October 18, 2006

Ubisoft Infiltrates Retail Stores with Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent

Highly Anticipated Sequel from the Legendary Splinter Cell® Franchise Now Available for Xbox 360

Today Ubisoft, one of the world's largest video game publishers, announced that Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent™ is now available for the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system from Microsoft for a suggested retail price of $59.99. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent™ Limited Collector’s Edition is also available while supplies last for a suggested retail price $69.99.

"Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Double Agent is Ubisoft’s next blockbuster, setting the tone for what we expect to be a very successful holiday season,” said Tony Key, vice president of marketing at Ubisoft. “We are positive that this next chapter of the Splinter Cell franchise will deliver an impressively unique gaming experience that will elevate the brand to new heights by evoking players’ emotions.”

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About Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent

In the highly anticipated sequel to the 2005 game of the year, Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Double Agent, play as a double agent spy for the first time ever. Take on dual roles of covert operative and ruthless terrorist, where your choices of whom to betray and whom to protect actually affect the outcome of your game.

Experience the relentless tension and gut-wrenching dilemmas of life as a double agent. Lie. Kill. Sabotage. Betray. All to protect the innocent. How far will you go to gain the enemy’s trust? As covert operative Sam Fisher, you must infiltrate a vicious terrorist group and destroy it from within. You’ll need to carefully weigh the consequences of your actions. Kill too many terrorists and you’ll blow your cover. Hesitate and millions will die. Do whatever it takes to complete your mission, but get out alive.

Features Include:

• Double agent gameplay and branching storyline: Play both sides and decide between opposing NSA and terrorists objectives. You choose whose priorities to support, and whose to undermine. Your actions affect the story and gameplay, leading to shockingly different endings.
• Gadgets and weapons: As you progress, get access to prototype upgraded gadgets and prototype weapons, like improved night vision, based on your choices and covert skills.
• Authentic double agent tactics: Use realistic tactics, based on testimonies of actual undercover agents, to sabotage the enemies’ plans.
• Don’t blow your cover: Steal, destroy, kill, and evade the authorities. Do whatever it takes to make your mark and gain their trust.
• A world of international espionage: Go from Shanghai and Cozumel to America itself, where New York City and Los Angeles are threatened by the terrorists’ agenda of destruction.
• All-new extreme gameplay situations: Conduct your missions underwater amid churning ice floes, in a blinding sandstorm, or even sheathed in dust and smoke.
• Innovative multiplayer: The critically acclaimed multiplayer mode is back with new innovations and exclusives for each platform. Get recruited and earn rank upgrades, and sabotage or spy for your team

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