SWAT 3: ELITE EDITION SHIPS TO STORES TODAY
Multiplayer Patch and New Missions To Be Released Free On Internet
BELLEVUE, WA (October 12, 2000) - Sierra Studios™ announced today that
SWAT™ 3: Elite Edition, the highly anticipated multiplayer title, has
shipped to retail outlets throughout North America. Elite Edition is the
most authentic, tactical action PC game to date and immerses gamers in real
world scenarios facing SWAT teams, such as L.A.P.D. SWAT. Elite Edition
offers brand new missions, new multi-player modes and a suite of
community-building tools. These will be made available to gamers free online
for those who already own SWAT 3: Close Quarters Battle™ starting October
13th. These files will upgrade North American versions of the game. Upgrades
for all other versions will follow shortly thereafter. More information on
SWAT 3: Elite Edition can be found at http://www.swat3.com.
"SWAT 3: CQB received numerous awards and accolades, including nominations
for '1999 Action Game of the Year' by both Computer Gaming World and PC
Gamer magazines. And in the process, it defined the tactical action genre,"
said Lee Rossini, marketing manager at Sierra Studios. "Elite Edition takes
the SWAT 3 experience to a higher level. It not only combines the
intellectual challenge of tactical gameplay with the excitement of
multiplayer, but it also provides gamers with powerful tools to develop
their own levels, missions and more."
SWAT 3: Elite Edition delivers 5 new missions, in addition to the 16
original, award-winning missions. The new missions feature hostage
standoffs, VIP detail, barricaded suspect situations set in recognizable Los
Angeles locations, including Chang's Theater, the LA Subway, Whitman
Airport, Hollywood Hills and the City of Angels Hospital (based on a real
Los Angeles hospital).
SWAT 3: Elite Edition supports up to 5 simultaneous players via LAN or over
the Internet. Internet play is supported by Sierra.com, powered by
Flipside. The multi-player game will offer several choices: Co-Op game,
Death Match, Last Man Standing, Paintball and more. Elite Edition takes a
revolutionary and highly immersive twist in its approach to multiplayer
deathmatch games, with up to 30 artificial intelligence (AI) characters,
which can be chosen to be civilians, suspects, or even hostages. Given the
opportunity, all AI terrorists can be dangerous and depending on whether you
are a SWAT officer or a terrorist, will respond to your every move
differently, much like they would in real life.
Elite Edition will also provide the community-building tools, with the Level
and Scenario Editors embedded within the game. Additionally, gamers will be
able to use the Mod Selector to quickly and easily download MODs, ensuring
massive replayability.
Sierra On-Line, Inc. http://www.sierra.com/ is one of the original
developers and largest worldwide publishers of interactive entertainment and
productivity software. Sierra is a division of Havas Interactive, a global
leader in interactive content, and is one of the world's largest publishers
of education, entertainment and home productivity software. Its divisions,
Blizzard Entertainment®, Coktel, Knowledge Adventure®, Sierra™ and
Flipside.com™ are famous for releasing critically acclaimed and award
winning titles. Havas has operations in the US and in Europe and is a
subsidiary of the French publishing house Havas, part of Vivendi
Communications.