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FAR CRY SHIPS NATIONWIDE
Tropical Shooter Receives Impressive Review Scores Worldwide
San Francisco – March 23, 2004 – Ubisoft™, one of the world’s largest video game publishers, announced its highly-anticipated tactical tropical shooter, Far Cry™ has shipped to retailers nationwide. Far Cry is rated “M—Mature” and is available on PC CD-ROM for a suggested retail price of $39.99.
The commercial release of Far Cry delivers stunningly detailed graphics, the genre’s largest game environments, most deadly A.I. and an unprecedented 1.2 km view-distance. As Jack Carver, players find themselves stranded in paradise after escorting an inquisitive journalist to a remote tropical island. Paradise quickly turns deadly as an unrelenting team of highly trained mercenaries work together to hunt Jack and take him down. Players will explore a vast island chain rendered in exquisite detail through state-of-the-art graphic technology, while outwitting hordes of cunning mercenaries by staging long-range assaults and using every vehicle, weapon, and strategy at their disposal.
Additionally, Far Cry will ship with the intuitive, Sandbox Editor™. CryENGINE technology allows for the easiest, most user-friendly map-editing tools ever created. Players can build their own maps, re-construct game levels, and switch from editing to playing on the fly with one simple command. Following are Far Cry’s game features:
Gameplay Features:
• Far Cry’s unprecedented 1.2 km draw distance elevates the art of sniping and long-range gameplay to new levels of intensity.
• Take cover in dense foliage, submerge yourself underwater, commandeer assault vehicles—even take flight to stay alive.
• Build your own maps, re-construct game levels, and switch from editing to playing on the fly with the unbelievably intuitive Sandbox Editor.
• Enemies react in real-time, take cover, call in reinforcements, and use advanced group formation tactics to take you out.
• Discover a new breed of tropical terror within murky caverns, ruins, swamps, compounds, fortifications, and genetic laboratories.
• Engage in explosive island warfare with up to 20 players in Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, and the all-new Assault Mode.
About Ubisoft™
Ubisoft is an international producer, publisher, and distributor of interactive entertainment products. A leading company in the multimedia industry, Ubisoft's strong and diversified line-up has grown considerably, as has Ubisoft itself. As well as steadfastly continuing to partner with several high-profile companies, Ubisoft has also confirmed its presence on the global market by developing its own exceptional properties. Founded in 1986 in France, Ubisoft is now present on every continent, both through offices in 21 different countries including the United States, Morocco, Germany, and China and through sales of products in over 50 countries. The group is dedicated to delivering high-quality, cutting-edge videogame titles to consumers around the world. Ubisoft generated a turnover of 453 million euros for the 2002/2003 fiscal year, up 23% over the previous fiscal year. To learn more, visit www.ubi.com.
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