Kuma\War: The War On Terror coming soon
by Kit

Wednesday, September 15 2004

Battle Pack will be available through retail.

Kuma Reality Games, the company that blends news coverage with interactive game technology to allow players to experience re-creations of real military events from the war, today announced that Kuma\War: The War On Terror will be available at retail outlets nationwide in October.

Kuma\War: The War On Terror is a compilation of some of the most critical battles fought in Iraq and Afghanistan since the beginning of the war, as released on the Kuma\War online service. The CD-based retail product contains 15 playable missions featuring military hotspots around the world including Mosul, Fallujah and Sadr City and including units from the 10th Mountain Division, 101st Airborne and the U.S. Marine Corps as they take on well-armed insurgents, al Qaeda, Taliban fighters, and terrorists throughout the world.

Kuma\War: The War on Terror also includes one exclusive mission, only available in the retail product, detailing Navy Cross Medal recipient Marine Capt. Brian R. Chontosh and his comrades extraordinary contribution to Operation Iraqi Freedom on March 25, 2003. Capt. Chontosh, who contributed to the Kuma\War re-creation, is currently stationed in Iraq on active duty with the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force.

Kuma\War has been available online since March 2004 and there are currently 21 missions available for play. Kuma\War provides players with intelligence gathered from news sources around the world and expert military analysis by Kuma’s decorated team of military advisors, providing a strategic and tactical perspective of the historical event. At the start of each mission, players watch a video news show about the event, and can view technical specifications for weapons used, a detailed chronology of the battle, and even satellite photos used to model the actual battlefield. Worldwide sources for the intelligence include the Associated Press and declassified Department of Defense documents, among others.

Kuma\War: The War on Terror will be available in October at retail outlets nationwide for a MSRP of $19.99, and is rated “M” for mature. An internet connection is not required to play.

--- Kit