Toronto,
Canada - September 28, 2005 - DreamCatcher Games, a global publisher
of interactive entertainment, today announced that the company’s
highly anticipated stealth action game "Cold War" has been
released in North America for PC and Xbox.
“'Cold
War' will put gamers at the edge of their seat, as stealth and action
fans are thrown into a world of secret gadgets and classified documents
as they find themselves alone to prevent a potential international
conspiracy,” commented Product Manager, Byron Gaum. “With its
original setting and premise, 'Cold War' is slated to become one of the
sleeper hits of the year.”
Rated
“T” for Teen by the ESRB, "Cold War" follows the story of
Matt Carter, an American freelance journalist, who finds himself in the
midst of an international conspiracy that aims to take control of the
U.S.S.R. Twelve hours after arriving in Moscow for a routine story,
Carter
is
stripped of all his possessions, beaten unconscious and thrown into the
KGB’s political prison. Using only recovered weapons and improvised
gadgets, he must now evade and overcome elite Soviet forces and defeat
the conspiracy before he is sent to a Siberian prison camp or killed.
Features
include:
* Strong espionage/stealth gameplay – including gadgets like the
powerful and deadly X-ray camera that allows you to spy on your enemies
through walls and destroy explosive objects.
* Powerful and widely-recognized setting - mid-1980’s U.S.S.R.
* Interactive non-linear world.
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Accomplish
objectives in multiple ways utilizing stealth and brute force – find
hidden paths, combine in-game elements to create deadly gadgets and
traps, or silently eliminate opponents.
* Explore accurately recreated Soviet locations including Lenin’s
Mausoleum, Chernobyl, the Kremlin and the KGB’s notorious Lubyanka
prison.
About
DreamCatcher Games:
DreamCatcher Games is a fast-growing worldwide publisher and distributor
of interactive entertainment software committed to release action,
strategy and role-playing games on Windows(R), PlayStation(R)2 and Xbox
gaming systems. Its large portfolio of games includes the critically
acclaimed title "Painkiller," a popular and best-selling
action shooter game. More information about DreamCatcher Games and its
products can be found at http://www.dreamcatchergames.com.