Gaming News - October 2002
Bellevue, WA (October 17, 2002) - Sierra Entertainment today announced
that the U.S. finals of the Empire Earth World Championships will be held at
Jillian's San Francisco on Saturday, October 19th from 5 to 8 p.m.
From Sierra:
The event, sponsored by Sierra, Intel Corporation, iGames, Prima
Games, and FHM Magazine, will be open to the public and is the culmination of
weeks of regional tournaments held at iGames centers around the country.
All local San Francisco gamers are encouraged to attend the
tournament at Jillian's San Francisco in the Metreon (101 4th Street, San
Francisco, California) and watch as the country's best Empire Earth gamers go
head-to-head. The championship matches will begin at 5 p.m. on Saturday, October
19th and end at 8 p.m. Prizes from all of the tournament's sponsors will be
given away to lucky spectators.
Members of the Empire Earth development team will also be on
hand to discuss the game and the future of the series.
About the Empire Earth World Championships
The Empire Earth World Championships consist of a series of tournaments held
internationally, culminating in a Championship Tournament where the best of the
best Empire Earth combatants will face off in hopes of winning the Grand Prize
of US$20,000 and a chance to increase that amount to US$100,000. The
Championship Tournament will highlight the upcoming expansion pack to Empire
Earth, Empire Earth: The Art of Conquest(tm).
The tournament began with regional competitions held in
countries across the globe. Winners of each regional final then moved on to
national competition and national winners will be sent to the Empire Earth
Worldwide Championships in Paris, France in December where the winner will be
crowned.
Competition rules and further details about the Empire Earth
World Championships can be found online at
www.empireearth.com.
The Empire Earth World Championships will highlight Sierra
Entertainment's expansion pack to its award winning real-time strategy game,
Empire Earth. Released in November 2001, Empire Earth has sold more than one
million copies worldwide. The game has won numerous industry awards, including
PC Game of the Year honors from GameSpy.com, a "Gold Award" accolade by PC
Action magazine in Germany, and a "Trophy Award" for special achievement in
gaming from PC Team magazine in France.
About Empire Earth: The Art of Conquest
Empire Earth: The Art of Conquest includes three new single-player campaigns
set in ancient Rome, the Pacific Theater of World War II, and Asia in the 22nd
century. In addition, each of the 21 pre-designed civilizations in the game
gains a unique special power, building, or unit. Examples include: the Kingdom
of Italy's Metallurgy power, which allows them to pay building costs with gold
or iron interchangeably; Great Britain's S.A.S. unit will be able to plant
demolitions and swim across water; and the United States' market building will
allow that civilization to trade abundant resources for scarce ones.
In Empire Earth: The Art of Conquest, gamers attempt to become
the greatest conqueror of all time by creating, building, and leading a
civilization to transcend the ages - from the discovery of fire, to flight, to
the next frontier: space.
From Prehistory to the Space Age of the 22nd Century, Empire
Earth serves up gaming on an broad scale. Empire Earth and Empire Earth: The Art
of Conquest cover over 500,000 years of human history, from the discovery of
fire to the laser battles of the future. Each player takes control of a
fledgling civilization and strives to forge the greatest of all empires.
Empire Earth: The Art of Conquest is optimized for the Intel(r)
Pentium(r) 4 processor. Gamers with a PC equipped with a Pentium 4 processor
will experience smoother animation, more lifelike video, and ultra-realistic
environments.
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