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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:

  • *       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.



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