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THQ Inc. has started distributing The Outfit for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system for Microsoft. The Outfit is a third-person squad game set in the backdrop of the war in Europe during World War II. The successful Canadian team Relic Entertainment has developed this game. The game combines explosive squad-based combat, the freedom of total destruction and an over-the-top attitude to bring a thrilling new gaming experience to the World War II genre.

The Outfit was the first Xbox 360 title to offer a pre-launch online multiplayer demo via Xbox Live online game service. As per the Xbox Live marketplace data, over 200,000 consumers downloaded the demo during the first week with over one million total games played.

Gamers can now purchase the complete game, which incorporates an intense single player campaign and a robust multiplayer experience, for a suggested retail price of $59.99.

“Relic Entertainment has created an innovative, next generation experience that truly pushes the Xbox 360 hardware to its limits, giving players the freedom to destroy everything in sight, call in Destruction on Demand at a moment’s notice and have hundreds of units battling it out simultaneously.” He added, “The critical and consumer anticipation for The Outfit has been tremendous and exemplifies the game’s groundbreaking originality and intense multiplayer action, which will give gamers something the World War II genre has never seen before,” Brad Carraway, director of global brand marketing, THQ said.

“The Outfit puts players in the shoes of three allied heroes who are faster, stronger and more bad-ass than your every day soldier,” said Ron Moravek, vice president, THQ, General Manager, Relic Entertainment. “Just when players realize how explosive, over-the-top and truly fun the game is they’ll be introduced to three axis leaders in what we believe will be one of the most exciting multiplayer experiences ever.”

The Outfit enables gamers to choose from three playable squad leaders, each with their own unique skills and abilities, as they lead a squad of soldiers behind enemy lines to battle the Nazi war machine. The game has interactive and fully destructible environments, through which players have the freedom to shoot, blow up or demolish anything in their way. As players complete mission objectives, they’ll gain field units (FUs) that can be used to order “Destruction on Demand”, airdropped into the action at any time. Items available for purchase include tanks, half-tracks and other combat vehicles, machinegun nests and anti-tank emplacements, squad reinforcements, air strikes and artillery strikes.

The cinematic intensity of World War II battel can be experienced through 12 epic single-player missions or online through a variety of Multiplayer modes, in which the Allies fight against the Axis, with three playable Axis leaders in addition to the Allied heroes. With 720p HD, 16:9 widescreen and 5.1 Dolby Digital surround sound, The Outfit takes full advantage of Xbox 360’s High Definition gaming experience.

THQ claimed that the Outfit has received high scores in both enthusiast and mainstream publications, reflecting the growing eagerness surrounding the title.