Ubi Soft®’s Futuristic Real-Time Strategy
Game – Dark Planet: Battle for Natrolis – Goes Gold
San Francisco – February 28, 2002 – Ubi Soft
Entertainment, one of the world’s largest video game publishers, today announced
that Dark Planet: Battle for Natrolis, its futuristic Real-Time Strategy (RTS)
game has gone gold and is expected to ship to U.S. retail stores on March 19,
with an MSRP of $39.99.
Dark Planet: Battle for Natrolis features a
single-player mode including three separate campaigns with additional tutorials,
and four multiplayer modes that include up to 15 different games playable on
ubi.com. With scalable game play, Dark Planet is easy to learn but a challenge
to master, providing for all levels of skill. Deformable terrain in a highly
detailed 3D world, and persistent effects of combat such as scorched earth and
cratered terrain, all add to the game’s overall feel allowing the player to
become completely immersed in the world of Natrolis. For more information visit
http://darkplanet.ubi.com
"Dark Planet brings all the best elements of
the greatest RTS games together in a single title, ultimately fulfilling on the
promise of what a great RTS title can be," said Charles Harribey, Dark Planet’s
producer for Ubi Soft Entertainment. "At the same time, Dark Planet has a unique
graphic look and feel that will appeal to both hardcore RTS fans and casual
gamers."
"The RTS category has been around for a long
time so we looked long and hard at what has worked and what hasn’t in past
games," said David Wightman, managing director of Edgies, the game’s developer.
"Gamers will find many familiar features in Dark Planet, but they’ll also be
pleasantly surprised by some of the first-time features, such as expanded
multiplayer options and a full range of difficulty settings which promise to
keep players engaged in the game for a long time."
Dark Planet Features :
A world with day and night cycles, plants
that sway in the wind, and ambient creatures that have their own life cycles and
AI.
Realistic weather that affects your
strategy. Rains slow down movement, wind patterns change, and nighttime brings
darkness.
Create and control some of the largest 3D
units ever seen in a strategy game.
True 3D engine with fully adjustable
perspective, zoom, and viewing angle.
Robust multiplayer options with several
different modes including Domination, Capture the Flag and Campaign
3 unique races to play with different
strategies for success:
Colonists-High Tech (a sci-fi mechanized
army), Sorin-Swords and Sorcery (a fantasy army with magic powers), Dreil-Monsters
(use brute force and hive and cocooning behavior)
Explore the extensive technology trees of
the Sorin, Colonist, and Dreil forces. Each collects a unique resource.
Feel the persistent effects of combat like
destroyed structures, scorched earth deformed terrain and more.
Minimum System Requirements
Windows® 95/98/ME/2000 or XP
Pentium® II 400 or AMD® K6-3 400 (Pentium
III or AMD K6-3 600 recommended)
64 MB RAM (128 MB Recommended)
DirectX 8.0a (included on disc)
3D Video card w/16 MB RAM (DirectX 8
compatible) 32MB RAM recommended
Sound card (Direct X 8.0 compatible)
56K Modem for Internet play (DSL or cable
modem recommended)
About Edgies
Edgies is an award winning video games
Development Studio, based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Set up in 1989, the company
initially developed games for the home market in Europe, laying the foundations
for worldwide coverage. Edgies expanded into Japan and North America, where a
string of award wining titles were released. Dark Planet is the first in a line
of Real Time Strategy games where Edgies stated intention is to push the genre
beyond expectation and become one of the world’s most successful companies in
this product category.
About Ubi Soft Entertainment
Ubi Soft Entertainment is a global producer,
publisher and international distributor of interactive entertainment products. A
leading company in the industry, Ubi Soft’s strong and diversified lineup has
grown considerably. As well as developing original properties, Ubi Soft has also
steadfastly partnered with several high-profile companies and is dedicated to
delivering consumers with quality videogame titles while offering blockbuster
franchises. Founded in 1986, the company has offices in 20 countries including
the United States, Canada, France, Germany and China and sells its products in
over 50 countries. For more information about Ubi Soft, visit
http://www.ubi.com .
2002 Ubi Soft, Inc. All rights
reserved. Ubi Soft Entertainment and the Ubi Soft logo are registered trademarks
and Dark Planet is a trademark of Ubi Soft, Inc. All other trademarks are the
property of their respective owners.
