EIDOS ANNOUNCES
SHELLSHOCK NAM '67
Copyright 2004 www.tombraiderchronicles.com
[ February 19th 2004 ]
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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