Ubi Soft Entertainment(tm) Announces  Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon(tm): Island Thunder(tm), First-Ever Campaign Disk for the Xbox(tm)

Elite Ghost Team Sees More Action on the Frontlines

SAN FRANCISCO, CA.  February 25, 2003- The Ghosts are back and ready for more action as Ubi Soft announces the summer release of a stand-alone Xbox(tm) campaign disk for the award-winning Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon(tm). Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon is the game that gave Xbox Live players the total battlefield experience and earned numerous awards for its stunning gameplay and features, including an Editor's Choice award from Official Xbox Magazine.

This first-ever campaign disk for the Xbox video game system from Microsoft will not require players to have a retail copy of the original game to enjoy a new Ghost campaign..  Both new recruits and seasoned vets who earned their stripes playing the original Xbox game will enjoy the camaraderie of the shared battlefield.  Xbox Live soldiers can experience the intensity of the front lines side-by-side with their battlefield brothers while covering each others' backs and calling out commands using the Xbox Live  communicator. 

Gamers who purchase the campaign disk will have future access to exclusive downloadable content featuring new missions and maps.  Included in the campaign disk will be a dozen game types and twelve multiplayer maps for Xbox Live play, including four maps from the original Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon.  

"The Clancy brand owes its incredible popularity to gamers who want an intense and realistic gameplay experience," said Tony Kee, Ubi Soft's vice president of marketing. "With this new campaign disk, Ubi Soft Entertainment can give back to Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon fans, providing them with more of their favorite Ghost action without the price tag of a whole new game."

"Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon is one of our most popular games on Xbox Live and has everyone going wild!" said Andre Vrignaud, director of technical strategy, Xbox Live.  "With Xbox Live, gamers can download exciting fresh content like new missions and maps, injecting new energy into gameplay, and keeping games like this fresh and engaging."

About the Game
Developed by Red Storm Entertainment(tm) the Ubi Soft studio credited with originally developing the award-winning Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon(tm)and Rainbow Six(tm) franchises, the campaign disk will feature the Cuban campaign from Ghost Recon: Island Thunder(tm) (PC) and popular maps from Ghost Recon: Desert Siege(tm) (PC).  As an added bonus, four additional maps from the original Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon (Xbox) allow new recruits to experience the battlefields of Eastern Europe exclusively on XBOX Live.

Game features include:
*       Xbox Live compatible
*       Downloadable content
*       8 mission single-player campaign set in Cuba
*       8 multiplayer maps ranging from desert to city to jungle
*       4 fan-favorite maps from the original Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon (Xbox) for additional Live play
*       New types of multiplayer gameplay

About Xbox Live
Xbox Live 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.

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 21 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 .

©2003 Ubi Soft, Inc. All rights reserved. Ubi Soft Entertainment and the Ubi Soft logo are registered trademarks of Ubi Soft, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

About Red Storm
Red Storm Entertainment, Inc. is a multiple-media gaming company that produces, markets and publishes interactive computer games and other entertainment products in several forms, including CD-ROM and console games, books, board games and related merchandise. Co-founded by best-selling author Tom Clancy, Red Storm Entertainment is based in Morrisville, North Carolina and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ubi Soft Entertainment. For more information, please call (415) 547-4000 or visit www.redstorm.com and www.ubisoft.com.

© 2003 Red Storm Entertainment, Inc. Island Thunder, Desert Siege, Red Storm and Red Storm Entertainment are trademarks of Red Storm Entertainment, Inc. Red Storm Entertainment, Inc. is a Ubi Soft Entertainment company. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon is a trademark of Rubicon, Inc. under license to Ubi Soft Entertainment. All Rights Reserved.

Microsoft, Xbox and the XBox Logos are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S. and/or in other countries and are used under license from Microsoft.

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