Gaming News - April 2004
San Francisco, CA (April 6, 2004) - Ubisoft today announced its
development of a new game in the Settlers series.
From Ubisoft:
Set for release at the end of the year, the new Settlers will feature fully
animated 3D environments powered by Criterion(tm)'s next-generation
RenderWare(tm) technology. Players will design and develop detailed communities
featuring skilled inhabitants with a number of different abilities.
Among a group of very experienced designers, Bruce Milligan contributed to
the new Settlers. The American has worked with world-famous designers Sid Meier,
Bruce Shelley, and Brian Reynolds and lent his creative style to successful
strategy titles in the past.
"I have spent a lot of time working with the Settlers team on the creation
and refinement of the overall game concept and the gameplay itself," said Bruce
Milligan, who has lent his creative talents to titles including Civilization®,
Tropico(tm): Paradise Island, and Rise of Nations(tm). "I think the Settlers'
development team has crafted a 3D real-time strategy game that will be of great
appeal for U.S. RTS gamers. The final result will be phenomenally appealing."
"Our preliminary gameplay research has indicated that the new-look Settlers
will impress gamers not only with its stunning graphical improvements but with
new gameplay features that we know everyone will love," said Tony Kee, vice
president of marketing, Ubisoft. "It's also exciting to showcase the
unparalleled creativity and quality of Ubisoft's internal production studios and
their capacity to develop first-class titles in a variety of genres."
The new graphics style, taking full advantage of Criterion's Renderware
technology, transports gamers into a living medieval environment. In addition,
the multiplayer mode is being perfected by Ubisoft's Montreal studio, producer
of Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell® and Prince of Persia®: The Sands of Time(tm).
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