Video Gaming News - September 2004
San Francisco, CA (September 27, 2004) - Ubisoft today announced that
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Chaos Theory will include co-operative multiplayer
gameplay as well as a versus mode like in Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Pandora
Tomorrow.
From Ubisoft:
Ubisoft’s Montreal studio is developing both the single-player and
cooperative multiplayer portions of Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Chaos Theory,
while Ubisoft’s Annecy studio, developers of the versus mode of Tom Clancy’s
Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow, is creating the versus multiplayer campaign.
“With its focus on working with a partner to gather intel using stealth and
smarts, Splinter Cell Chaos Theory’s co-operative multiplayer gameplay will
offer a completely new multiplayer experience, much as Splinter Cell Pandora
Tomorrow’s versus gameplay did,” said Tony Kee, vice president of marketing for
Ubisoft’s North American division. “And with Chaos Theory, the latest and
greatest installment in the Splinter Cell franchise, gamers will be able to
enjoy both styles as they work together to prevent a global conflict of epic
proportions - or simply open a can of whup-ass on their online compatriots.”
ABOUT CO-OPERATIVE MULTIPLAYER
The new co-operative maps in Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Chaos Theory require
players to work together to accomplish crucial intelligence-gathering objectives
that are directly related to the plot of the single-player game. Pairs of
operatives must develop trust and be willing to depend on one another as they
use a host of new gadgets and team-based maneuvers to infiltrate enemy
strongholds and help Sam Fisher defuse escalating conflicts around the world. In
tandem, the operatives will help each other complete tasks such as scaling walls
too high to climb alone, reaching pipes too high for one person and keeping
watch while hacking enemy computers. Created to support online, System Link or
split-screen game sessions, the specifically-designed, unique maps emphasize
stealth gameplay based on shadow detection and AI stimulus, and will force
players to attain a new level of strategic coordination using a headset and
microphone, or talking each other through the tension from opposite ends of the
sofa. A special co-op knife challenge mode offersadditional ways for players to
collaborate and further enhances replayability. Graphically rich, with
impressive use of shadow, light, animations, physics and sound technology, the
cooperative maps will push the limits of online play and reaffirm the Splinter
Cell franchise’s position as the leader in multiplayer innovation.
ABOUT VERSUS MULTIPLAYER
The versus multiplayer gameplay of Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow
completely revolutionized online gaming, and with Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell
Chaos Theory, this competitive, addictive game mode continues to evolve. Players
will work as teams and will compete against each other by embodying either
stealthy, third-person Shadow Net Spies with specific stealth objectives, or
heavily armed, first-person Argus Mercenaries charged with protecting their
compounds. In several completely new levels, players will have at their disposal
a host of new cooperative maneuvers and interactions, gadgets and weapons,
hand-to-hand combat actions, additional ways to taunt adversaries, and two game
modes (scenario and disk hunt). With destructible items, integrated climate
affects that directly impact gameplay and totally redesigned visuals designed to
improve accessibility and immersion, the adversarial gameplay will make Tom
Clancy’s Splinter Cell Chaos Theory the most diverse and immersive multiplayer
game on the market.
About Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Chaos Theory
The year is 2008. Citywide blackouts... stock exchange sabotage... electronic
hijacking of national defense systems... this is information warfare, which has
become the most dangerous threat to global stability. To prevent these attacks,
you must infiltrate deep into hostile territory and aggressively collect
critical intelligence, closer than ever to enemy soldiers. You are Sam Fisher,
the NSA's most elite black-ops agent. To achieve your mission you will operate
undetected, kill at close-range, attack with your combat knife, shoot with the
modular SC20K rifle, and use radical suppression techniques such as the inverted
neck break. Work alone, or enjoy the thrill of cooperative multiplayer
infiltration missions, where teamwork is the ultimate weapon.
As the enemy evolves, so must you.
- EXCLUSIVE CLOSE RANGE KILLS: From knife attacks to athletic hand-to-hand kills
such as inverted neck breaks, dramatic ledge throws and other new moves
- CO-OP STEALTH: Play online or offline multiplayer with a friend and coordinate
your infiltration in an all new multiplayer challenge
- REAL WEAPONS OF TOMORROW: The most complete arsenal of weapons and gadgets
from the knife to the modular SC20K rifle
- AMAZING REPLAYABILITY: Totally open level design with multi-paths and optional
secondary objectives
- ULTIMATE CHALLENGE: Intelligent enemies that make your mission more risky as
you must get closer to them than ever before
- HIGH-RISK MISSIONS: Steal sensitive documents from under the nose of your
enemies, takeout a terrorist surrounded by his bodyguards
- AS GOOD AS REAL: Never-before-seen graphics technology offers the best visuals
ever seen on any console. Advanced physics engine allows rag doll physics,
particle effects and perfect interaction with the environment
- THRILLING SCENARIO: In-game gut wrenching sequences and gripping plot with
multiple twists and turns
- VERSUS MULTIPLAYER LEVELS: Compete as teams of Shadow Net Spies or
Argus Mercenaries in Pandora-style competitive levels. Enjoy new cooperative
maneuvers and interactions, gadgets and weapons, hand-to-hand combat actions,
additional ways to taunt adversaries, and three game modes (scenario, disk hunt
and deathmatch), as well as dynamic, evolving environments with elements like
destructible walls and actionable triggers that directly affect gameplay
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