Ubisoft Announces new Combat flight sim: pacific fighters

Oleg Maddox, the Maker of the Award-winning IL2 Series, Engages the Pacific Theater

SAN FRANCISCO - March 31, 2004 - Ubisoft, one of the world's largest videogame publishers, today announced that its new flight combat title, Pacific Fighters, will launch this fall.

WWII's Pacific theater was the backdrop for some of the most famous aerial battles in history. In places like Midway, Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima, allied fighters and bombers went head-to-head against the air power of the Japanese empire. Pacific Fighters provides the opportunity for players to experience the realistic action, intense flight combat and immersive gameplay of WWII's Pacific air war.

"Pacific Fighters maintains its award-winning standards of high-quality graphics, historical detail and an unparalleled flight model that IL-2 fans have come to expect, but in a dynamic, new Pacific-war setting," said Laurent Detoc, president of Ubisoft. "We know diehard fans and even those new to simulations will thoroughly enjoy the famous locations, variety of detailed aircraft, and multiplayer options in Pacific Fighters."

Backed by the Oleg Maddox team, Pacific Fighters allows players to participate in the most compelling Pacific air war experience ever created. Fly planes on either the side of the conflict, including U.S., Japan, Great Britain, or Australia. There are more than 40 flyable aircraft, including the F6F Hellcat, the deadly Japanese Zero, and the UK's Supermarine Seafire. In addition, for the first time in the 1C: Maddox game series, players will have the option to take-off and land on aircraft carriers during combat.

"We're extremely proud and excited to bring Pacific Fighters to the combat flight sim audience because we know they're going to be very pleased with improvements to the award-winning IL-2 game engine and enjoy the new Pacific war setting," said Ilya Shevchenko, producer. "Players will appreciate the variety of famous fighters, however, in this title more than any previous Maddox sim, we're emphasizing flyable bombers such as the SBD Dauntless, Aichi Val, Mitsubishi G4M Betty, and at least four versions of the North American B-25 Mitchell."

Players may choose from a variety of bombing missions, including torpedo attacks, dive bombing, and high altitude bombing. Targets include amphibious landing craft, realistic coastal fortifications, and a wide selection of ground vehicles, each built to an even higher level of detail than in the previous 1C:Maddox Games flight sims.

Players will be able to target enemy ships, vehicles, airfields and aircraft on one of the 16 new maps, including Guadalcanal, Pearl Harbor and Singapore. The online multiplayer options allow players to engage in live battles ranging in style from free-for-all dogfights to cooperative campaigns.

For more information about Pacific Fighters is available at www.pacific-fighters.com

(c) 2004 Ubisoft Entertainment. All Rights Reserved. Strategic Simulations, Ubisoft, ubi.com, and the Ubisoft logo are trademarks of Ubisoft Entertainment in the U.S. and/or other countries. Developed by 1C: Maddox Games.

About IC: 1C Company specializes in the distribution, publishing and development of interactive entertainment products and business software. Founded in 1991 1C has become the leading Russian company publishing and distributing computer games in the former USSR. 1C Company is widely acknowledged as a game developer and has two internal studios. Internal development projects include Konung Legends of the North, IL-2 Sturmovik, IL-2 Sturmovik: The Forgotten Battles and Wartime Command. 1C Company works as a publisher and producer with over 20 leading Russian independent development studios and has produced over 50 projects for PC, Xbox, and PS2. More information about the company is available at http://int.games.1c.ru 

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