Video Gaming News - November 2002
Los Angeles, CA (November 6, 2002) - Ubi Soft Entertainment today
announced that Xbox Live title Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon has mastered, achieving
gold status. Expected to be the hottest title on Microsoft's Xbox Live online
game service, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon has already earned an Editor's Choice
award from Official Xbox Magazine.
"Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon will rock console gaming to its core," said Tony
Kee, Vice President of Marketing for Ubi Soft Entertainment. "Ghost Recon
showcases Xbox Live by creating a very realistic game play experience. Gamers
can talk to one another and plan out strategies or develop maneuvers using the
Xbox Communicator, tackle missions cooperatively, or challenge and advance in
rank as they complete their missions. The result is a true-to-life battlefield
experience that will leave gamers winded from nonstop combat action!"
From Ubi Soft:
To leverage the power of Xbox, new features and special effects only
available on the Xbox platform have been added: new lighting, animation, effects
and sound that have been worked into the game to broaden the intensity and
experience for the Xbox gamer. Realism is the hallmark of the award-winning Tom
Clancy games, which also include the popular Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six series and
the much-anticipated Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell.
Storyline:
Eastern Europe, 2008. War has broken out on the borders of Russia and the fate
of the world hangs in the balance. That's when the call goes out for the Ghosts
- an elite handful of specially-trained Green Berets, armed with the latest
technology and trained to use the deadliest weapons. Their mission: Spearhead
the way for a NATO peacekeeping force and keep the lid on the conflict before it
mushrooms.
Special Features:
- ALL THE REALISM, SWEAT, AND FEAR FROM THE GAME OF THE YEAR*, with 15
missions, dozens of weapons, and new secrets to unlock!
- XBOX LIVE BRINGS THE BATTLEFIELD TO LIFE! - Assemble a squad, plunge into
battle, and use voice communication to coordinate the ultimate battlefield
strategy!
- MULTIPLAYER WARFARE - Xbox Live Multiplayer, split-screen and system link:
Gather up to 16 players to fight against each other in 9 adversarial modes or
team up to combat the relentless AI forces.
- SQUAD-BASED COMBAT IN YOUR LIVING ROOM - Lead your teams through each map
in Mission, Firefight, or Recon modes.
- WEAPONS: Standard and special issue weapons like the M16A2, the M4 carbine
and the fearsome and deadly OICW.
- GAMEPLAY: The total combat experience that teaches a deadly, realistic
lesson in how to fight on tomorrow's battlefields.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon carries an "M" (Mature) rating from the ESRB and
will be priced at $49.99
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