Atari Declare War on i23

[MPUK News]

<p><img src="http://www.multiplay.co.uk/content/atari/atari_logo.gif" border="0" align="left"></p>
<p>Making their i-series debut, Atari will be offering gamers at the i23 LAN party over the Easter weekend chance to try out <a href="http://www.atari.com/actofwar/">Act of War: Direct Action</a> on the PC. Their stand will feature 8 PCs where i23 visitors can try out the near-future, geopolitical techno-thriller which is described by some as &quot;Command and Conquer: Generals goes to Hollywood&quot;.</p>
<p>&quot;We're delighted to welcome Atari to their first i-series LAN event.&quot; said Craig Fletcher, Managing Director of Multiplay UK. &quot;With over 1000 confirmed attendees so far, i23 gives a great opportunity for dedicated gamers and publishers to meet face-to-face. LAN parties are no longer just about masses of gamers with computers in a building, but also an ideal platform and forum for games publishers and hardware companies to engage directly with the core of the gaming community. Multiplay is ideally positioned as the leading provider of LAN events in the UK to help develop closer ties between gamers and games companies."</p>
<p><a href="http://www.multiplay.co.uk/content/atari/aow_streetfire.jpg"><img src="http://www.multiplay.co.uk/content/atari/aow_streetfire_thumb.jpg" border="0" align="right"></a>
Act of War: Direct action offers players the opportunity to zoom in and engage the battle from street level perspective on urban battlefields such as San Francisco, Washington DC, London and Moscow. Act of War: Direct Action features a single player story mode but also various multiplayer modes including 8-player LAN and online skirmishes.</p>
<p>Drawn from the imagination of Dale Brown, 15-times New York Times best-selling author and expert on US military, global conflict and future military technology, the game tells a highly realistic, near-future story of a US elite force fighting an international plot to overthrow the current world order.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.multiplay.co.uk/content/atari/aow_sb.jpg"><img src="http://www.multiplay.co.uk/content/atari/aow_sb_thumb.jpg" border="0" align="left"></a>Attendees at i23 will also be able to purchase the game at special event pricing from the Multiplay sales desk. This gives visitors an ideal opportunity to try out the game first on the Atari stand and then get their hands on a copy straight away to continue playing on the LAN.</p>
<p>Read more about Act of War on the highly atmospheric Atari website at <a href="http://www.atari.com/actofwar/">http://www.atari.com/actofwar/</a>.</p>
<p>i23 is the latest in Multiplay's i-series of LAN events, which are currently by far the largest events of their kind in the UK. i23 will see in excess of 1000 gamers from all over the UK and beyond bring their PCs to take part in what can only be desribed as a 4-day festival of gaming at Newbury Racecourse, Berkshire. It all takes place over the Easter bank holiday weekend over 25-28 March, 2005.</p>
<p>You can read more about the i23 LAN event at <a href="http://www.multiplay.co.uk/i23">http://www.multiplay.co.uk/i23</a>.

Posted By: Wizzo

[Afty]

Originally posted by MPUK News
the game tells a highly realistic, near-future story of a US elite force fighting an international plot to overthrow the current world order. So does the player play the good guys, or the bad guys? :p

[Atari]

Do I get free stuff?

:(

[Murray-Mint]

Originally posted by Atari
Do I get free stuff?

:(

Here, have this free cease and desist order :). As for free stuff, some place might have PENS!!!!! Or possibly some POSTERS!!!!

[lyn]

Originally posted by Atari
Do I get free stuff?

:(


We normally have a table where we put freebie items during the event, make sure you listen out for tannoy announcements. Usally pens, stickers that sort of thing, sometimes even mousemats and basebal caps have been there.

[jase]

Oxygen is still free. El Presidente Blair has not figuared out how to tax that one yet.

[Nivek]

how much are mpuk going to sell it for at the event?

[therogue]

Cool

I don't see how the over a thousand attendees bit works :)

[lyn]

Originally posted by therogue
Cool

I don't see how the over a thousand attendees bit works :)


There are lots of people who come who don't bring there pc's, they come for the DDR and social side, they are still gamers. Plus the staff.

[Elye]

Oxygen can be purchased directly from the mail sales desk in bottle or brown paper bag format. Larger volumes of oxygen can be ordered in advance for clans and such.

If you have purchased MPUK oxygen before you may get 10% all future oxygen puchases, possibly.

[wizard1974uk]

It would be a bitch if the oxygen were contaminated by too much farting. :D

[Chicane]

just head to the first floor if you want contimated air