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E3 2005: Deep Silver E3 Game Line-up

22nd May 2005, 1:59pm
Deep Silver have released several factsheets about their upcoming games shown at this years E3.

Descriptions

Wildlife Park 2
Wildlife Park 2 builds on the foundations of the original game, and adds a whole new level of organic simulation, making your livestock even more life like. Add in realistic weather conditions, botanical gardens and a highly advanced strategic and business simulation engine and you have the ultimate Wildlife Park tycoon game. Take on the role of the zoo keeper or wildlife park manager, breed rare and extinct animal or plant species in the research institutes.

SpellForce 2
The most beautiful, perfect and deadly of the Dark Races, the Dark Elves, are threatening to overrun mankind...Try to resist their Invasion and lead the Avatar and his heroes in forging new alliances to combat them! However you will soon come to realize that even more sinister forces are at work...Lead your armies in monumental battles and unravel the truth behind this epic story.The burden of ancient blood is heavy, it has fallen on you to carry it...

Rush for Berlin
The player's goal; to capture the German capital, as either the British/US/French alliance or the Red army of the Soviet Union. The act symbolizes the total defeat of the Third Reich and means the end of the war on the European continent. Players face more and more challenges, as they get closer to the capital. The game is based on historical facts and gives wide possibilities for changing history and playing an alternative reality.

Kingdom Under Fire: Heroes
Once you choose the main character, the war campaigns start out with one infantry unit. You will have to quickly learn how to move the soldiers to advantageous battlegrounds, how to counter enemy attacks, how to dispose enemy captains for a landslide victory, how to operate with multiple units of different class simultaneously, etc, until you become the ultimate warlord. As your skill grows, your characters and soldiers grow as well. A deadly arsenal of special moves and combos will become available for your character. Your soldiers will gain stronger weapons and equipments. Catapults and dragons will join your army.

Girlzz
This is a real-time sim all about girls and all about lifestyle. Accompany your protagonist through the Californian high-school scene: Will you succeed in outdoing all the other girls? Or at least in out dressing them? Collecting and evaluating information is central to the game. Every player must develop their own success strategy. The better you are at handling people and manipulating them, the easier your progress will be.

DIRT
A fast paced action adventure title, set across 14 levels; players take on the role of DIRT, an unlikely heroine with a shadowy past. From the deserts of Nevada, to secret government research facilities, DIRT faces near unstoppable opposition. RPG Lite 'Play as you want' system allows the player to experience each level from their preferred style, Stealth, Aggression, Exploration or Sharp Shooting. Multiple offensive and defensive moves make DIRT a resourceful character in a fight, with over 20 weapons to level at her foes. A teen chic with attitude - God help the opposition.

Earth 2160
Sequel of the award winning Earth series, EARTH 2160 sets a new milestone in the RTS genre. EARTH brings an as yet unseen level of detail to the RTS genre, utilising the latest DirectX 9 technology. Modular construction allows players to customise buildings and units, creating limitless variants to wage war with. Virtual Agents add a unique element, as they assist the player in specific tasks on the battlefield, or act as managers, dealing with construction, resources, research; to let the player concentrate on aspects of the game they favour.

Heart of Empire: Rome
Build & control one of the greatest Empires of all time. HEART OF EMPIRE: ROME leads the player through 14 huge missions as they actually build & control ancient Rome in glorious real-time 3D. From simple beginnings, they must quickly build housing for their growing population; start to meet their increasing desires for food, goods and entertainment. Step out of the city and survey the Empire and its many provinces that supply the materials and goods that allow the city to run.

PARAWORLD
The 3D real-time strategy title ParaWorld explodes the boundaries of the imaginable, putting players under the spell of a completely new and exciting world. Enthroned high above the ground, upon the heads of powerful fighting dinosaurs, command warriors through a prehistoric world as breathtakingly beautiful as it is dangerous. Armed with devastating weapons and covered in fearsome war paint, let battle commence.

Singles 2: Triple Trouble
Romantic comedy SINGLES 2: TRIPLE TROUBLE involves three young singles who share an apartment in the city. Players have a whole host of new relationship possibilities to manage, along with the everyday necessities of going to work, maintaining a 'happy home' and equipping their flat with the latest furniture and mod-cons. Using a stunning new 3D engine, SINGLES can be dressed in a whole range of different outfits, express themselves in even more realistic and recognisable ways and explore beyond their apartment to new locations, where they can meet other characters for friendship, romance, possibly more?

X³: Reunion
TRADE in a new economy, dynamically reactive in pricing relative to supply and demand. FIGHT individual dog fights or command full-scale fleets against massive enemy armadas. Budding trade entrepreneurs can BUILD interconnecting factories to create huge space borne complexes, to truly mass produce commodities. THINK through a professional screen-written story line, to unravel the destiny of the galaxy.

Downloads
Wildlife Park 2 Screens
D1RT Screens
Rush for Berlin Screens
X³: REUNION Screens

For further information regarding these titles check out our dedicated Deep Silver Thread
by Robert Gardner
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