Just Cause 2 hits retail

Anticipated freeroaming action game arrives March 23rd in North America and March 26th in Europe

Posted on Mar 22, 2010 - 12:17pm EST

Square Enix London Studios, a part of Square Enix Europe, today announced that Just Cause 2 will ship to retail this week across North America, Europe, Middle East and Australasia.

“Just Cause 2 sets a new benchmark in freeroaming games with one of the most fun and entertaining sandboxes ever created,” said Lee Singleton, General Manager of Square Enix London Studios. “It’s the largest freeroaming action game yet with over 400 square miles of Panaun paradise to explore, and its ‘go anywhere, do anything’ attitude is unparalleled in the genre.”

As Rico Rodriguez, the Agency's most powerful weapon, players must take on the island of Panau and its military regime in order to track down Rico's former boss and mentor, Tom Sheldon, who has gone rogue with millions in Agency cash and intel. Using a unique grapple and parachute combination, there is no vertical limit as the air becomes your playground: grapple a passing plane in flight, hijack helicopters, BASE jump from the tallest buildings or mountains and leave a trail of chaos and destruction in your wake. Just Cause 2 offers players the freedom to tackle missions any way they choose and, with over 100 vehicles and countless upgrades and collectibles, the choices for relentless adrenaline-fuelled action are limitless.

Just Cause 2 will be available for the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and Games for Windows and will be released under the EIDOS brand portfolio. All formats will release in-stores on March 23rd, 2010, in North America and March 26th, 2010, in Europe, Middle East and Australasia.