SEGA BRINGS
NORSE
MYTHOLOGY TO
LIFE WITH
VIKING:
BATTLE FOR
ASGARD
SAN
FRANCISCO &
LONDON & SAN
FRANCISCO
(August 21st
2007) -
SEGAŽ of
America and
SEGAŽ Europe
Ltd today
announced
VIKING:
Battle For
Asgard(tm),
the first
next-gen
console
title from
the
award-winning
development
studio, The
Creative
Assembly. In
this intense
new game,
experience
for the
first time
ever the
brutal yet
spectacular
world of the
Vikings and
their
all-powerful
Gods.
Players can
take part in
massive epic
battles
against
savage
magical
beasts and
barbaric
warriors and
ultimately
be the hero
who saves
the human
world from
the wrath of
the Gods.
VIKING:
Battle For
Asgard will
be available
this Spring
2008 for the
Xbox 360(tm)
video game
and
entertainment
system from
Microsoft
and the Sony
PlayStationŽ
3 computer
entertainment
system.
VIKING:
Battle For
Asgard takes
players to
the world of
Norse Gods,
where the
Goddess Hel
in all her
fury, has
raised an
army of
demonic
warriors
sent to
enslave the
mortal realm
of Midgard
and
ultimately
provoke
Ragnarok -
the
apocalyptic
battle that
will destroy
even the
Gods
themselves.
Play as
Skarin, a
powerful yet
flawed
Viking
warrior,
filled with
rage and
ready to
wage war on
whoever
stands in
his way.
Manipulated
by the gods
and fated to
a destiny he
has yet to
understand,
Skarin is
the only one
able to stop
this
ultimate
clash of
great wills.
As Skarin,
players will
leave behind
them a
bloody trail
of
dismembered
foes using a
huge array
of ruthless
and brutal
combat moves
while
mastering
the
addictive
and
destructive
mystical
powers and
abilities
given to him
by the
Viking Gods
he looks to
come
between.
Explore vast
and visually
stunning
open-world
environments
where gamers
strive to
free
enslaved
warriors and
lead them
into huge,
epic battles
featuring
colossal
giants,
powerful
shaman,
deadly
assassins
and the
Gods' own
champions.
Tame mighty
dragons and
unleash
their rain
of fire,
laying waste
to the enemy
hordes that
stand in
your way and
use Skarin's
emerging
skills to
strategically
turn the
tide of
conflict.
Taking full
advantage of
the
technology
only next-gen
consoles
offer,
VIKING:
Battle for
Asgard
excels at
flowing
seamlessly
from
small-scale
battles to
massive wars
featuring
multitudes
of
bloodthirsty
warriors
waiting to
unleash
their fury.
"Set in the
mystical
universe of
Norse
mythology,
VIKING:
Battle for
Asgard is a
spectacular
adventure
filled with
the most
visceral
battles and
ruthless
warriors,"
said Scott
A.
Steinberg,
Vice
President of
Marketing,
SEGA of
America.
"The
Creative
Assembly,
and their
expertise at
making
incredible
games on an
epic level,
have brought
to life the
brutal
combat and
offers
players a
journey into
the
rarely-explored
and
ferocious
Viking
world."
VIKING:
Battle For
Asgard(tm)will
be available
on Xbox
360(tm) and
PlayStationŽ
3 in Spring
2008. For
more
information
please visit
www.sega.com
<http://www.sega-europe.com/>
. For assets
for press
please visit
http://segapr.segaamerica.com.
About SEGA
of America
SEGA of
America,
Inc. is the
American arm
of Tokyo,
Japan-based
SEGA
Corporation,
a worldwide
leader in
interactive
entertainment
both inside
and outside
the home.
The company
develops,
publishes
and
distributes
interactive
entertainment
software
products for
a variety of
hardware
platforms
including
PC, wireless
devices, and
those
manufactured
by Nintendo,
Microsoft
and Sony
Computer
Entertainment
Inc. SEGA of
America's
Web site is
located at
www.sega.com/usa
About SEGAŽ
Europe
Limited:
SEGA Europe
Limited is
the European
Distribution
arm of
Tokyo,
Japan-based
SEGA
Corporation,
and a
worldwide
leader in
interactive
entertainment
both inside
and outside
the home.
The company
distributes
interactive
entertainment
software
products for
a variety of
hardware
platforms
including
PC, wireless
devices, and
those
manufactured
by Nintendo,
Microsoft
and Sony
Computer
Entertainment
Europe. SEGA
Europe's web
site is
located at
www.sega-europe.com