NAMCO BANDAI GAMES' WARHAMMER®: MARK OF CHAOS™ INVADES BATTLEFIELDS ACROSS NORTH AMERICA
Experience epic battles on the frontlines of the Warhammer® world
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SANTA CLARA, Calif., (November 14, 2006) - Leading video games publisher and developer NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. today announced that its fantasy real-time strategy PC game, Warhammer®: Mark of Chaos has shipped to retail outlets across North America. Warhammer: Mark of Chaos features ferocious battles on a massive scale, an epic single player campaign, fully customizable units and multiplayer options.
"Warhammer: Mark of Chaos pushes the boundaries of interactive entertainment, with some of the most visceral battles ever seen in a real-time strategy game," said Makoto Iwai, Senior Vice President of the Development Group for NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. "We have worked closely with Black Hole Entertainment to deliver gamers an immersive and entertaining PC game that truly reflects the renowned Warhammer universe based on the best-selling miniature table top game."
In Warhammer: Mark of Chaos, the focus is set squarely on the battlefield with a real-time combat system that gives the player unprecedented customization and control of his/her army. Warhammer: Mark of Chaos centers on the armies and battles, while de-emphasizing the tedious aspects of base and resource management. This heroic quest reveals a grand sense of both scale and detail, in which monstrous demons and vast customizable armies clash with thousands of characters in intricately detailed environments. A wide variety of terrain including forests, swamps, plains and tundra challenge players to adapt to their surroundings -- adding a new layer of strategy and providing infinite replayability.
Warhammer: Mark of Chaos is rated "M" for Mature by the ESRB and has a suggested retail price of $49.99. For more information about Warhammer: Mark of Chaos, please visit http://www.markofchaos.com.
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About NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc.
NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. is an interactive entertainment software publisher and developer based in Santa Clara, CA. The company is a subsidiary of the newly formed NAMCO BANDAI Holdings (USA) Inc. based in Cypress, CA.
On September 29, 2005, Bandai Co., Ltd. and NAMCO LIMITED implemented a management integration to form NAMCO BANDAI Holdings Inc. This step was taken to compete more effectively on the global stage in the fast-changing entertainment industry and to deliver further growth.
The resulting BANDAI NAMCO Group is a global entertainment group involved in business fields ranging from toys, amusement facilities, video game software and visual software, to apparel, sundries and network content.
As previous separate entities (Namco Hometek Inc. and Bandai Games Inc.) the companies were each known for creating some of the industry's top video game franchises including: Tamagotchi®, Tekken®, SOULCALIBUR®, Dead to Rights®, Pac-Man® World, Digimon®, Ridge Racer®, Time Crisis® and ACECOMBAT®. For more information about NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. and its products log onto www.namcobandaigames.com.
Press Release ® 2006 NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc.
® Copyright Games Workshop Ltd 2006. All Rights Reserved. Games Workshop, Warhammer, Warhammer: Mark of Chaos, and all associated races, race insignia, marks, names, characters, illustrations and images from the Warhammer: Mark of Chaos game and the Warhammer world are either ®, TM and/or ® Games Workshop Ltd 2000-2006, variably registered in the UK and other countries around the world, used under license by NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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