Westwood Studios to Ship ``Command & Conquer Yuri's Revenge'' Oct. 9.Business/Entertainment Editors & Video Game Writers LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 8, 2001 Just when you thought democracy was assured, "Red Alert(TM)" fans face another challenge with an expansion to "Red Alert 2." Westwood Studios Westwood Studios (1985-2003) was a computer and video game developer, founded in 1985 as Westwood Associates by Brett Sperry and Louis Castle and based in Las Vegas, Nevada. today announced that "Command & Conquer Yuri's Revenge(TM)" will ship 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. Oct. 9, and should be fully distributed Fully distributed A new stock issue that has been completely resold to the investing public and is no longer held by dealers. fully distributed Of or relating to a new issue of securities that has been sold out. worldwide by Oct. 12. "Yuri's Revenge" is published by Electronics Arts (Nasdaq:ERTS ERTS Electronic Arts, Inc. (stock symbol) ERTS Earth Resources Technology Satellite (US NASA) ERTS Embedded Real Time Systems ERTS Enhanced Remote Transit Shed ) under the EA GAMES brand. "Yuri's Revenge" is the largest expansion in Westwood's history, adding to the 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 new Allied and Soviet units, two single-player campaigns, multiplayer features, co-operative campaigns, an hour of filmed story sequences, and an entirely new side: an army lead by the mysterious psychic warrior, Yuri. In the original "Red Alert 2," Yuri was a controllable unit on the Soviet side. For the expansion, Yuri breaks from the Soviets and launches his own bid for world domination “World conquest” redirects here. For other uses, see World domination (disambiguation). The concept of world domination (sometimes world conquest) has long been a popular theme in both history and fiction. through psychic technology. Players will take command of a time-traveling task force and go back in time to unravel Yuri's evil plot. "With `Yuri's Revenge,' we wanted to give the fans more of the addictive and fast-paced gameplay they loved in `Red Alert 2,'" said Mark Skaggs, executive producer of "Yuri's Revenge." "`Yuri's Revenge' is a hugely ambitious expansion to a wildly successful product, and we are excited about getting it out to the public." "Yuri's Revenge" will feature multiplay over a Local Area Network and over the Internet through Westwood Online(SM). Players can engage in fierce combat with each other or team up to play through the 10 co-op missions. "Yuri's Revenge" will also have its own dedicated tournament and ladder system that will rank players worldwide and allow them to keep track of their victories and defeats against other Internet gamers. Gamers can order "Yuri's Revenge" online at www.eastore.ea.com or call toll free at 877/EA GAMES (877/324-2637). "Yuri's Revenge" can also be ordered from Babbage's at www.gamestop.com and from Electronics Boutique Electronics Boutique is an international computer and video games retailer, established as an American company in 1977 by James Kim with a single, electronics-focused kiosk, located in a suburban Philadelphia mall in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. at www.ebworld.com. More information about "Yuri's Revenge" can be found at www.westwood.com. About Westwood Studios Westwood Studios is a prominent publisher of best-selling PC and next-generation console games. Formed in 1985, Westwood Studios has released several popular titles including: "Dune(TM) 2000," the "Lands of Lore Lands of Lore or LoL is a classical computer role-playing game series by Westwood Studios and published by Virgin Interactive. Lands of Lore follows the tradition of Dungeon Master (TM)" series, the "Kyrandia(TM)" adventure trilogy, "Monopoly(R)" for the Internet, "Blade Runner(TM)" and the "Command & Conquer(TM)" product line. About Electronic Arts Electronic Arts, with headquarters in Redwood City Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. , Calif., is the world's leading interactive entertainment software company. Founded in 1982, Electronic Arts posted revenues of more than $1.3 billion for fiscal 2001. The company develops, publishes and distributes software worldwide for the Internet, personal computers and video game systems. Electronic Arts markets its products under four brand names: EA SPORTS(TM), EA GAMES(TM), EA SPORTS BIG(TM) and EA.COM(SM). More information about EA's products and full text of news releases can be found on the Internet at http://www.info.ea.com. Note to Editors: Electronic Arts, Westwood Studios, "Command & Conquer," "Yuri's Revenge," "Red Alert," Westwood Online, "Lands of Lore," "Kyrandia," EA SPORTS, EA SPORTS BIG and EA GAMES are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of Electronic Arts Inc. in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and/or other countries. EA.COM is a service mark of EA.com Inc. "Dune" is a trademark of Dino DeLaurentis Corp. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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