Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Island Thunder Ships Today

The Ghosts are back with even more LIVE action!

San Francisco, CA - July 10, 2003 - Ubi Soft Entertainment, one of the world's largest videogame publishers, today announced that Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon(tm):  Island Thunder(tm) has shipped and will arrive on store shelves soon.  Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Island Thunder brings realism, heart-pounding action and intense gameplay into one exciting operation.

"The original Ghost Recon is one of the most played games on Xbox LIVE.  So, it made to create the follow up, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Island Thunder with the needs of Xbox LIVE players in mind," said Tony Kee, vice president of marketing for Ubi Soft Entertainment. "In addition to promising future downloadable content such as new maps and missions-something we didn't do with the original Ghost Recon--we will be supporting many of the new upcoming features offered by Xbox "Live Web."  Perhaps the most exciting feature for gamers is the statistics; when "Live Web" launches later this month, the hundreds of thousands of people playing Ghost Recon and Ghost Recon: Island Thunder will be able to go online to check their stats and scoreboards, elevating the competition and making mastering team Ghost even more of a challenge."
 

 About Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Island Thunder

The game's campaign will take place in post-Castro Cuba where political corruption is rampant.  Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Island Thunder promises future access to exclusive downloadable content featuring new missions and maps for hours of extended game play.  Also included will be a dozen game types and twelve multiplayer maps for Xbox Live play, including four "fan favorite" maps from the original Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon, the most played game on Xbox Live today.  Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Island Thunder will be rated M and will have an MSRP of $39.99.

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 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 .

About Red Storm  Entertainment:
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.

(c) 2003 Red Storm Entertainment. All Rights Reserved. Red Storm Entertainment is a Ubi Soft Entertainment company.

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