Gaming News - March 2002

New York, NY (March 28, 2002) - Codemasters today announced details on one of the weapons that will appear in their upcoming game, IGI2.

From Codemasters:

The power-tool of global special forces, the .50 caliber Sniper Rifle, is one of agent David Jones’ most effective weapons in IGI 2: Covert Strike, Codemasters’ forthcoming PC stealth-based shooter.

This handheld semi-automatic .50 caliber rifle fires a slug that weighs a mere 43 grams. Described as the ground-unit equivalent of bombing, it can take out an Armored Personnel Carrier at 1.5 kilometers and is more than capable of taking down an enemy agent at an astonishing 1.8 kilometers.

Its performance and appearance are being realistically modeled for the game; however, players can take the rifle’s capabilities one step further by using an in-game hi-tech accessory: the Thermo-Chemical imaging scope.

With the Thermo-Chemical imaging scope attached to the rifle, enemy agents can be identified and targeted even in areas packed with scenery and moving objects. The scope identifies body heat patterns and performs a chemical analysis of those heat patterns.

The body heat pattern is chemically analyzed for human body temperature, filtering out any non-human heat patterns so that only human body heat is shown on the display [see image for example]. This is particularly useful when tracking an enemy agent - the rifle’s bullets can punch through concrete from 1.5 kilometers away.

With more details on the featured weaponry, including pistols, assault rifles, submachine guns and rocket launchers, still to be revealed, players can be sure that IGI 2: Covert Strike will equip its agents with some formidable firepower.

IGI 2: Covert Strike is being created at Innerloop Studios AS, the Oslo-based team that created the original, and is scheduled to be published by Codemasters in June 2002 on PC CD-ROM. The game’s web site and forum can be found at: http://www.codemasters.com/igi2.

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