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Sierra Announces SWAT 3 Tactical Game of the Year Edition

BELLEVUE, WA., (August 29, 2001) - Sierra today announced its third installment in the award-winning SWAT(tm) 3 (http://www.swat3.com), SWAT 3: Tactical Game of the Year Edition, scheduled to storm shelves late September. This special two-CD edition includes new missions, 10-person multiplayer capabilities, and an Advanced Tactics CD containing instructional SWAT training videos, a Q&A tactics section, and much more--all provided by actual SWAT officers.

SWAT 3 is the most authentic tactical simulation created, developed hand-in-hand with L.A.P.D. SWAT. This edition to the SWAT franchise places gamers in 27 strikingly realistic Los Angeles locations. It also provides the player with the unique experience of playing as an Element Leader of a five-man entry team or that of an assaulter, following the commands of the finest AI ever created for a game.

SWAT 3: Tactical Game of the Year delivers one totally new mission, five missions previously available only on the Web, and the original 21 missions. New weapons, skins, and MODs are also contained on the CD. The 27 missions feature hostage rescues, high risk warrants, and barricaded suspects set in familiar Los Angeles locations, including Chang's Theater, the L.A. subway, Whitman Airport, Hollywood Hills, the City of Angels Hospital. As well, this edition includes all of the community building tools needed to create one's own version of SWAT, including the newly enhanced Scenario Editor with career editing functionality, and the Worldcraft Level Editor.

In addition, Sierra will be releasing a SWAT 3 version 2.0 update that will give owners of Close Quarters Battle and Elite Edition all of the features of the new Tactical Game of the Year Edition (except for the materials contained on the Advanced Tactics CD). The 2.0 update includes 10-man multiplayer game play, enhanced AI, the option to play as an element leader or be commanded by an AI element leader, and the newly enhanced Scenario Editor. Version 2.0 will also be available in late September.