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Codemasters joins forces with 1C Company and developer Best Way signing "Soldiers: Heroes of World War II" for the PC.

Soldiers: Heroes of World War II | PC | coming Summer 2004

Codemasters has won the global* publishing rights to Soldiers: Heroes of World War II: a dramatic, fast-paced tactical strategy game, due summer 2004 exclusively for PC.

Created by Ukrainian company Best Way, under the development title of "OutFront", Soldiers is a further signing for Codemasters from 1C Company, the leading Russian game publishing company. Codemasters will also publish two other 1C Company titles: Perimeter and Wartime Command.

Soldiers is a third-person tactical action complete with a stunning 3D visual engine.

Pitching the player headlong into the war-torn battlegrounds of Europe, gameplay delivers extremely realistic yet explosive combat scenarios. Commanding a highly trained team of special forces behind enemy lines, your job is to get them in, execute the mission your way and get out - fast!

Over 25 action-packed missions, inspired by the exploits of World War II heroes, takes the keyboard-smashing frustration out of strategy gaming by enabling players to complete mission objectives in any number of different ways; this is no puzzle game where the 'save' key is everything! Whether you decide to stealth-it-up or go in loud with all guns blazing, victory is there for the taking.

Play as British, U.S., German or Russian forces, with authentically modeled WWII vehicles, weapons and units - even ammo - and you'll experience the totally realistic penetration physics.

There's a fully-destructible environment (all buildings and other objects) and landscape becomes scarred as your artillery makes its mark and changes the terrain with shell-holes and trenches.

The control method combines the best of RTS and 3D-action gaming, using 'Team mode' to command and move an entire unit or 'Direct Control', where you jump into the thick of the action, get your hands dirty, and take control of a single soldier.

Thanks to a very high level of detail you can pinpoint specific targets, such as shooting an enemies' helmet clean off and follow through with an accurate sniper rifle shot to the head! The end result is a hands-on action game with strategic depth.

Featuring both single-player and online/LAN multiplayer gaming, Soldiers will beach-land with a bang when it's published by Codemasters in summer 2004, exclusively for PC.

Sign up for duty and view trailer movie now: www.codemasters.co.uk/soldiers 

SOLDIERS - KEY GAMEPLAY FEATURES:

  • The thrills of a 3D shooter with the depth of a real-time strategy game.

  • 'Direct Control' mechanic, so you can jump right into the thick of the action game that plays out like a blockbuster war movie

  • Freedom to complete missions though different tactics, use anything in the game world - commandeer enemy ordinance, weapons and ammo

  • Advanced AI: enemies will use formations, covering and ambush tactics

  • Over 25 missions, More than 100 vehicles, 25 plus weapons.

  • Fully destructible environment. Everything can be fully, or partially, destroyed.

  • Multiplayer: LAN and online, co-op or adversarial.

*Global distribution excluding countries of the former USSR countries

ABOUT CODEMASTERS

Codemasters is a leading developer and publisher of best-selling interactive entertainment products for a global audience on current and future gaming platforms and channels. Established in 1986, the company's dominant brands include Colin McRae Rally, TOCA, LMA Manager, and Operation Flashpoint. The company is headquartered in Southam, Warwickshire UK and maintains European operations in Germany, France, Spain, and Benelux. The company has its US headquarters in New York and maintains an online gaming facility in Oakhurst, CA. More information about the company and its products is available online at http://www.codemasters.com 

ABOUT 1C COMPANY

1C Company specializes in the distribution, publishing and development of interactive entertainment products and business software. Founded in 1991 1C has become the leading Russian company publishing and distributing computer games in the former USSR. 1C Company is widely acknowledged as a game developer and has two internal studios. Internal development projects include Konung Legends of the North, IL-2 Sturmovik, IL-2 Sturmovik: The Forgotten Battles and Wartime Command. 1C Company works as a publisher and producer with over 20 leading Russian independent development studios and has produced over 50 projects for PC, Xbox and PS2. More information about the company is available at http://int.games.1c.ru

ABOUT BEST WAY

The Ukrainian company Best Way was founded in 1991 and specialized in computer engineering, applied software, and networks. In 1999, Best Way launched a computer games development division. Its first commercial game project is Soldiers: Heroes Of World War II.



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