Video Gaming News - August 2005
San Francisco, CA (August 29, 2005) - Today Ubisoft announced that it
has signed an exclusive deal with Red Mile Entertainment to publish and
distribute the Heroes of the Pacific in North America for the PlayStation 2,
Xbox, and PC.
From Ubisoft:
Heroes of the Pacific is a dramatic World War II aerial combat-action game
developed by IR Gurus of Australia. Heroes of the Pacific will be available
September 28, 2005, for consoles and in October 2005 for the PC.
Heroes of the Pacific begins on December 7, 1941, with the attack on Pearl
Harbor and lets the player participate in the most memorable battles of the
Pacific campaign including Wake Island, Midway and the Coral Sea. For the first
time players will experience the epic scope of the battles, placing hundreds of
planes on the screen in a single confrontation.
Heroes of the Pacific features six game modes and more than 35 upgradeable WWII
aircraft, a compelling story through the war, and arcade and professional
controls, as well as a workshop to customize the plane’s weapon loadout and
plane setup.
“Ubisoft is pleased to bring gamers the intense dogfighting experience of Heroes
of the Pacific,” said James Regan, director of new business development at
Ubisoft. “The realistic and historical environments recreated in this game will
launch players into the action-packed skies of the Pacific as if they were part
of history themselves.”
Key Features:
- More than 150 planes fighting on-screen, each with full artificial
intelligence and physics.
- 10 campaigns, with 26 missions taken from real events of the Pacific campaign
including Pearl Harbor and Iwo Jima.
- Six game modes (Campaign, Instant Action, Single Mission, Historical,
Training, Multiplayer and Online (fierce online multiplayer support for up to 8
players).
- Compelling and dramatic story featuring historical footage.
- Arcade and professional control modes.
- Player-controllable wingmen through a fast and intuitive menu system.
- Highly detailed plane and ship models with complex lighting and environment
effects.
- Varied mission types: Ground attack, ground support, escort defense, patrol,
torpedo and dive-bombing.
Heroes of the Pacific carries an ESRB rating of “T” (Teen) for strong language
and violence, with a suggested retail price of $49.99 for PlayStation 2 and Xbox
and $39.99 for the PC.
For more information about Heroes of the Pacific, please visit
www.heroesofthepacific.com.
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