Gaming News - May 2002

San Francisco, CA (May 17, 2002) - Ubi Soft Entertainment today announced that it has entered into a publishing agreement under which 1C: Maddox Games will develop new content for the WWII combat flight simulation title, IL-2 Sturmovik. IL2-Sturmovik: The Forgotten Battles will include two new maps for Finland and Hungary, expanding the battlefield for both single and multiplayer modes. It will also feature more than 20 new single player missions and ten cooperative multiplayer missions. IL2-Sturmovik: The Forgotten Battles is expected to ship to retail stores worldwide in Fall 2002.

"The overwhelming success of IL-2 Sturmovik has proved that there is still a market for great combat simulation titles," said Carl C. Norman, executive producer at Ubi Soft Entertainment. "This follow up product ties into a greater strategy that we have created to ensure Ubi Soft's position as a driving force in the combat simulation genre for years to come."

"IL-2 Sturmovik was an outstanding success for 1C," said Nikolay Baryshnikov, international sales director for 1C Maddox Games. "It was possibly the second Russian game after Tetris that was so highly praised by gamers and press all around the world and we look forward to producing more top notch products, starting with IL-2 Sturmovik: The Forgotten Battles this Fall."

In addition to the new campaigns set on the Finnish and Hungarian fronts and new single and multiplayer missions, several new playable and AI controlled Russian, German and British aircraft will be featured in IL-2 Sturmovik: The Forgotten Battles. Ubi Soft and 1C: Maddox Games are currently considering adding additional aircraft models created or modified by third parties, including those created by fans of the game.

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