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Press release edited by Applelinks senior editor Kirk Hiner

The war the changed the world rages on...in a fake, computery sort of way. Aspyr Media, Inc. today began shipping Call of Duty: United Offensive, the expansion pack to Infinity Ward's Call of Duty. The game will arrive in stores by Friday, December 3rd and was developed for Mac by Aspyr Studios.

Call of Duty: United Offensive allows gamers to experience more of WWII's most legendary conflicts through the eyes of Allied soldiers fighting for the liberation of Europe through 13 intense, new, single player missions and an expanded multiplayer experience with 11 new maps, new weapons, player abilities and special effects. Featuring three all-new campaigns, the game lets players join the U.S. 101st Airborne during the Battle of the Bulge, the British campaign as an airman shooting down German ME-109s from a B-17 bomber, and the Russian frontlines as a conscript in the crucial eight-day Battle of Kursk.

The expansion pack also features a handful of enhancements, such as new WWII weapons, including the German Flammenwerfer 35 Flamethrower and Panzerschrek anti-tank weapon, American M1A1 Bazooka, Russian Tokarev SVT-40 Self-Loading Rifle, portable deployable machine-guns, smoke grenades and more. Furthermore, Gray Matter has added an entirely new special effects system to Call of Duty: United Offensive, providing visually stunning moments to players with realistic explosions, weather and particle effects.

Additionally, Call of Duty: United Offensive expands on the popular multiplayer experience of the original Call of Duty. Players can go online for the ultimate battle between Axis and Allied powers, now including vehicle combat aboard tanks and jeeps as well as tank-and-foot-soldier combined arms action. The expanded multiplayer component offers 11 new maps and three new modes of play: Base Assault, Capture the Flag and Domination, where squads must take control of key locations while preventing enemy troops from advancing. And, a newly added ranking system now lets players earn additional weaponry upon completion of objectives, call in artillery support, and gain the respect of friends and foes alike.

Call of Duty: United Offensive requires the original Call of Duty, Mac OS X v10.2.8 or later, an 867 MHz or faster G4/G5, 256MB RAM, 1.4GB free disk space, 3D graphics acceleration (ATI Radeon 7500/nVidia GeForce 2 or better), 32MB of VRAM, and a DVD drive. To learn more or order your copy today, visit Aspyr's website. Also be sure to check out the Applelinks review.

Call of Duty: United Offensive is rated "T" for Teen, and is available now for $29.99.

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