Announcing the worldwide release of "Just Another Day in L.A.", the hard hitting theme song from the hit game, SWAT 2.

"Just Another Day in L. A." features lead vocals by nationally syndicated studio singer Randall Porter, who (in spite of all his fame and fortune) still works his day job as a Probation Officer for the State of Utah.

The musical bridge of "Just Another Day in L. A." is overlaid with clips of actual cross talk and police dispatch recorded during the 1997 Hollywood bank robbery. Sound designer Jason Ramirez was the mastermind behind this sonic heist.

Most of the really cool lyrics in "Just Another Day in L. A." were written by SWAT 2's game designer Susan Frischer. Because of her personal rapport with Daryl Gates and several LAPD SWAT officers, she wrote the lyrics with their real-life stories in mind.

The music was written and produced by Chance Thomas, whose only connection to law enforcement involves 13 traffic tickets he once received in a single year. Currently he drives a bright red, Mitsubishi 3000 GT VR-4 Twin Turbo, just to make sure he doesn't draw any unnecessary attention.

Hear "Another Day in L.A." [MP3 (2,420k)]

Police Quest: SWAT 2 earned the honor of highest-ranking newcomer on the Top PC Games Sales list for the week of July 12-18. SWAT 2 shot pass titles such as GT Interactive's Unreal and Blizzard's Diablo to debut in the number 4 slot. Riven: The Sequel to Myst and The X-Files Game were edged out of the top 10 ranking.

[Source: PC Data, 29 July 1998. Figures are based on sales in the United States]

SWAT 2 game designer Susan Frischer was the featured guest today on GameTime - a live half-hour online show on the All Games Network.

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Today's completion of SWAT 2 represented a real independence day for the game's development team. Dozens of programmers and quality assurance people worked unbelievable hours for the last six months to make the game solid, polished, and bug free.

The gold master disc left the Oakhurst development studio today for rush duplication. Finished copies of the game will travel via an air-express courier to retail centers across North America. SWAT 2 will be available nationwide in the US on July 11th.

So far, the buzz on the street has been great. The SWAT 2 demo is extremely successful, logging more than 150,000 downloads in 3 weeks. The game has received fantastic reviews from some already addicted players. The realism and attention to detail has received many compliments.

SWAT 2 is the first game to ship under the new Sierra FX brand. It was developed by Yosemite Entertainment game design studio in Oakhurst, California.