The battle for Earth will be waged on retail shelves as id Software and Activision, Inctoday confirmed that Enemy Territory: QUAKE WarsTM for the Xbox 360TM video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system will begin shipping to North American retailers on May 27, 2008 and arriving on European and Australian store shelves on May 30, 2008
Based on the critically-acclaimed game from id Software and Splash Damage for Windows® PC that won more than forty E3, Editor's Choice and Game of the Year awards, Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars pits the armies of Earth's Global Defense Force (GDF) against the invading alien menace, the StroggSet within the expansive QUAKE® universe in the year 2065, this ultimate team and mission-based multiplayer warfare game offers consoler gamers distinct classes, vehicles and weapons to choose from, giving players countless ways to join the battle
Players work as a team to defeat the enemy and achieve objectives either online against other players or battle offline with surprisingly lifelike AI.
Nerve Software, the Dallas-based independent developer responsible for Return to Castle Wolfenstein Multiplayer for the PC, Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Tides of War for Xbox and DOOM 3: Resurrection of Evil for the PC and Xbox, created the Xbox 360 version of the game with Activision's Underground developer, handling PLAYSTATION 3 duties
Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars is powered by id Software's revolutionary MegaTexture rendering technology, delivering amazingly-detailed, massive battlefields located in desert, arctic and tropical environments that feature realistic terrain, lighting, special effects and atmospheric conditions, giving console gamers the ultimate environment for objective-based, online team action