Mission Allows Players to Explore Tactical Approaches
That Could Have Changed History
New York (May 20, 2004) – Kuma\War,
the revolutionary new online game service that allows players to
experience real world events through advanced gaming technology,
has launched its newest mission, Iran Hostage Rescue Part
2. Based on the April 24, 1980 failed attempt to rescue 53 American
hostages held in Tehran, the Iran
Hostage Rescue Mission Part 2 offers players the opportunity
to execute the Pentagon’s actual plan to storm the American embassy
and to bring the hostages home.
Based on interviews with former CIA officers and
expert military analysis, Kuma\War re-creates the Iran hostage rescue
mission as it was intended to occur. The plan was astounding: After
flying from Desert One to the edge of Tehran, dozens of US commandos
would enter the embassy, neutralize the radical Iranian students,
and free the hostages. While AC-130 Spectre Gunships circled overhead,
navy helicopters were to land in the middle of the Iranian capital
to evacuate the team and the 53 hostages. Any team members left
in Teheran were to fight their way out of the area, steal cars if
possible, and make their way to the Soviet border.
“Kuma\War players will feel as if they were actual
participants in this critical event” said Keith Halper, CEO of Kuma
Reality Games. “Using game tools, we make complex and dangerous
missions like the Iran Hostage Rescue mission understandable to
American citizens. I believe our players gain a keener understanding
and appreciation for the challenges and dangers our military men
and women face every day.”
In the coming weeks, subscribers can expect to
receive more missions that explore the intense battles in Fallujah,
with the Sadr militia, and elsewhere in Iraq, as well as simulating
breaking news as it occurs around the world.
Kuma Reality Games is offering a free subscription
to Kuma\War to everyone with a “.mil” email address until June 30th.
ABOUT KUMA REALITY GAMES
Kuma Reality Games builds re-creations of real-world
events using advanced gaming tools. Each month, Kuma subscribers
receive playable missions, video news shows, extensive intelligence
gathered from news sources around the world, and insight from a
decorated team of military veterans. Kuma\War is
a first and third-person tactical squad-based game that provides
multiple updates monthly to the consumer's computer via a broadband
connection, to reflect unfolding events in the real world. Current
playable missions include: Uday and Qusay Hussein’s Last Stand
in Mosul, Iraq, Parts 1 and 2; Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan;
Samarra Bank Heist, Parts 1 and 2; Fallujah Police
Station Raid and Iran Hostage Rescue Part 1 and 2.
Kuma Reality Games, headquartered in New York, New York is a privately
held company.
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Contacts :
BENDER/HELPER IMPACT
Laura Weir
310-477-4647 x233
laura_weir@bhimpact.com
Stacy Schwartz
310-477-4647 x270
stacy_schwartz@bhimpact.com
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