Ghost Recon Gone Gold!
Posted by benadmin on Wednesday, November 6 2002

SAN FRANCISCO, CA., November 6, 2002 -Ubi Soft Entertainment, one of the world's largest game publishers, is pleased to announce that the eagerly awaited Xbox Live(tm) title Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon(tm) has mastered, achieving gold status. Expected to be the hottest title on Microsoft's Xbox Live online game service, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon (Xbox) has already earned an Editor's Choice award from Official Xbox Magazine.

"Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon will rock console gaming to its core," said Tony Kee, Vice President of Marketing for Ubi Soft Entertainment. "Ghost Recon showcases Xbox Live by creating a very realistic game play experience. Gamers can talk to one another and plan out strategies or develop maneuvers using the Xbox Communicator, tackle missions cooperatively, or challenge and advance in rank as they complete their missions. The result is a true-to-life battlefield experience that will leave gamers winded from nonstop combat action!"

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon was IGN PC's (www.ign.com) and PC Gamer's PC Game of the Year (2001) and the Xbox version builds on that strong foundation. To leverage the power of Xbox, new features and special effects only available on the Xbox platform have been added: new lighting, animation, effects and sound that have been worked into the game to broaden the intensity and experience for the Xbox gamer. 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(tm)

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 so there's no need to buy additional peripherals.

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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.