LOS ANGELES (May 11 2000) - Ubi Soft Entertainment is proud to team up with one of pioneers of the interactive entertainment industry - UK based Revolution Software to publish one of the most ambious games of this year -In Cold Blood. Developers of the acclaimed Broken Sword series, Revolution has now created an electrifying espionage thriller with the production values of a Hollywood blockbuster movie.
This sneak 'em up conveys a futuristic yet plausible tale of espionage and betrayal through the lead character, the heroic but troubled John Cord. Major world players China and USA are tussling with Taiwan. The independent state, Volgia, is under the tyranical rule of the dictator Dmitri Nagarov. Volgia is rich in the natural mineral blue nephaline, a strange substance with the key to superconductivity, lettingVolgians create highly advanced super computers.
Key features:
An action adventure game based primarily around stealth but with an explosive (literally) amount of shooting.
Compelling, mysterious storyline that manages to grab and hold the player's attention for the duration of the game.
Top quality pre-rendered graphics in the 400 locations.
Revolution's hallmark richness to fully integrated FMV creates a benchmark for story-based gaming.
A backwards plot that forces the player to unravel the the flashbacks of M16 agent John Cord after his blackout - the story only being resolved in the last third of the game.
A Bond-style action-thiller but with credibility and tension replacing the cliches and cheese!
A plethora of gadgets based in the Remora wrist-watch: the Database keeping the player informed of the mission status & MI6 knowledge; map locations and an infra-red link allowing compter systems to be hacked. Cord also has a motion detectors & electromagnetic pulse mines at his disposal.
9 missions across the vastness of the game, each its own cinematic structure and presentation.
Seamlessly merging charcters and backgrounds with stunning advanced technology light & shadow effects.
Unusual camera angles that heighten the drama and set the scene.
Enthralling yet logical puzzles to be solved
Quick progression though the game keeping sense of urgency, with plenty of save points.
Characters act to the players actions: e.g. guards that hear shots will either retreat, come out firing or sound the alarm, all depending on their knowledge of the situation at that point.
In Cold Blood will be available for PC CD-ROM from September 2000.
Minimum specification: Pentium 200, no graphics acclerator required.