Intense Street Combat in DogTag Offers Unique Twist on Good vs. Evil
LOS ANGELES, May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Video game publisher Digital Jesters
announced today at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) the signing of an
action-packed new urban warfare title DogTag, which will be due for release on
PC and Xbox 360 in 2006. Developed by DiezelPower Studios with dedicated
teams in both France and Japan, the gritty street combat game will be
published by Digital Jesters across all territories worldwide.
"Signing DogTag has been a top priority for us and we look forward to
working closely with DiezelPower Studios over the coming months," said Terry
Malham, Digital Jesters co-founder and commercial director. "We're very
excited by what we've seen so far, and believe DogTag will offer gamers a
unique slant on the traditional idea of good vs. evil, with a storyline that
could easily have come directly from Hollywood."
Roel Frankel, CEO, DiezelPower comments, "Right from our first meeting we
knew Digital Jesters was the perfect partner for our next-generation title.
DogTag will provide a brutally realistic approach to action games which is
guaranteed to appeal to all hardcore gamers. We are delighted to work with
Digital Jesters to bring this title to a worldwide audience next year."
About DogTag
DogTag is a squad based military game, where a marine battalion has been
sent in to replace a retreating rebel faction. A few weeks later,
intelligence confirms that the colonel leading the battalion had engaged in a
mutiny against central command with the support of (some or all of) the troops
under his command. His reasons, at this stage, are unknown.
Players will control an elite Special Ops Squad whose mission is to arrest
and retrieve the command structure behind the rebellion. If retrieval is not
possible, players need to neutralize the battalion command. How will the
player decide to pull the trigger when the enemy is a friend?
Using a unique cover-based gameplay system, players will be encouraged to
fully interact with every aspect of the environment for both offensive and
defensive maneuvers. In addition to shielding your squad from any immediate
threat, the environments are specifically designed to provide multiple
tactical firing positions, as well as blind-fire tactics to destroy the enemy
without exposing your team.
Key Features
* Intense urban combat in ultra-realistic modern day city and industrial
environments
* Unique cover based gameplay -- using every aspect of the environment
for defensive manuevers and blind-fire tactics to destroy the enemy
* Tactical squad based movement and attack against an enemy who knows
all your moves
* Face an entire battalion of soldiers, equipped with the latest
military hardware, vehicles and weaponry
* Marine vs. Marine as the distinction between good and evil disappears
* Proprietary game engine with full environmental and player collision
physics, dynamic shadowing and global illumination light mapping
Dog Tag is due for release on PC and the Xbox 360 in Q2, 2006.
About Digital Jesters
Founded in 2003, Digital Jesters is a British-based publisher of computer
and video games. This summer, the company is introducing "Bet on Soldier," a
first-person shooter that received critical acclaim throughout Europe. Set up
by the duo responsible for launching and establishing the Sudden Strike and
Cossacks series of games in the UK, the firm's remit is simple: to source and
publish the best games available. Digital Jesters' commitment to originality
resulted in snapping up the original TrackMania game from French developer
Nadeo and with the ethos of community development, the game quickly became one
of the sleeper hits of the year. A tie-in with record-breaking yachtswoman
Ellen Macarthur for the firm's second release, Virtual Skipper 3, ensured the
game received widespread attention among the elusive non-gamer, and firmly
placed the publisher on the map.
For additional information on Digital Jesters, please visit
http://www.digitaljesters.com or http://www.djmediacentre.com.
MEDIA CONTACT
Mark Van Lommel
GCI Group for Digital Jesters
323-761-7435 office / 213-804-3253 mobile
mvanlommel@gcigroup.com
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CONTACT:
Mark Van Lommel of GCI Group, office,
+1-323-761-7435, or mobile, +1-213-804-3253,
mvanlommel@gcigroup.com, for Digital Jesters
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