Sega
Announces
Stormrise -
A New Title
from Award
Winning
Developer,
The Creative
Assembly
From the
development
team that
brought you
the Total
WarTM
series comes
a
groundbreaking
console RTS
game
LONDON & SAN
FRANCISCO
(July 10th,
2008)
– SEGA
Europe Ltd.
and SEGA® of
America,
Inc. today
announced
the
development
of Stormrise™,
an
innovative
real time
strategy
console
title built
specifically
for the Xbox
360® video
game and
entertainment
system from
Microsoft
and the
PLAYSTATION®3
computer
entertainment
system.
Stormrise
marks The
Creative
Assembly’s
first foray
into
developing a
purpose
built RTS
title for
console and
is slated to
ship in
2009.
Stormrise
offers fans
of the
classic RTS
genre an
immersive
and dramatic
twist whilst
challenging
the
conscience
of the
gamer.
Experience
the heat of
the
battlefield
by leading
your troops
from the
front line,
instead of
the
traditional
way of
controlling
the units
from a
detached
view point.
Stormrise
also allows
units to be
commanded in
the air,
across
rooftops, on
the earth’s
surface and
even
underground,
this unique
idea of
“verticality”
introduces
multiple
layers of
gameplay
that must be
mastered for
strategic
advantage.
The
experience
is
heightened
by a simple
yet
effective
control
system
tailored
specifically
for
consoles,
which allows
easy unit
selection,
rapid
navigation
and precise
deployment.
“The
Creative
Assembly
have proven
their
general
leadership
in
developing
RTS games
through the
award
winning
‘Total War’
series on
PC”,
commented
Gary Knight,
European
Marketing
Director,
SEGA Europe.
“However,
Stormrise
has been
built from
the ground
up
specifically
for high def
consoles to
provide a
more
intense,
frenetic
style of
game that,
coupled with
the all new
control
mechanic,
will
revolutionise
the way RTS
games are
played.”
Set on a
bleak and
barren
earth,
devastated
by a
catastrophic
event
centuries
ago,
Stormrise
sees the
Echelon and
the Sai
battling to
survive in a
hostile and
uninhabitable
wasteland.
Remnants of
a superior
technological
people the
Echelon
survived the
event
through
self-educed
hibernation,
whilst the
Sai, a more
tribal
faction,
still exist
having
learnt to
adapt to
their
surroundings
and the new
environment.
Having
evolved in
vastly
different
ways, the
differences
between the
two factions
have spurred
much
animosity
and hatred
between the
two races,
and the
future of
the planet
is now
hanging by a
thread…
Stormrise is
in
development
at The
Creative
Assembly’s
Australia
studio and
is priming
its forces
for release
in 2009. For
more
information
please visit
http://www.sega.com/stormrise
About SEGA®
Europe:
SEGA® Europe
Ltd. 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
develops 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
Europe. SEGA
Europe’s web
site is
located at
www.sega-europe.com
<http://www.sega-europe.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/us