BELLEVUE, WA (September 1, 2000) -- Sierra Studios(tm) today announced
Tribes(tm) 2: World Domination, an entirely online worldwide competition
based on the team-combat PC title, Tribes 2. World Domination is expected
to be the largest online competition of its kind, breeding a new kind of
athlete. With tribes from three regions (North America, Europe and
Asia/Pacific) likely to participate, Tribal World War will pit the greatest
players and teams against one another for a chance to win a grand prize of
$50,000 (USD).
When Tribes 2 hits store shelves later this fall, gamers will begin
recruiting teammates and signing up their "tribe" online at www.tribes2.com.
Individual tribes will also be able to practice and hone their teamwork
prior to the tournament's commencement, slated for early 2001. World
Domination officially commences with three regional tournaments: one in
North America, another in Europe and another in Asia/Pacific. The top tribe
from each region will advance to the final and compete for the grand prize.
"By working with Flipside.com and other strategic partners, Tribes 2: World
Domination will be the largest international action gaming event in
history," said Dave Georgeson, senior producer at Dynamix. "Tribes 2 is one
of the few games that can support a tournament of this magnitude and will
offer any competing tribe a chance to earn the right to represent their
region, not to mention a large sum of money."
Tribes 2 continues to evolve the award-winning gameplay introduced in the
original, Tribes(tm) game with all-new weapons, missions, play modes and
vehicles. Community building innovations, such as in-game voice and text
communication, web-based message forums, and automatic player and tribe web
page hosting, will also be embedded in Tribes 2.
Sierra On-Line, Inc. http://www.sierra.com/ is one of the original
developers and largest worldwide publishers of interactive entertainment and
productivity software. Sierra is a division of Havas Interactive, a global
leader in interactive content, and is one of the world's largest publishers
of education, entertainment and home productivity software. Its divisions,
Blizzard Entertainment(r), Coktel, Knowledge Adventure(r), Sierra(tm) and
Flipside.com(tm) are famous for releasing critically acclaimed and award
winning titles. Havas has operations in the US and in Europe and is a
subsidiary of the French publishing house Havas, part of Vivendi
Communications.
