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EIDOS
ANNOUNCES SHELLSHOCK NAM '67
Eidos,
one of the world's leading publishers
and developers of entertainment software,
announces ShellShock:
Nam '67. ShellShock: Nam '67 depicts
the true horrors of the Vietnam War
for the first time in a video game.
The game is being developed by Guerrilla
and will be available for PlayStation
2 computer entertainment system, Xbox
video game system from Microsoft and
PC in June 2004.
ShellShock:
Nam '67 focuses on one man's experience
of the most controversial war of modern
times. Gamers take on the role of
a rookie soldier on his first tour
of duty as he experiences the fear,
chaos and atrocities of the Vietnam
War. From the napalm bombardments
of civilian villages and the gruesome
VC (Viet Cong) boobytraps, to the
permanent threat of invisible foes
and deadly ambushes, Shellshock: Nam
'67 dares to go where no other war
game has gone.
Powered
by Guerrilla's ground-breaking technology,
ShellShock: Nam '67 delivers a graphically
harrowing depiction of the terror
of combat. Players must fight their
way through a variety of missions
ranging from large-scale battlefield
encounters with the North Vietnamese
Army to stealth-based missions such
as assassinating a VC General.
As
gamers progress from a "grunt" to
Special Forces carrying out classified
missions, they will have to rely on
the same skills and tactics employed
in the battlefields of Vietnam in
order to survive. The tour will take
gamers from the lush wetlands of the
South to the mountain borders of the
North featuring diverse locations
including dense jungles, rural Vietnamese
villages and claustrophobic tunnel
systems.
Hermen
Hulst, managing director of Guerrilla,
says: "With ShellShock: Nam '67, we
are aiming to deliver a game that
really provides as authentic a war
experience as possible. Through extensive
research on all topics, but also by
not shying away from the more controversial
aspects of war, we are looking to
provide gamers with the closest thing
to actually being there."
Mike
McGarvey, ceo of Eidos, says: "Guerrilla
is an extremely talented developer
with brilliant technology and a clear
understanding of what makes a great
game. We've got high expectations
for ShellShock: Nam '67 as it offers
a unique take on what is a very successful
genre."
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