Gaming News - March 2004
New York, NY (March 31, 2004) - Kuma Reality Games today announced
that it has launched Kuma\War.
From Kuma Reality Games:
Created using real-world missions from breaking news events, the
subscription-based online service is a tactical, squad-based game that brings
top stories from the war on terror directly to the consumer’s PC.
Kuma\War delivers real-world news events in a way never-before-seen in the world
of video or computer games. Just weeks after a military event occurs somewhere
around the world, Kuma\War will create a re-enactment of the conflict, using
advanced 3D gaming tools, and deliver the mission to a subscriber’s computer. At
launch, Kuma\War will give players a “boots on the ground” experience of recent
military missions, such as Uday and Qusay Hussein’s Last Stand in Mosul, Iraq,
Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan, and an amazing recreation of a large scale
bank robbery thwarted by American troops in Samarra, Iraq, November 2003.
“Kuma\War enables consumers to experience actual missions of real soldiers in
the war on terror,” said Keith Halper, CEO of Kuma Reality Games. “Players have
to devise the tactics and make the hard choices in some of the most important
events of our time. For our subscribers, we make the headlines real.”
Downloaded via a broadband connection, in addition to new missions, subscribers
will receive automatic updates and intelligence information on a weekly basis to
assist them in battle. Kuma\War will launch with five missions, and then add
additional assignments in the weeks to follow, such as part two of the Samarra
Bank Heist and the Korean Spy Sub Incident: ROK The Enemy Within.
Prior to embarking on each mission, players are given intelligence gathered from
around the world, in the form of a video news show, technical specifications for
the weapons used, a chronology of the battle, and even a satellite photo of the
battlefield. Expert military analysis is also provided to the player, to give a
strategic and tactical perspective of the historical event. Sources for the
intelligence include the Associated Press, declassified Department of Defense
documents, and a decorated team of military advisors.
As a salute to the men and women in uniform who have served their countries,
Kuma will also proudly donate $1 of all paid subscriptions to The Intrepid
Fallen Heroes Fund, which was created to assist the families of the nation's
fallen heroes killed in duty. To learn more about Fallen Heroes, please visit:
www.i-fhf.org
In further support of military personnel, during its launch promotion, Kuma
Reality Games is offering a free subscription to everyone with a “.mil” email
address.
Kuma\War is available for download at
www.kumawar.com and can be
purchased for a $9.99 per month subscription fee.
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