Gaming News - December 2003
Los Angeles, CA (December 22, 2003) - Vivendi Universal Games and Massive
Entertainment today unveiled the third faction in Ground Control II: Operation
Exodus - the Virons - an alien warrior race.
From VU Games:
The Virons, a previously-unseen element of the Ground Control universe, is
the second playable faction in the game, and fight ferociously with a
never-before-seen method of attack. During combat, the Virons have the ability
to meld several troops together to create new, stronger units, and to
successfully defeat them requires the player to use a completely new set of
skills. Rather than doing traditional battlefield reconnaissance to determine
the composition of his opponent's army, the player will instead need to
anticipate how his opponent will combine his units.
The Virons have an organic look to them, and the designers took inspiration
from nature to design their appearance and behavior. For example, the main
infantry unit, the Prime Clanguard, features a projectile weapon of molecular
acid that swiftly eats through any known material. The Gas Centruroid, another
basic unit, is armed with a spore-thrower that is capable of bypassing armor and
cover bonuses.
"It is very satisfying to finally reveal this second playable faction," said
Martin Walfisz, CEO of Massive Entertainment. "The entire development team has
worked hard to design and implement the Virons, and playing as this faction is a
very different gaming experience indeed."
Ground Control II: Operation Exodus combines the fast-paced action and
stunning graphics of an action game with the tactical thinking of a real-time
strategy game. In a departure from traditional RTS games, Ground Control II:
Operation Exodus focuses on tactical combat with minimal time spent on resource
management.
The game takes place on the Northern Star Alliance (NSA) home planet,
Morningstar Prime, a distant colony world where you assume the role of a highly
respected officer within the armed NSA forces. As Captain Jacob Angelus, you
take command of a task force consisting of infantry, vehicles, tanks and
aircraft. The survival of your people depends on the strategic and tactical
choices that you make during the 24 missions long fight for victory against the
Terran Empire and their newly discovered allies, the Virons.
Ground Control II: Operation Exodus is currently under development at Massive
Entertainment and will be available for the PC in the second quarter of 2004.
For more information, log on to
www.groundcontrol2.com.
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