Cavedog Entertainment's Total Annihilation: Battle Tactics to Introduce Newcomers to the Real-Time Strategy Genre on July 20.SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 8, 1998-- Second Expansion in Total Annihilation(tm) Universe to Feature 100 Fast and Furious Missions, Six New Maps, and Four Bonus Battle Units Cavedog Entertainment to Offer Bonus Units Free Online Before Game Ships Cavedog Entertainment today announced the July 20 release of Total Annihilation: Battle Tactics(tm), the second expansion to its international award-winning 3-D real-time strategy game, Total Annihilation(tm). Unlike most expansion packs, which are created to be more complex or difficult, Total Annihilation: Battle Tactics was designed to appeal to players who are new to the real-time strategy (RTS (Request To Send) An RS-232 signal sent from the transmitting station to the receiving station requesting permission to transmit. Contrast with CTS. 1. (operating system) RTS - run-time system. 2. ) genre or challenged by the complexity and depth of game play found in the original Total Annihilation game. Total Annihilation: Battle Tactics features 100 quick scenarios that utilize select units and provide novice players with an opportunity to learn several basic, and some not-so-basic, strategies imperative tosuccessful RTS gaming. On the same note, the expansion's smaller, quicker battles are perfectly suited to satisfying any veteran player's nagging Total Annihilation urge without requiring a three-hour-long slugfest. With missions separated by length, players can blast through numerous scenarios that can easily be accomplished during a lunch break or even between classes. "Total Annihilation: The Core Contingency expanded Total Annihilation with more units, maps and worlds than you could shake a stick at. With Total Annihilation: Battle Tactics, we wanted to go a different route by focusing on missions designed to assist the novice player," said Ron Gilbert, creative director and co-founder of Cavedog Entertainment. "Even so, veteran players will find plenty to chew on, especially if they enjoy playing tons of missions like I do." In another show of support for Total Annihilation fans, Cavedog Entertainment will make the four bonus units included in Total Annihilation: Battle Tactics available free of charge for online downloading. Two of the four battle units, which include the Arm Stunner stunner device used in abattoirs to stun an animal so that it is unconscious when it is bled out. concussion stunner a captive-bolt, nonpenetrating device, activated by a standard bullet. , Core Neutron, Arm Phalanx phalanx, ancient Greek formation of infantry. The soldiers were arrayed in rows (8 or 16), with arms at the ready, making a solid block that could sweep bristling through the more dispersed ranks of the enemy. and Core Copperhead copperhead, poisonous snake, Ancistrodon contortrix, of the E United States. Like its close relative, the water moccasin, the copperhead is a member of the pit viper family and detects its warm-blooded prey by means of a heat-sensitive organ behind the nostril. , will be made available for downloading from www.cavedog.com on Friday, July 10, at 12:01 a.m. PDT PDT abbr. Pacific Daylight Time PDT Pacific Daylight Time PDT n abbr (US) (= Pacific Daylight Time) → hora de verano del Pacífico PDT . The remaining two units will be available for downloading on Friday, July 17, at 12:01 a.m. PDT. The Total Annihilation: Battle Tactics expansion pack, when combined with both the original Total Annihilation and Total Annihilation: The Core Contingency, provides players with a grand total of more than 245 3-D battle units, 175 challenging missions for beginning and advanced players, more than 90 multiplayer maps, and 12 stunning 3-D worlds. Highlights of Total Annihilation: Battle Tactics Total Annihilation: Battle Tactics continues Total Annihilation's saga of the Arm and the Core, with dozens of new tactical missions available for each side. New features include: -- Missions, missions, missions. A total of 100 new missions are designed to whip novice players into shape and prepare them for the big leagues, or to provide veteran players with an opportunity to play quick missions when time is of the essence A phrase in a contract that means that performance by one party at or within the period specified in the contract is necessary to enable that party to require performance by the other party. Failure to act within the time required constitutes a breach of the contract. . Three levels of difficulty increase the replay value and vary AI resourcefulness. -- Mission groupings. All 100 missions in the game are immediately selectable -- no need for cheat codes. Missions are also organized into four groupings -- long, medium, short and quick -- according to the approximate time each mission takes to complete, which ranges from a few minutes to an hour or more, depending on the skill of the player. -- New single-player worlds. Crystal and Acid Worlds, which were introduced with Total Annihilation: The Core Contingency, will now be featured in single-player missions found in Total Annihilation: Battle Tactics. -- Bonus units. The four new units are the Arm Stunner, an intercontinental ballistic missile intercontinental ballistic missile: see guided missile. (ICBM ICBM: see guided missile. ICBM in full intercontinental ballistic missile Land-based, nuclear-armed ballistic missile with a range of more than 3,500 mi (5,600 km). Only the U.S. ) designed to stun Core units into submission; the Core Neutron, a tactical missile that removes pesky Arm forces but leaves structures intact; and the Arm Phalanx and Core Copperhead, two mobile flak vehicles perfect for protecting convoys against Brawler and Rapier gunship gun·ship n. An armed aircraft, such as a helicopter, that is used to support troops and provide fire cover. attacks. -- Download units. Players will also find in Total Annihilation: Battle Tactics all of the previously released download units that were offered free of charge to Total Annihilation players who visited Cavedog Entertainments Web site at www.cavedog.com. To date, more than 25 units have been provided online, and more are on the way. Multiplayer Action Total Annihilation now supports Internet-based multiplayer gaming through ICQ ("I Seek You") A conferencing program for the Internet from Mirabilis, Tel Aviv, Israel (www.icq.com). It provides interactive chat, e-mail and file transfer and can alert you when someone on your predefined list has also come online. , an Internet instant messaging program. Details are available online at www.totalannihilation.com/icq.html or www.icq.com. In addition, most major online gaming services, including Dwango, Heat.net, Kali, Mplayer, Total Entertainment Network (TEN) and Wireplay, support Total Annihilation multiplayer gaming. Total Annihilation was also the featured real-time strategy game in the Professional Gamers League The AMD Professional Gamers League (PGL), founded in the late 1990s, was the first professional league for computer gaming. The PGL was run by the Total Entertainment Network and was intended to do for computer gaming what the NBA, NHL and other professional leagues did for their (PGL Persistent generalized lymphadenopathy (PGL) A condition in which HIV continues to produce chronic painless swellings in the lymph nodes during the latency period. Mentioned in: AIDS ) Season 2 tournament, which culminated May 29 at Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Atlanta. Details of the competition and the PGL are availa ble online at www.pgl.com. Price, Platform and Availability The Total Annihilation: Battle Tactics CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). expansion pack is scheduled to be available in stores nationwide starting July 20 for an estimated street price of $19.99. It can also be purchased through secure online transactions at www.cavedog.com or by calling toll-free 888/477-9369. Total Annihilation is required. Minimum system requirements are a DirectX compatible 100MHz Pentium PC system with 32 MB of RAM, Windows 95, a sound card and a quad-speed CD-ROM. Total Annihilation is available on CD-ROM for an estimated street price of $34.99 at retail stores nationwide. Minimum system requirements are a DirectX-compatible 100MHz Pentium PC system with 16 MB of RAM, Windows 95, a sound card and a quad-speed CD ROM. Cavedog Entertainment Cavedog Entertainment, based in the Seattle area, was created in 1995 by Ron Gilbert, Shelley Day, and a team of the game industry's best designers, programmers and artists to explore interactive gaming and create new standards of fun. In 1997, Computer Gaming World Computer Gaming World (CGW) was the first magazine devoted exclusively to computer games. CGW was founded in 1981 by Russell Sipe as a semi-monthly publication. and GameSpot proclaimed Ron Gilbert to be one of the 15 most influential people in computer gaming of all time. Gilbert previously spent eight years at LucasArts Entertainment, where he designed such classic games as Maniac Mansion and the Monkey Island series. Both games have won numerous awards and appeared in PC Games Top Eight Most Influential Games of All Time list. Cavedog Entertainment, a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of GT Interactive Software Corp. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :GTIS GTIS Government Telecommunications and Informatics Services (Canada) GTIS Global Trade Information Services GTIS GOES Tap Imaging System GTIS Government Technical Information Services (Canada) ), can be found on the World Wide Web at www.cavedog.com. Cavedog Entertainment, Total Annihilation, Total Annihilation: Battle Tactics and Total Annihilation: The Core Contingency are trademarks of Humongous Entertainment. Other brand names and products may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
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