Westwood Studios
Announces Command & Conquer Yuri's Revenge;
RA2 Expansion Pack to be Released Fall 2001 Under
EA GAMES Banner
Following the
phenomenal success of Command & Conquer(TM)
Red Alert(TM) 2, Westwood Studios(TM) today
announced it will release the official expansion
pack this fall, Command & Conquer Yuri's
Revenge.
The
PC CD-ROM mission disk will be part of the EA
GAMES(TM) brand from Electronic Arts
(Nasdaq:ERTS).
Yuri's
Revenge is the largest expansion pack in
Westwood's history, adding to the real-time
strategy game new Allied units, new Soviet units,
new single-player campaigns, new multiplayer
features, new co-operative campaigns, an hour of
filmed story sequences and an entirely new side:
an army led by the mysterious psychic warrior,
Yuri.
In
the original Red Alert 2, Yuri was a controllable
unit on the Soviet side. For the mission disk,
Yuri breaks from the Soviets and launches his own
bid for world domination through psychic
technology. Players will take command of a
time-traveling task force and go back in time to
unravel Yuri's evil plot. ¶ "We were
thrilled with the success of Red Alert 2 and
really wanted to build on the gameplay for the
expansion pack, rather than just add
missions," said Mark Skaggs, executive
producer of Red Alert 2 and Yuri's Revenge.
"This is the largest, most involved
expansion pack in Westwood's history, and we're
bringing some really exciting gameplay to our
fans."
Key
features of Command & Conquer Yuri's Revenge:
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Three
sides: In multiplayer mode, the player
can choose to play any of three sides:
the Allies, Soviets, or the new faction
-- Yuri's psychic army.
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Fourteen
new solo campaign missions: Players will
choose to lead either the Allies or the
Soviets against the new global threat,
Yuri.
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Ten
new co-op campaign missions: New
campaigns to fight with a partner over a
LAN or the Internet.
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New
units and tech buildings: Thirty new
units, vehicles and tech buildings, which
present players with new strategic
challenges and opportunities.
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Exotic
Locales: Players fight and take control
of exotic cities all over the Earth and
beyond, such as San Francisco, Sydney,
Hollywood, Seattle, London, Cairo,
Transylvania and even the moon.
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Westwood
Studios will continue its tradition of producing
movie-quality cut scenes in Yuri's Revenge. The
original Red Alert 2 live-action cast, including
Udo Kier as Yuri and Kari Wuhrer as Tanya, will
return to Westwood this month to film the
cut-scenes that will advance the story during
gameplay.
Westwood
Studios is a prominent publisher of best-selling
PC and next-generation console games. Formed in
1985, Westwood Studios has released several
popular titles and franchises, including:
Dune(TM) 2000, the Lands of Lore(TM) series, the
Kyrandia(TM) adventure trilogy, Monopoly(R) for
the Internet, Blade Runner(TM) and the Command
& Conquer product line.
Electronic
Arts (Nasdaq:ERTS), with headquarters in Redwood
City, Calif., is the world's leading interactive
entertainment software company. Founded in 1982,
Electronic Arts posted revenues of more than $1.4
billion for fiscal 2000. The company develops,
publishes and distributes software worldwide for
personal computers and video game systems.
Electronic Arts markets its products under three
brand names: EA SPORTS(TM), EA GAMES(TM) and
EA.COM(SM).
http://www.ea.com
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