Exclusive Crew Member, Tommy Cipolla, is Available Upon Pre-Order
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Jan 08, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) and Paramount Digital Entertainment
today announced that The Godfather(R) II videogame will be shipping
on February 24th in North America and on February 27th
in Europe. The Godfather II allows players to both act like a
mobster and think like a Don, by immersing them in a 1960's organized
crime world. As a Don, players can build a crew and grow their family in
an effort to become the most powerful mob syndicate in America. Players
will be able to choose how and when to use their Made men, either by
commanding them directly in battle as part of their crew, or by sending
them to do a job in another part of the world - bombing rival family
rackets, attacking their businesses, or defending your own.
Players who pre-order The Godfather II at participating retailers
worldwide will receive an exclusive crew member, named Tommy Cipolla, to
hire into their family. While the other soldiers at the start of the
game come equipped with one specialty and level-one firearms, Tommy will
be the only crew member to possess two specialties - arsonist and medic
- as well as carry a level-two double-barreled shotgun. With Tommy in
your family, players will have a strategic advantage in the game, using
his advanced skills either directly in battle, or sending him to take
over and defend rackets on his own.
The Godfather II takes the open-world genre in an entirely new
direction. Part of the fascination with The Godfather fiction is the
feeling of power that comes with being the Don of an organized crime
family - and The Godfather II game puts the control in your
hands. While at its heart The Godfather II remains an action
game, it also features deep new strategic gameplay mechanics never
before seen in an open-world game. The strategic elements to the game
allow you to extend the fantasy of building and running your own
organized crime family. This means that you have to build and invest in
your family, manage your businesses, and reach out to corrupt officials
- all of which is done through the revolutionary Don's View. The Don's
View is a 3D representation of your criminal empire in all three cities;
it allows you to coordinate your strategy, plan hits on rival Made men,
attack enemy rackets, and much more. The Godfather II delivers
the ultimate organized crime experience by allowing you to call the
shots.
Developed at the EA Redwood Stores studio, The Godfather II will
be coming to the Xbox 360(R) videogame and entertainment system,
PLAYSTATION(R)3 computer entertainment system, and PC. The Godfather II
has been rated M for Mature by the ESRB and 18+ for PEGI.
For more information about The Godfather franchise, please visit http://godfather2.ea.com
and/or the EA press website at http://info.ea.com.
About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), headquartered in Redwood City, California, is
the world's leading interactive entertainment software company. Founded
in 1982, the Company develops, publishes, and distributes interactive
software worldwide for video game systems, personal computers, cellular
handsets and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under
four brand names: EA SPORTSTM, EATM, EA SPORTS
FreestyleTM and POGOTM. In fiscal 2008, EA posted
GAAP net revenue of $3.67 billion and had 27 titles that sold more than
one million copies. EA's homepage and online game site is www.ea.com.
More information about EA's products and full text of press releases can
be found on the Internet at http://info.ea.com.
EA, EA SPORTS, EA SPORTS FREESTYLE, and POGO are trademarks or
registered trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. in the U.S. and/or other
countries. Microsoft, Xbox and Xbox 360 are trademarks of the Microsoft
group of companies and are used under license from Microsoft.
"PLAYSTATION" is a registered trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment
Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
About Paramount Digital Entertainment
Paramount Digital Entertainment (PDE) is a division of Paramount
Pictures Corporation. PDE develops and distributes filmed entertainment
across worldwide digital distribution platforms including online, mobile
and portable devices, videogames, virtual worlds and emerging
technologies.
Paramount Pictures Corporation (PPC), a global producer and distributor
of filmed entertainment, is a unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), a
leading content company with prominent and respected film, television
and digital entertainment brands. The company's labels include Paramount
Pictures, Paramount Vantage, Paramount Classics, MTV Films and
Nickelodeon Movies. PPC operations also include Paramount Digital
Entertainment, Paramount Famous Productions, Paramount Home
Entertainment, Paramount Pictures International, Paramount Licensing
Inc., Paramount Studio Group, and Worldwide Television Distribution.
SOURCE: Electronic Arts Inc.
EA Games Label
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or
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