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Red Orchestra Summer Assault Starts Now
Company: Valve
Date: 01 Jun 2007
Roswell, GA, May 31, 2007 - Tripwire Interactive today announces the release of a major update for Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45, the award-winning WWII online action game. The update, which includes 10 new maps, increased player limits and much more, is available to owners of the game for free through Steam, a leading online platform for PC games and digital entertainment. To usher in the extensive new content, the game is 20% off list price for a limited time, plus new and current owners can invite two friends to play for free.
The ten new community-made maps are winning entries in Tripwire's Custom Map Competition. Highlights include "Smolensk Stalemate," the contest winning map featuring infantry combat through ruined villages and trenches, and "Berezina," a rural village map that introduces a new light tank that carries riders and the first functional anti-tank gun in the game. Tripwire worked with the developers of each of these maps to ensure the maps are optimized, polished, and gameplay balanced.
In addition to the new maps, Tripwire released an update to the game engine that increases player counts from the previous 32 player limit to more than 50 players. The most capable servers can support up to 64 players.
Using Steam's Guest Pass feature, all owners of Red Orchestra can invite two friends to try the game with no obligation to purchase. Upon receiving and activating the Steam Guest Pass, the invited friend has ten days of Red Orchestra play available for free. To celebrate the extensive update and new content, those who purchase the game before June 11 will receive an additional 20% savings off the $19.95 list price.
Red Orchestra is available via Steam and at retail outlets worldwide. For more information about Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 and Steam, and to watch the new all-action trailer for the game, please visit www.steamgames.com
About Tripwire Interactive
Based in Roswell, Georgia, Tripwire Interactive is an entertainment software company founded in 2005 by the award winning mod team and winners of the "$1,000,000 Make Something Unreal" competition. Released in early 2006, Tripwire Interactive's debut retail title Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 has achieved both critical and commercial success garnering several awards including "Multiplayer Game of the Year" and "FPS of the Year" for 2006. With Red Orchestra ranking as one of the most played PC Multiplayer games in the world, Tripwire Interactive have proven that with hard work, determination, and great distribution partners independent game developers can still make a big splash in the games industry. For more information visit Tripwire Interactive's website at www.tripwireinteractive.com
About Valve
Valve is an entertainment software and technology company founded in 1996 and based in Bellevue, Washington. The company's portfolio of entertainment properties includes Half-Life®, Counter-StrikeTM, Day of Defeat®, and Team Fortress®. Valve's catalog of products accounts for over 20 million retail units sold worldwide, and over 80% of the PC online action market. In addition, Valve is a developer of leading-edge technologies, such as the Source game engine and Steam, a broadband platform for the delivery and management of digital content. For more information, please visit www.valvesoftware.com
The ten new community-made maps are winning entries in Tripwire's Custom Map Competition. Highlights include "Smolensk Stalemate," the contest winning map featuring infantry combat through ruined villages and trenches, and "Berezina," a rural village map that introduces a new light tank that carries riders and the first functional anti-tank gun in the game. Tripwire worked with the developers of each of these maps to ensure the maps are optimized, polished, and gameplay balanced.
In addition to the new maps, Tripwire released an update to the game engine that increases player counts from the previous 32 player limit to more than 50 players. The most capable servers can support up to 64 players.
Using Steam's Guest Pass feature, all owners of Red Orchestra can invite two friends to try the game with no obligation to purchase. Upon receiving and activating the Steam Guest Pass, the invited friend has ten days of Red Orchestra play available for free. To celebrate the extensive update and new content, those who purchase the game before June 11 will receive an additional 20% savings off the $19.95 list price.
Red Orchestra is available via Steam and at retail outlets worldwide. For more information about Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 and Steam, and to watch the new all-action trailer for the game, please visit www.steamgames.com
About Tripwire Interactive
Based in Roswell, Georgia, Tripwire Interactive is an entertainment software company founded in 2005 by the award winning mod team and winners of the "$1,000,000 Make Something Unreal" competition. Released in early 2006, Tripwire Interactive's debut retail title Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 has achieved both critical and commercial success garnering several awards including "Multiplayer Game of the Year" and "FPS of the Year" for 2006. With Red Orchestra ranking as one of the most played PC Multiplayer games in the world, Tripwire Interactive have proven that with hard work, determination, and great distribution partners independent game developers can still make a big splash in the games industry. For more information visit Tripwire Interactive's website at www.tripwireinteractive.com
About Valve
Valve is an entertainment software and technology company founded in 1996 and based in Bellevue, Washington. The company's portfolio of entertainment properties includes Half-Life®, Counter-StrikeTM, Day of Defeat®, and Team Fortress®. Valve's catalog of products accounts for over 20 million retail units sold worldwide, and over 80% of the PC online action market. In addition, Valve is a developer of leading-edge technologies, such as the Source game engine and Steam, a broadband platform for the delivery and management of digital content. For more information, please visit www.valvesoftware.com
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