Gaming News - May 2005
Minneapolis, MN (May 6, 2005) - Video game developer and publisher
Destineer today announced that it has acquired Atomic Games and that Close
Combat: Red Phoenix is now under development.
Peter Tamte, president of Destineer, explains its acquisition of Atomic by
saying, “Lots of military games test how fast you can click a mouse. The real
genius of Close Combat lies in its psychology model that tests your leadership
skills. Close Combat guarantees players a level of authenticity no other
action-oriented military game has offered.”
Adds Keith Zabalaoui, Atomic’s founder, “From the start, Close Combat was never
about resource management and technology trees. It's about leading men who
depend on you for their survival, just as you depend on them for yours.
Destineer’s acquisition of Atomic injects new energy into the Close Combat
series, while building on the authenticity that defines it.”
From Destineer:
Atomic’s legacy began in 1992, when it scored a Game of the Year award for
its very first title, V for Victory. In 1996, Atomic changed military games
forever with the ground-breaking Close Combat series that went on to sell more
than 1.2 million units and win dozens of accolades, including being named one of
the “50 Best Games Ever” by PC Gamer magazine in October, 1998.
The next game in the highly successful series will be Close Combat: Red Phoenix,
a realistic real-time strategy game set on the challenging terrain of today’s
Korean peninsula. Loosely based on the New York Times best-selling novel by
Larry Bond, Close Combat: Red Phoenix puts players in command of a reinforced
rifle platoon of U.S. Marines or South Korean soldiers fighting against an
invasion by North Korea in 2007. The game is scheduled for worldwide release in
2006.
Close Combat: Red Phoenix follows Close Combat: First to Fight, a tactical
first-person shooter by Destineer, published by 2K Games, that was released in
April for the Xbox, Windows and Macintosh. Created with help from more than 40
active-duty US Marines returning from combat in Iraq, Close Combat: First to
Fight puts players in control of a four-man Marine fire team in the thick of
urban combat in Beirut.
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