Gaming News - January 2003
Montreal, Quebec (January 10, 2003) - Publisher Strategy First and
Developer Introversion Software today announced their North American
publishing deal for Uplink: Hacker Elite.
“Uplink will show gamers a whole new side of the computer world,” says Steve
Milburn, Director of Marketing for Strategy First. “We are very excited to be
bringing this unique title to the PC market with Introversion Software.”
“We are very excited about this opportunity to present Uplink to American
gamers,” says Thomas Arundel, Publishing Director for Introversion Software. “We
are new team and are very pleased to be working with such a prestigious
publisher.”
From Strategy First:
Uplink brings players into the depths of one of the world’s most intriguing
settings: cyberspace. Gamers take on the role of an Uplink agent, working for
large corporations and hacking into rival computer systems, stealing research
data, sabotaging other companies, laundering money, erasing evidence, and
framing innocent people. Stock markets can be influenced, personal records can
be altered, and money can be transferred…sometimes into the wrong hands.
UPLINK FEATURES
- Original gameplay that gives players the opportunity to be freelance
hackers
- Freeform gameplay: Accept the missions that you want to play
- Neuromancer rating: Let your morals guide you; save the net or watch
processors melt. Uplink offers two totally different paths to ‘3l33t’ hacker
status
- Exciting Missions: Crack a bank, hack a rival into jail, crash the stock
market, and get out before you’re caught
- Thrilling action where players make those last 15 seconds count and feel
the tension rise, as their signal is traced
- Involving Plot: The computer underground can be a dangerous place,
especially if you’ve got to stop the world’s deadliest virus
- Choose your OS: Runs on Windows and Linux
For more information on Uplink: Hacker Elite, please visit
www.strategyfirst.com
or
www.introversion.co.uk/uplink/index.html.
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