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ALERT: FEBRUARY 8, 2000 FIRST
DOWNLOADABLE STARLANCER TRAILER NOW AVAILABLE Microsoft
today announced the availability of the first downloadable trailer for
StarLancer, the highly anticipated new game being developed by Erin and Chris
Roberts, creators of the popular Wing Commander and Privateer series.
StarLancer is a futuristic space combat game that combines the action of a
first-person space shooter with the drama and intrigue of a classic air combat
movie. The downloadable trailer is available at: http://www.microsoft.com/games/da/starlancer/ In
StarLancer, countries from around the world, including the United States,
Russia, and Great Britain, have formed strategic alliances and now battle for
control of Earth, Venus and other planets across the solar system. As part of
a newly formed, ragtag aviation unit, the 45th Volunteers Squadron, players
must prove themselves in this struggle for freedom of the solar system. StarLancer
delivers a level of graphic details and special effects not currently found in
space combat games. More than 80 types of spacecraft are rendered in
extraordinary 3-D detail adding to the complexity of the dynamic mission
structure. Players fly in over 25 gripping missions that range from escorting
marine boarding ships to free POWs to leading an assault on space stations
built right into an asteroid field. StarLancer will also include some exciting
multiplayer features. Players can work together cooperatively throughout the
entire story, with up to four players. Gamers can also dogfight in six
different deathmatch modes with up to eight players via LAN or the MSN Gaming
Zone. StarLancer
is being developed by Digital Anvil and Warthog as the prequel to FreeLancer,
the winner of the 1999 E3 Best of Show. The game will be available at retail
locations throughout North America in late April with an estimated street
price of US$49.95. *
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