Sega Europe and Infogrames To Co-Publish Uefa Dream Soccer.

Sega of Europe today announced another exciting collaboration with one of the world's largest interactive publishers.

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Sega of Europe have entered a co-publishing agreement with French giants, Infogrames to bring UEFA Dream Soccer (formerly known as Sega Worldwide Soccer 2001) to the Dreamcast in European territories only on December 8th.

This unique and inspired deal will allow Sega the full use of the UEFA license, making UEFA Dream Soccer the only officially licensed football title available on Dreamcast this Christmas.

Commenting on the co-publishing agreement, Michaël Sportouch, Vice President of Infogrames Sports said "Following the success of UEFA STRIKER DC in Europe, Infogrames and Sega are glad to be partners for the release of UEFA Dream Soccer DC in December."

UEFA Dream Soccer is currently being developed by Silicon Dreams, who have a healthy track record in football titles, having previously created the Worldwide Soccer series for Sega. Gavin Cheshire, Managing Director at Silicon Dreams commented that "Everyone at Silicon Dreams is excited about working with UEFA again, and the prospect that the addition of this collaboration has to our extremely innovative multi gender soccer title."

Kazutoshi Miyake , Sega of Europe's Chief Operating Officer, commented that "This game is truly a unique title, not only do we have an endorsement from UEFA but we also have game modes never before seen in a football game, as well as all the traditional modes. UEFA Dream Soccer will appeal to traditional soccer game players and to gamers who enjoy arcade games."

Game Features:
Photo-realistic Male and Female player models each containing 2500 polygons.
Facial expressions and animation that brings the players to life.
New skeleton system that enables an increased number of "bones" per player, which allows the player to move, perform turns and bend more realistically.
In-house developed "MotionMorph 8-Point" animation blending system that allows instantaneous blends between animations resulting in fantastic visual flow and instamatic ball control.
Choreographed sequences directed by industry's leading motion capture directors.
Over 200,000 brand new ultra high-resolution motion captured frames
using "Vicon 8" state of the art motion capture system.
Immersive and highly detailed stadiums from around the world that contain around 5000 polygons each.
Dynamic ball animation that is attributed to the players actions.
Enhanced AI and Logic system to reproduce the feeling of the real game.
Internet connectivity to Sega's Dreamarena.
Full screen PAL supporting both 50/60Hz and VGA output.
TV and Radio commentators from 4 European territories for real time
commentary. English Commentary by Helen Chamberlain Alan Green and Barry Venison.
Multi-player mode - Up to 4 players simultaneously.
Fully localised into English, German, French and Spanish - available on separate masters.
New user friendly 3D Graphical User Interface.
Unique arcade styled game modes for challenging gameplay.
The VM Unit, Vibration Pack and Arcade Stick are all supported.