Shadowbane Offers
10-day Free Trial Membership
Players Can Explore
the Massively Multiplayer Online World Via PC or Macintosh
SAN FRANCISCO
– August 8, 2003 – Ubi
Soft Entertainment, one of the world’s top game publishers, announced today a
free trial offer to experience
Shadowbane
for 10 days. Players who have yet to experience the intense online
role-playing of
Shadowbane can now spend 10 days exploring the massive
landscape of this critically acclaimed massively-multiplayer online (MMO) game
on either PC or Macintosh.
Set in a dark
fantasy world burning with strife and unrest,
Shadowbane takes the MMO
genre to new heights by offering gamers an unparalleled challenge combining
immersive role-playing with deep strategic elements such as city management,
army creation, siege warfare and economic development.
Shadowbane is also the
first MMO to offer a Dynamic World Model, in which actions and decisions
permanently change the history, politics and landscape of the game.
Computer
Gaming World gave
Shadowbane four out of five
stars and added, "Shadowbane
will change the way you think of massively multiplayer online
games. It (Shadowbane)
has jolted much needed new life into the massively multiplayer genre."
Wired added, "Shadowbane
redefines the massively multiplayer online role-playing genre."
"We’re thrilled to
offer the Shadowbane
free trial to gamers who have yet to experience the unique world of
Shadowbane,"
said Jason Rubinstein, general manager of ubi.com. "Shadowbane
continues to offer a unique and immersive role-playing experience where they
control all aspects of strategic city management, army creation, siege warfare
and economic development."
Players can visit
www.shadowbane.com/freetrial.html to download the software for the free
trial. Existing subscribers can visit the official
Shadowbane
community site, The Chornicle of
Strife, at www.chronicle.ubi.com,
to find out more about how they can win free game time and more by referring
their friends to the free trial program.
Minimum PC system requirements:
Pentium® III processor 700MHz or higher
128MB RAM
1 GB free hard drive space
Microsoft® Windows® 98SE/ME/2000/XP
CD-ROM drive
56 Kbps modem + internet connection
32MB TNT2 (or better) OpenGL-compliant graphics
accelerator
DirectX® 8.1 or higher
Valid credit card
Minimum Macintosh system requirements:
G3 350MHz or higher
128MB RAM
1 GB free hard drive space
OS X version 10.2 or higher
CD-ROM drive
56 Kbps modem + internet connection
ATI Rage 128 32MB
Valid credit card
About
Wolfpack Studios, Inc.
Founded in early
1999, Wolfpack Studios, Inc. is dedicated to
servicing the Internet gaming marketplace. Focused on pushing the boundaries
of Internet technology, Wolfpack Studios develops
products and services for a worldwide customer base with the mission of
establishing a new standard in the areas of virtual 3D environments and
persistent world gaming. For more information on Wolfpack
Studios’ upcoming titles, please visit the company’s World Wide Web site at
www.wolfpackstudios.com.
About Ubi Soft Entertainment
Ubi Soft
Entertainment is an international producer, publisher and distributor of
interactive entertainment products. A leading company in the multimedia
industry, Ubi Soft’s strong and diversified
line-up has grown considerably, as has Ubi Soft itself. As well as steadfastly
continuing to partner with several high-profile companies, Ubi Soft has also
confirmed its presence on the global market by developing its own exceptional
properties. Founded in 1986 in France, Ubi Soft is now present on every
continent, both through offices in 22 different countries including the United
States, Brazil, Morocco, Germany and China and through sales of products in
over 50 countries.
The group is dedicated to delivering high-quality, cutting-edge video game
titles to consumers around the world. To learn more, visit www.ubi.com.
2003 Ubi Soft,
Inc. All rights reserved. Ubi Soft Entertainment and the Ubi Soft logo are
registered trademarks of Ubi Soft, Inc. Shadowbane
is a trademark of Wolfpack Studios, Inc., under
license to Ubi Soft Entertainment. All other trademarks are the property of
their respective owners.
