NEWS - Tuesday, August 5, 2003
Ghost Recon: Island Thunder Ships Today
The Ghosts are back with even more LIVE action! Ubi Soft Entertainment, one of the world’s largest videogame publishers, today announced that Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon(tm): Island Thunder(tm) has shipped and will arrive on store shelves soon. Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Island Thunder brings realism, heart-pounding action and intense gameplay into one exciting operation. "The original Ghost Recon is one of the most played games on Xbox LIVE. So, it made to create the follow up, Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Island Thunder with the needs of Xbox LIVE players in mind," said Tony Kee, vice president of marketing for Ubi Soft Entertainment. "In addition to promising future downloadable content such as new maps and missions-something we didn’t do with the original Ghost Recon--we will be supporting many of the new upcoming features offered by Xbox "Live Web." Perhaps the most exciting feature for gamers is the statistics; when "Live Web" launches later this month, the hundreds of thousands of people playing Ghost Recon and Ghost Recon: Island Thunder will be able to go online to check their stats and scoreboards, elevating the competition and making mastering team Ghost even more of a challenge." About Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Island Thunder The game’s campaign will take place in post-Castro Cuba where political corruption is rampant. Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Island Thunder promises future access to exclusive downloadable content featuring new missions and maps for hours of extended game play. Also included will be a dozen game types and twelve multiplayer maps for Xbox Live play, including four "fan favorite" maps from the original Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon, the most played game on Xbox Live today. Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Island Thunder will be rated M and will have an MSRP of $39.99.Source: http://www.ubi.com/
