player
campaign or dish out the damage in global multiplayer mayhem.
Players who wish to play Command & Conquer Generals weeks before it hits stores
can visit
www.FilePlanet.com.
Beginning January 20, the first twenty thousand
FilePlanet
subscribers who sign up at the site will be given the opportunity to play in a
limited version of the public
multiplay test at no charge.
More information on Command & Conquer Generals can be found at
http://generals.ea.com.
Latest in 17-million selling franchise brings modern war to life
LAS VEGAS, NV (Mar. 13, 2002) - The war you might see on TV in 20 years is about to be interactive. EA announced Command & Conquer™ Generals today, a 3D real-time strategy game for the PC that will deliver the intensity and chaos of modern war. Generals will be published by EA (NASDAQ:ERTS) under the EA GAMES™ brand this winter.
Generals is the next game in the 17-million-selling Command & Conquer franchise. It's being created by EA Pacific, the developers of the wildly popular Command & Conquer Red Alert™ 2 and Command & Conquer Yuri's Revenge™.
"Generals will give gamers a Hollywood version of modern war with intense combat and spectacular special effects," said Mark Skaggs, general manager of EA Pacific and executive in charge of production for Generals. "We're creating a game of global conflict based on issues relevant to today's turbulent world. Gamers will be in command of this modern war, and they'll win that war by using weapons they see on today's battlefield, plus new weapons and vehicles fresh off the military's drawing boards."
The armies that will clash in Generals are the super powers of United States and China, and a massive underground organization, the Global Liberation Army, bent on drowning the world in anarchy and terror. Each of the three sides represents a distinct geo-political viewpoint and will fight the war with vastly different tactics and weaponry.
To make the experience of modern war as immersive as possible, EA Pacific is using a proprietary st
ctivity. Because of Sage, Generals' battlefields will include fully modeled urban cityscapes, rugged deserts, vast forests and frozen wastelands. Amazing special effects will allow players to crush cars with hulking tanks, blow out the windows of skyscrapers, or lace the skies with smoke from dueling fighter planes.
Generals will include a full single-player campaign along with a full multiplayer component played over a LAN or the Internet. Generals will also feature:
· More than 80 all-new units,
buildings and upgrades such as the top-secret Aurora Strike Fighters,
devastating Daisy Cutters, militant Angry Mobs, and skilled Hackers.
· Innovative gameplay with new features such as thrilling air-to-air combat,
customizable forces, enhanced v
ate-of-the-art 3D engine, code-named
"Sage," which delivers unprecedented detail and interaeterancy, and intense urban combat.
· An improved interface that will give gamers more control over the battlefield
than ever before.
· A full map editor for players to build customized war scenarios.
· Spectacular cinematics that will immerse players in the storyline.
For more information on the title, visit the official Generals website at www.generals.ea.com.