Gaming News - February 2002

San Francisco, CA (February 28, 2002) - Ubi Soft Entertainment today announced that Dark Planet: Battle for Natrolis has gone gold and is expected to ship to U.S. retail stores on March 19, with an MSRP of $39.99.

"Dark Planet brings all the best elements of the greatest RTS games together in a single title, ultimately fulfilling on the promise of what a great RTS title can be," said Charles Harribey, Dark Planet's producer for Ubi Soft Entertainment. "At the same time, Dark Planet has a unique graphic look and feel that will appeal to both hardcore RTS fans and casual gamers."

"The RTS category has been around for a long time so we looked long and hard at what has worked and what hasn't in past games," said David Wightman, managing director of Edgies, the game's developer. "Gamers will find many familiar features in Dark Planet, but they'll also be pleasantly surprised by some of the first-time features, such as expanded multiplayer options and a full range of difficulty settings which promise to keep players engaged in the game for a long time."

From Ubi Soft:

Dark Planet: Battle for Natrolis features a single-player mode including three separate campaigns with additional tutorials, and four multiplayer modes that include up to 15 different games playable on ubi.com. With scalable game play, Dark Planet is easy to learn but a challenge to master, providing for all levels of skill. Deformable terrain in a highly detailed 3D world, and persistent effects of combat such as scorched earth and cratered terrain, all add to the game's overall feel allowing the player to become completely immersed in the world of Natrolis. For more information visit http://darkplanet.ubi.com

Dark Planet Features :
· A world with day and night cycles, plants that sway in the wind, and
ambient creatures that have their own life cycles and AI.
· Realistic weather that affects your strategy. Rains slow down
movement, wind patterns change, and nighttime brings darkness.
· Create and control some of the largest 3D units ever seen in a
strategy game.
· True 3D engine with fully adjustable perspective, zoom, and viewing
angle.
· Robust multiplayer options with several different modes including
Domination, Capture the Flag and Campaign
· 3 unique races to play with different strategies for success:
Colonists-High Tech (a sci-fi mechanized army), Sorin-Swords and Sorcery (a
fantasy army with magic powers), Dreil-Monsters (use brute force and hive
and cocooning behavior)
· Explore the extensive technology trees of the Sorin, Colonist, and
Dreil forces. Each collects a unique resource.
· Feel the persistent effects of combat like destroyed structures,
scorched earth deformed terrain and more.

Minimum System Requirements
· Windows® 95/98/ME/2000 or XP
· Pentium® II 400 or AMD® K6-3 400 (Pentium III or AMD K6-3 600
recommended)
· 64 MB RAM (128 MB Recommended)
· DirectX 8.0a (included on disc)
· 3D Video card w/16 MB RAM (DirectX 8 compatible) 32MB RAM
recommended
· Sound card (Direct X 8.0 compatible)
· 56K Modem for Internet play (DSL or cable modem recommended)

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