Overview of Emergency 2012 missions

Quadriga Games and Deep Silver are today publishing a complete overview of the 12 rescue missions players will undertake in Emergency 2012. The disasters featured in the game take place all over Europe. Many cities will fall victim to spectacular catastrophes requiring complex rescue operations.

1.    Cologne Cathedral in ruins
A terrific hurricane has destroyed Cologne Cathedral.

2.    London: Tower Bridge on fire
London has been going through a cold spell for weeks. A truck belonging to a help convoy and laden with fuel crashes into one of the towers on Tower Bridge and explodes.

3.    Anarchy in Paris
Violent storms have caused a vast amount of damage in Paris - the Eiffel Tower has even collapsed. The population protests against the inactivity of the government.

4.    Blazing fire in Berlin
Berlin has been suffering from a prolonged heat wave, the town has turned into a dried-out wasteland. An emergency camp has been set up for the most desperate sufferers.

5.    Disaster on the Matterhorn
Erosion has caused one side of the mountain to break away. Large areas of the city of Zermatt at the foot of the mountain have been devastated.

6.    Storm tide in Hamburg
In Hamburg, a storm tide has flooded a large portion of the harbor and the Reeperbahn.

7.    Snow disaster in Munich
Munich has been buried under many meters of snow. The city's inhabitants must be evacuated.

8.    Plane crash on the Red Square
A large airliner was caught in a hailstorm and struck by hailstones. It has crashed on Moscow's Red Square.

9.    Nuclear disaster in Frankfurt
Massive floods have damaged the foundations of a nuclear power station's cooling tower so badly that it collapsed. Radioactive steam has been released, and the wind is carrying clouds of it straight towards Frankfurt.

10.    Religious fanatics
On Mallorca, a religious sect believes the end of the world is coming. Its leader has instructed all members to commit mass suicide.

11.    An avalanche destroys Innsbruck
A large avalanche has left the town of Innsbruck buried under barrels of snow. This is a mission in two parts, as the river Inn has also been dammed by rubble.

12.    Athens in flames
Vast forest fires have broken out on the Acropolis hill in Athens. Countless people are in grave danger, and the fires are quickly spreading to the city's buildings.  

About EMERGENCY 2012
EMERGENCY 2012 is the latest installment in the classic series of rescue games. The first part appeared in 1998, and since then the series has been continued with growing success.

In EMERGENCY 2012 for PC, the player acts as a dispatcher in gripping rescue missions. Get a wrecked car out of the way fast, have firefighters advance to the source of a blaze, secure a crash site and, at the same time, get medical help to those injured – if you have always wanted to direct fire services, police, technical relief units and medics all at once, the rescue strategy game EMERGENCY 2012 is just the game for you.

The player is the officer in charge of everything and sees to it that all vehicles and helpers are in the right place, doing the right thing at the right time. This is where the strong real-time strategy element of EMERGENCY 2012 sets in. The player must make clever use of vehicles and personnel such as police officers and rescue dog handlers in order to bring everything back under control following a disaster. Once all victims have been whisked away to safety, the player gets to enjoy the feeling of having saved the day. In addition to the numerous missions, EMERGENCY 2012 also offers extensive free-play and multi-player options.

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