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Offline udet

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« on: October 16, 2003, 06:38:20 PM »
from PC Game World

AirPower Pacific: Pearl Harbor



The most intense Aircraft Carrier Battle of World War II will be fought with hundreds of real participants starting Dec 5.

The Battle of Midway, the most intense Aircraft Carrier Battle of World War II will be fought with hundreds of real participants starting on Friday, December 5th, 2003. iEntertainment Network's new demo of their retail single player game, AirPower Pacific: Pearl Harbor to Midway will be the engine of this online engagement!

iEntertainment Network hosts battles of most of the famous World War II battles nightly, online, at their website (linked below). Players from over 70 countries and all the major continents in the world make up over 400 squadrons and regularly participate in these exciting events.

iEntertainment Network is developing a new retail single player game called AirPower Pacific: Pearl Harbor to Midway for release in early 2004. This game will be a follow up product to the highly anticipated History Channel Battle of Britain game developed by iEntertainment and released by Activision Value Inc.

AirPower Pacific: Pearl Harbor to Midway includes the new "AutoCo-Pilot" feature recently developed by iEntertainment Network. It also includes real satellite terrain topography of real places in the world where these great battles took place. This new game is expected to be released in March 2004.

The Battle of Midway FREE WEEKEND will allow all new, all current, and all old WarBirds players to compete online for prizes and free online time while participating in an exciting and challenging period in the World's history. This great Battle was fought by aircraft carriers for both the United States and Japanese navies. This Battle is considered the turning point of World War II in the Pacific and was the US Fleet's first defeat of the mighty Japanese Navy.

All players who participate in the FREE Dogfighting Arena that comes included in the new History Channel Battle of Britain 1940 game will also be able to participate in these massive battle scenarios.

iEntertainment will also make the game available to anyone who wants to play FREE! iEntertainment's website enables players to make FREE ACCOUNTS for Two Weeks of Unlimited Play. Anyone who wants a FREE account can create one at the site below.

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« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2003, 12:37:35 AM »
Yes it sounds good, but what's the deal with emphasizing
"real world topography".  I guess that means the harbor at
Pearl and Midway Island, after all how much does the ocean
"terrain" change? ;)

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Offline sling322

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« Reply #2 on: October 17, 2003, 12:43:12 AM »
IEN....arent those the Warbirds guys?

I had a "free" trial there once.  I  signed up for one of those free weekends to try it out.  After it took them 3 months to finally stop billing me when I cancelled my account the day after the free weekend, I began to wonder exactly what the definition of "free" really was.

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« Reply #3 on: October 17, 2003, 01:38:49 AM »
****warbirds and more importantly ****ien. ien is a lame company. pordon my french skuzzy.:D
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« Reply #4 on: October 17, 2003, 08:38:21 AM »
Actually, this might not be so bad.  I wonder if, at some level, this is the next iteration of "Warbirds".

What's the "History Channel Battle of Britain 1940"? I've never heard of it before.

And enough of the "this company is bad, this company is great" stuff.  Its like listening to BMW fans disrespecting Lexus and Infinity.

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« Reply #5 on: October 17, 2003, 10:07:46 PM »
I never said the company was bad...maybe it was just their billing department that didnt understand what "free" meant.