``Kuma\War'' Puts Players in the Frontlines of Real International Conflict; Innovative Online PC Game Now Available at www.kumawar.com.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 31, 2004 Kuma Reality Games, a leading broadband games company, has launched its first reality-based game, "Kuma\War." Created using real-world missions from breaking news events, the subscription-based online service is a tactical, squad-based game that brings top stories from the war on terror This article is about U.S. actions, and those of other states, after September 11, 2001. For other conflicts, see Terrorism. The War on Terror (also known as the War on Terrorism directly to the consumer's PC. "Kuma\War" delivers real-world news events in a way never-before-seen in the world of video or computer games. Just weeks after a military event occurs somewhere around the world, "Kuma\War" will create a re-enactment of the conflict, using advanced 3D gaming tools, and deliver the mission to a subscriber's computer. At launch, "Kuma\War" will give players a "boots on the ground "Boots on the ground" is an all-purpose term used to describe ground forces actually fighting in a war or conflict at the time of speaking, rather than troops not engaged or being transported to the fighting. " experience of recent military missions, such as Uday and Qusay Hussein's Last Stand in Mosul, Iraq; Operation Anaconda Operation Anaconda is the code name for an operation in early March 2002 in which the United States military, along with allied Afghan military forces, attempted to destroy al-Qaeda and Taliban forces in the Shahi-Kot Valley and Arma Mountains southeast of Zormat. in Afghanistan; and an amazing recreation of a large-scale bank robbery The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. Bank robbery is the crime of robbing a bank. thwarted by American troops in Samarra, Iraq, November 2003. "'Kuma\War' enables consumers to experience actual missions of real soldiers in the war on terror," said Keith Halper, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Kuma Reality Games. "Players have to devise the tactics and make the hard choices in some of the most important events of our time. For our subscribers, we make the headlines real." Downloaded via a broadband connection See broadband and wireless broadband. , in addition to new missions, subscribers will receive automatic updates and intelligence information on a weekly basis to assist them in battle. "Kuma\War" will launch with five missions, and then add additional assignments in the weeks to follow, such as part two of the Samarra Bank Heist Bank Heist is a maze video game developed by 20th Century Fox for the Atari 2600. Each level in Bank Heist is a maze-like city (similar to Pac-Man). The objective of the game is to rob as many banks as possible while avoiding the police. and the Korean Spy Sub Incident: ROK The Enemy Within. Prior to embarking on each mission, players are given intelligence gathered from around the world, in the form of a video news show, technical specifications for the weapons used, a chronology of the battle, and even a satellite photo of the battlefield. Expert military analysis is also provided to the player, to give a strategic and tactical perspective of the historical event. Sources for the intelligence include the Associated Press, declassified de·clas·si·fy tr.v. de·clas·si·fied, de·clas·si·fy·ing, de·clas·si·fies To remove official security classification from (a document). de·clas Department of Defense documents and a decorated team of military advisors. As a salute to the men and women in uniform who have served their countries, Kuma will also proudly donate $1 of all paid subscriptions to The Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, which was created to assist the families of the nation's fallen heroes killed in duty. To learn more about Fallen Heroes, please visit: www.i-fhf.org. In further support of military personnel, during its launch promotion, Kuma Reality Games is offering a free subscription to everyone with a ".mil" email address. "Kuma\War" is available for download at www.kumawar.com and can be purchased for a $9.99 per month subscription fee. About Kuma Reality Games Kuma Reality Games builds re-creations of real-world events using advanced gaming tools. "Kuma\War," the first Kuma Reality Game, is now available online. Each month, Kuma subscribers will receive playable missions, video news shows, extensive intelligence gathered from news sources around the world and insight from a decorated team of military veterans. "Kuma\War" is a first and third-person tactical squad-based game that provides multiple updates monthly to the consumer's computer to reflect unfolding events in the real world. Kuma Reality Games, headquartered in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , New York, is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. . NOTE TO EDITORS: In the company product name "Kuma\War" noted in this news release, there is a backward slash between Kuma and War. This symbol may not appear properly in some systems. |
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