Combat and Camaraderie is the Name of the Game in EA's ARMY OF TWO Shipping to Stores Today.Fight Along Side Your Team-mate to Become the Deadliest Two-man Military Outfit a Government Can Buy MONTREAL -- Never go into battle alone! The highly anticipated 3rd person co-op shooter from EA Montreal EA Montreal is a video-game development studio owned and operated by Electronic Arts. The studio is based in Montreal, Quebec. It was inaugurated by EA on March 17, 2004 [1]. has arrived. Electronic Arts Inc (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 :ERTS ERTS Electronic Arts, Inc. (stock symbol) ERTS Earth Resources Technology Satellite (US NASA) ERTS Embedded Real Time Systems ERTS Enhanced Remote Transit Shed ) today announced that ARMY OF TWO[TM] has shipped to retail stores. The game will be on retail shelves on March 7 in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and Europe. Launching on the PLAYSTATION[R]3 computer entertainment system and Xbox 360[TM] videogame and entertainment system, ARMY OF TWO is a brand new action experience that throws gamers into hot spots hot spots acute moist dermatitis. ripped from today's headlines. ARMY OF TWO redefines co-operative online gameplay as players seamlessly move from an A.I. partner to live players. Gamers will battle it out online as they advance through six intense levels in the two-player co-op campaign mode. Players can also go for bragging rights by determining which team is the most deadly military outfit in two-on-two team battles in four distinct multiplayer versus maps. "We're focused on providing a great multiplayer experience for players as they engage in complex extraction and bounty missions that make them feel as if they are fighting alongside and against some of the toughest combatants the military world has to offer," commented Alain Tascan, VP and General Manager of EA Montreal and Executive Producer of ARMY OF TWO. "Allowing people to play online together through the campaign or versus mode, we're encouraging players to approach a shooter game Shooter games cover a fairly broad spectrum of genres that have the commonality of controlling a character who is usually armed with a firearm that can be freely aimed. Characteristics of shooters in a new light through close collaboration and a higher level of team work that no other game has offered." Unlike other co-op games, ARMY OF TWO not only focuses on winning, it's about getting paid. As ex-Army Rangers now turned contractors for a Private Military Corporation, players spend their hard earned cash on more accurate and deadly customizable weapons. Players can use special co-op features to complete their paid missions including the new and unique Aggro ag·gro n. Chiefly British Slang 1. Aggressive or violent behavior. 2. Irritation or exasperation: feature that ensures their partner goes unnoticed when approaching enemies. Dependent on the intensity of their gun fire, distance, line of sight and type of weapon, players can put the enemy's attention on one player while the other plans a sneak attack to take them out! ARMY OF TWO has been rated M by the ESRB ESRB Entertainment Software Rating Board ESRB Estrogen Receptor Beta ESRB Explosive Safety Review Board and 18 by PEGI PEGI Pan European Game Information PEGI Pan European Games Information . For more information on the game, please visit the official game website at www.armyoftwo.com or the EA press website at http://info.ea.com. About Electronic Arts Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), headquartered in Redwood City, California Redwood City is a suburb located on the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. Redwood City is the county seat of San Mateo County. As of the 2005 census, the city had a total population of 76,000. , is the world's leading interactive entertainment software company. Founded in 1982, the company develops, publishes, and distributes interactive software worldwide for video game systems, personal computers, cellular handsets and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under four brand names: EA SPORTS[TM], EA[TM], EA SPORTS BIG[TM] and POGO[TM]. In fiscal 2007, EA posted revenue of $3.09 billion and had 24 titles that sold more than one million copies. EA's homepage and online game site is www.ea.com. More information about EA's products and full text of press releases can be found on the Internet at http://info.ea.com Electronic Arts, EA, EA SPORTS, EA SPORTS BIG, POGO and ARMY OF TWO are trademarks or registered trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. in the U.S and/or other countries. Microsoft, Xbox and Xbox 360 are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies. "PLAYSTATION" is a registered trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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