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Battleground Europe Final Stress Test Opens 4th November - Sign Up Now!

Final "stress test" on the servers this weekend.

November 4, 2005

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[This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Game Developer and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource Games Press]

Author: GMX

London, UK (November 3rd) - GMX Media and Cornered Rat Software are pleased to announce that the final Battleground Europe stress test will start Friday 4th November and be open until Monday 6th November. Battleground Europe recently went to gold status and is set for release across Europe on November 11th 2005.

This final stress test is to ensure that servers are able to contend with the numbers of new players joining the game on release and that all the Gold content is 100% error free. Join thousands of players in the biggest World War 2 MMO game ever created and sign up at www.battlegroundeurope.com to participate in the final pre-launch build of the game!

New features to be included at next update include :

  • Updated models and textures of the first person infantry weapons

  • Waypoint features for squad command

  • Contact report features

  • Squad management control systems

For all the latest information and updates to Battleground Europe, report for duty and find out more about the biggest World War II massive multiplayer game available.

HISTORY EVOLVES AT

http://www.battlegroundeurope.com

Game Features

  • Thousands of players sharing a single world- First person perspective in all game play

  • Huge game world measuring more than 350,000 square miles

  • Character advancement and career paths for rich RPG layer

  • Strategic systems driven by player missions and command

  • Growing list of 90+ historically accurate weapons including aircraft, tanks, anti-aircraft guns, trucks, rifles, machine guns and more!

  • Groundbreaking physics and damage modeling- Localized in English, French, German, Spanish & Italian

Battleground EuropeTM is scheduled for release across Europe on November 11th 2005.

PC System Requirements:

WindowsXP, 1.2Ghz CPU (2.0GHz recommended), 512MB RAM (1GB recommended), 128MB video card (OpenGLv1.2 compliant, 256MB recommended), DirectSound compatible audio card, 56k modem with Internet connection (broadband recommended), USB Joystick (recommended).

Mac System Requirements:

OSX 10.4 or higher, Apple Macintosh 1.2Ghz CPU or higher, 512MB RAM (1GB recommended), 128MB video card (OpenGLv1.2 compliant, 256MB recommended), DirectSound compatible audio card, 56k modem with Internet connection (broadband recommended), USB Joystick (recommended).

About GMX Media

GMX Media is on track to become one of the world's leading publishers and distributors of video games for all consoles (Microsoft, Nintendo, Sega and Sony), personal computers (PCs), and Macintosh hardware, as well as all available interactive platforms. Headquartered in the UK with operations or partners in every major territory in the world.

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