3DO Ships Army Men: RTS for PlayStation 2

March 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The 3DO Company (NASDAQ:THDO) today announced that the Army Men: RTS game for the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system and PC shipped this week to retail stores throughout North America. The Army Men: RTS game was developed by Pandemic Studios, makers of Dark Reign 2 and Battlezone II.The Army Men: RTS game has received high praise from leading gaming magazines and websites. The Official PlayStation Magazine said in a recent preview, "It's such a wonderful surprise to see how well the Army Men universe lends itself to RTS gameplay -- it's quite charming actually ... (I)t's the little touches that really make the game cool." GameSpy concluded, "These plastic soldiers certainly look fantastic in this latest outing."

Bringing the popular real-time strategy genre to the Army Men brand, the Army Men: RTS game forces players to think about how to strategically build and manage troops, vehicles, and buildings while involved in a full-out war in a fully three-dimensional environment. Intuitive controls and a comprehensive tutorial make it easy for everyone to join in the battle.

The Army Men RTS game for the PlayStation 2 system features controls that are especially player-friendly. "Other real-time strategy games have been awkward to play on console systems because they try to mimic the PC interface," says Josh Resnick, president of Pandemic Studios. "We designed this interface from the ground up with a controller in mind."

In addition to 15 action-packed missions in Campaign mode and eight quick-start Great Battles missions in both games, the PlayStation 2 game includes eight exclusive Special Operations missions and unlockable Intelligence Files. The PC game allows players to join their friends over Internet or LAN either as teammates or in head-to-head battle in 10 multiplayer maps.

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