Command & Conquer Generals Ships

Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:ERTS) announced that the highly-anticipated real-time strategy game, Command & Conquer(tm) Generals ships to stores in North America today, and will be distributed worldwide by February 14. Command & Conquer Generals will be published by EA under the EA GAMES(tm) brand.

Command & Conquer Generals puts players' trigger fingers on the pulse of modern warfare as they become a powerful general and control massive armies of cutting-edge military weaponry. Three unique sides will be available, each with customizable high-tech arsenals ready to deliver unprecedented firepower on land or in the skies. Players can annihilate the opposition in the 22-mission single-player campaign or dish out the damage in global multiplayer mayhem.

"The game is stunningly beautiful," said EA President and Chief Operating Officer John Riccitiello. "Command & Conquer Generals mixes fantasy battles and adversaries with contemporary politics and geography. If you've ever enjoyed a real time strategy game, you're going to love Command & Conquer Generals."

The Command & Conquer line of games is one of the most popular franchises in gaming history. To date, the franchise has sold more than 21 million units worldwide on multiple platforms, and the series has landed in several editions of the Guinness Book of World Records as the best-selling computer strategy game series of all time. Command & Conquer Generals is the first 3D strategy game in the franchise, and was awarded "Best Strategy Game" at E3 2002.

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