``Delta Force: Land Warrior'' Slated for Fall Release; Special Forces Sequel Features New Engine, Elements of Army's Next-Generation Soldier Program.Business Editors E3Expo 2000 LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 11, 2000 On the opening day of the sixth Electronic Entertainment Expo, computer game publisher NovaLogic announced the development of "Delta Force(TM): Land Warrior Land Warrior was a United States Army program, cancelled in 2007,[1][2] that would have used a combination of commercial, off-the-shelf technology (COTS) and current-issue military gear and equipment designed to: "Delta Force: Land Warrior" will be a new game from the ground up, starting with an all-new, fully accelerated 3D graphics engine. With support for all major 3D accelerators, ranging from 3Dfx's Voodoo2 to today's hottest new cards, the new engine gains all the performance benefits of cutting-edge 3D acceleration while retaining the greatest strengths of the voxel-based engines that drove the previous "Delta Force" titles. The long-range outdoor encounters that gave those games their unique style will also grace "Delta Force: Land Warrior," letting players see and engage enemy soldiers at distances of 1,000 meters or more. "Delta Force: Land Warrior" also incorporates lessons learned from NovaLogic Systems' work with military customers. The NovaLogic subsidiary recently entered into a contract to modify "Delta Force 2" for use in the U.S. Army's next-generation Land Warrior program, which equips the foot soldier with technology that was once reserved for advanced combat vehicles: integrated video sights, head-mounted displays, laser range-finders A laser range-finder is a device which uses a laser beam in order to determine the distance to a reflective object. The most common form of laser range-finder operates on the time of flight principle by sending a laser pulse in a narrow beam towards the object and measuring the , and GPS navigation See GPS. . Playing "Delta Force: Land Warrior" will give gamers their first glimpse First Glimpse is a monthly consumer electronics magazine published by Sandhills Publishing Company in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. The magazine was known as CE Lifestyles before a name change in early 2006. into the future of infantry combat. A cohesive cohesive, n the capability to cohere or stick together to form a mass. , character-driven story line raises the stakes over the previous games, introducing a squad of five veteran Delta Force soldiers. Players will step into the boots of each squad member as the team carries out special operations Operations conducted in hostile, denied, or politically sensitive environments to achieve military, diplomatic, informational, and/or economic objectives employing military capabilities for which there is no broad conventional force requirement. ranging from hostage rescue to sabotage sabotage [Fr., sabot=wooden shoe; hence, to work clumsily], form of direct action by workers against employers through obstruction of work and/or lowering of plant efficiency. Methods range from peaceful slowing of production to destruction of property. to direct assaults on terrorist compounds. The game will also feature new weapons and equipment, plus more of the large-scale multi-player action that made the original "Delta Force" games so popular--complete with speech communication via Voice-Over-Net and free play on NovaWorld(R), NovaLogic's dedicated Internet gaming service. "Delta Force: Land Warrior" is scheduled for release in fall 2000. Founded in 1985, NovaLogic, Inc. is a leading developer and publisher of entertainment software. Subsidiaries include NovaLogic Systems, based in NovaLogic's Calabasas, California Calabasas is a city in Los Angeles County, California, in the western United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 23,123. The city was formally incorporated in 1991. , headquarters, and NovaLogic Ltd. in London. |
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