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Aspyr Releases Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns for the Macintosh.


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AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 28, 2002

Aspyr Media Aspyr Media, Inc. (IPA: /əsˈpaɪər/) is an Austin, Texas based company that specializes in porting Windows games to the Mac OS platform.  Inc. announced today that Star Wars(R) Galactic ga·lac·tic
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 Battlegrounds(tm): Clone clone, group of organisms, all of which are descended from a single individual through asexual reproduction, as in a pure cell culture of bacteria. Except for changes in the hereditary material that come about by mutation, all members of a clone are genetically  Campaigns(tm) has shipped for the Macintosh(R). Carbonized For the process of carbonization, see .

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 Macintosh conversion was done by Westlake Interactive.

The great conflicts of the Star Wars universe become larger and more dynamic with Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns, a collection of new scenario enhancements for last year's acclaimed RTS (Request To Send) An RS-232 signal sent from the transmitting station to the receiving station requesting permission to transmit. Contrast with CTS.

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 (real-time strategy A real-time strategy (RTS) video game is one that is distinctly not turn-based. The phrase real-time is used to distinguish such games within the broader genre of strategic wargames, which has a longer history both inside and outside of video gaming. ) game from LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol.

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. Clone Campaigns allows players to use characters from Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones, as well as the classic and expanded Star Wars universe.

Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns features 14 original single-player combat scenarios, new civilizations, environments, vehicles, and more than 200 new units. By adding the expansion pack to Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds, in both skirmish and multiplayer modes, players can mix and match civilizations from Attack of the Clones with those from the classic Star Wars universe.

Clone Campaigns, as in its predecessor, is built upon enhanced engine technology from Ensemble Studios' Age of Kings(R). The expansion pack will feature numerous technical improvements including upgraded shields, power cores and new effects.

Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns requires a copy of the retail version of the original game in order to be played.

Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns is rated "T" (Teen) by the ESRB ESRB Entertainment Software Rating Board
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 and is available where ever great interactive entertainment software is sold, with a Suggested Retail Price of $29.95.

For all of the latest Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns news and information, visit www.aspyr.com.

Based in Austin, Texas, Aspyr Media Inc. is a leading publisher of Macintosh interactive entertainment software, committed to offering high-quality interactive entertainment products and service, with a smile, to gamers worldwide.

More information on Aspyr(tm) and their line of products can be found on the Internet at http://www.aspyr.com.

LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC is a leading developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software worldwide. Based in San Rafael San Rafael (săn rəfĕl`), residential city (1990 pop. 48,404), seat of Marin co., W Calif., a suburb of San Francisco on the northern shore of San Francisco Bay; inc. 1913. , Calif., as well as on the Internet at www.lucasarts.com, LucasArts is one of five companies in the Lucas group which include Lucasfilm Ltd., Lucas Digital Ltd. LLC, Lucas Licensing Ltd., and Lucas Online. Lucasfilm is one of the leading film and entertainment companies in the world. Lucasfilm's businesses include George Lucas' film and television production and distribution activities. Lucas Digital, which consists of Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) and Skywalker Sound, provides visual effects and audio post-production services to the entertainment industry. Lucas Licensing is responsible for the merchandising of all Lucasfilm's film and television properties. Lucas Online is a digital destination for entertainment, education, reference and e-commerce for Lucasfilm's intellectual properties and business units.
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