Official Xbox Magazine’s Editor’s
Choice Winner Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon(tm) Ships for Xbox
Most Anticipated Online Game on
Xbox Live Hits Store Shelves Soon
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – November 12,
2002 – Round up your comrades, Xbox(tm) game fans! Ubi Soft Entertainment, one
of the world’s largest game publishers is pleased to announce that Tom Clancy’s
Ghost Recon(tm), is on its way to United States store shelves today. Enabled
for online play, this tactical battlefield game is expected to be one of the
biggest hits on Microsoft’s Xbox Live(tm) online game service.
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon was IGN PC
(www.ign.com) and PC Gamer’s PC Game of the Year, (2001) and the Xbox version
will not disappoint. To leverage the power of Xbox, new features and special
effects only available on the Xbox platform have been added. These include new
lighting, animation, effects and sound that have been worked into the game to
broaden the intensity and experience for the Xbox gamer. Furthermore, Ghost
Recon pushes Xbox Live to the limit offering everything from multiplayer online
play to voice communication capabilities. Official Xbox Magazine, the voice of
the Xbox community, has already recognized Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon (Xbox) with
an Editor’s Choice award.
"Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon brings a
new level of sophistication to console gameplay," said Ubi Soft Vice President
of Marketing Tony Kee. "Through Xbox Live, gamers can talk to one another and
engage in cooperative missions using the Xbox Communicator. It’s cooperative
battle Tom Clancy style-nothing is more realistic." Realism is the hallmark of
the award-winning Tom Clancy games, which also include the popular Tom Clancy’s
Rainbow Six(tm) series and the much-anticipated Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell(tm).
Storyline:
Eastern Europe, 2008. War has broken out on the borders of Russia and the fate
of the world hangs in the balance. That’s when the call goes out for the Ghosts
– an elite handful of specially trained Green Berets, armed with the latest
technology and trained to use the deadliest weapons. Their mission: Spearhead
the way for a NATO peacekeeping force and keep the lid on the conflict before it
mushrooms.
Special Features:
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* ALL THE REALISM, SWEAT,
AND FEAR FROM THE GAME OF THE YEAR*, with 15 missions, dozens of weapons, and
new secrets to unlock! -
* XBOX LIVE BRINGS THE
BATTLEFIELD TO LIFE! – Assemble a squad, plunge into battle, and use voice
communication to coordinate the ultimate battlefield strategy! -
* MULTIPLAYER WARFARE – Xbox
Live Multiplayer, split-screen and system link: Gather up to 16 players to
fight against each other in 9 adversarial modes or team up to combat the
relentless AI forces. -
* SQUAD-BASED COMBAT IN YOUR
LIVING ROOM – Lead your teams through each map in Mission, Firefight, or Recon
modes. -
* WEAPONS: Standard and
special issue weapons like the M16A2, the M4 carbine and the fearsome and
deadly OICW. -
* GAMEPLAY: The total combat
experience that teaches a deadly, realistic lesson in how to fight on
tomorrow’s battlefields.
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon carries an
"M" (Mature) rating from the ESRB and will be priced at $49.99
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 line-up 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 22 countries including the United States,
Canada, France, Germany, Finland and China and sells its products in over 50
countries. For more information about Ubi Soft, visit
http://www.ubi.com.
About Xbox
Xbox (http://www.xbox.com/)
is Microsoft’s future-generation video game system that delivers the most
powerful games experiences ever. Xbox empowers game artists by giving them the
technology to fulfill their creative visions as never before, creating games
that blur the lines between fantasy and reality. Xbox is now available in North
America, Japan, Europe and Australia.
About Xbox Live
Xbox Live(tm) is the first
comprehensive, online game arena fully dedicated to fast-action broadband gaming
experiences. Xbox Live will allow gamers to play multiplayer Xbox games with
other gamers everywhere via a high-speed Internet connection. With a built-in
hard drive and Ethernet port, the Xbox console was built from the ground up to
be an online gaming system.
Xbox Live will enable all gamers to
find and play with their friends easily, talk to other players during game play
through the Xbox Communicator headset, and download current statistics, new
levels and characters to their Xbox hard drive.
2002 Ubi Soft, Inc. All rights
reserved. Ubi Soft Entertainment and the Ubi Soft logo are registered
trademarks of Ubi Soft, Inc.
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon is a
trademark of Rubicon, Inc. under license to Ubi Soft Entertainment. Rainbow Six
is a trademark of Red Storm Entertainment, Inc.
Xbox is a trademark of Microsoft
Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
