Global Star sends news that the Sabre Squadron add-on for Hidden & Dangerous 2 is now available, offering more combat for Illusion Softworks' squad-based World War II game. Here's the announcement, which outlines new features, including the always popular support for cooperative multiplayer play:

New York – October 20, 2004 – Global Star Software, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), today announced that Hidden & Dangerous 2: Sabre Squadron, an expansion pack for Hidden & Dangerous 2 has shipped to retailers. Sabre Squadron adds nine new single player missions, an eagerly anticipated co-operative mode, brand new multiplayer missions, new weapons, enhanced AI and more.

Released in October 2003, Hidden & Dangerous 2 puts gamers in command of a squad of elite British Special Air Service (SAS) commandos as they tackle the most dangerous covert missions of the Second World War. The Hidden & Dangerous franchise has sold over 1 million units worldwide to date.

Hidden & Dangerous 2: Sabre Squadron for PC is rated M for mature and is available now for a suggested retail price of $9.99. The original Hidden & Dangerous 2 is required to play Sabre Squadron. For more information on Hidden & Dangerous 2: Sabre Squadron, please visit its official website at: http://www.hidden-and-dangerous.com/.