Ground Control II Release Date

Ground rule II: Operation Exodus, the upcoming realtime strategy succeeding part by Swedish developer Massive Entertainment, will diocese release in the United States nearest spring by way of Vivendi Universal Games, VUG announced today. The second-quarter release date confirmed today is a bit later than the "early 2004" previously attached to the title, on the other hand that doesn't represent much of an extra wait.

The succeeding part to 2000's Ground Control, plant in a future war of attrition where the player must secure from danger their force's last planetary fortified place features a similar emphasis upon action, with minimal resource management and logistical fiddling. Players acquire fresh units and resources -- infantry, armor, artillery, and aircraft -- by dint of accomplishing mission objectives, so the game rewards a quick, aggressive pace.

Ground sway II also includes an unusual "drop-in" multiplayer way balanced such that players can leap over in and out of a game and be immediately accomodated into the ongoing battle.

Full details are upon display at the official loam Control II site, and more information should doubtless be forthcoming later in the winter.

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