Ripped from today's headlines, Act of War: Direct Action™ is a frightening tale of suspense, international intrigue and geopolitical military conflict. This real-time strategy experience puts you squarely in control of counterterrorist forces and delivers a first look at tomorrow's war.

The Situation
A crippling energy crisis. Terrorist attacks. Massive strikes. Global instability.

The Enemy
A shadowy Consortium of back-room conspirators determined to throw the world into utter chaos using widespread terror tactics.

The Heroes
A new "direct action" operation known as Task Force TALON to counter massive military assaults, rescue hostages, conduct classified spy missions, take prisoners and stop an unpredictable enemy bent on toppling the world's governments.

• Command highly realistic modern military units
• Experience unique gameplay through a seamless convergence of movie-quality cinematics, and live action
• Skirmish with up to eight players in a variety of intense multiplayer operations
• Face the realities of real urban combat as you defend the streets of London, San Francisco and Washington, D.C.
• Capture enemy soldiers, rescue hostages, and occupy or destroy buildings.
• Live out a gripping storyline from best-selling technothriller author Dale Brown

Operating System: Windows 2000/XP
Processor: Pentium 4 1.5 GHz or equivalent (3.0 GHz recommended)
Memory: 256 MB RAM (512 MB recommended)
Hard Disk Space: 3 GB
DVD-ROM Drive: 4X Speed
Video: 64 MB Hardware T&L-compatible video card (256 MB recommended)
Sound: DirectX® version Windows 98/Me/2000/XP-compatible sound card
DirectX: version 9.0b (included) or higher


*Broadband connection required for online multiplayer play

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