Ubisoft Announce E3 2006 Video Game Lineup
Showcases 10 Next-Generation Titles, Celebrates 20 Years of Creativity and Innovation
London, UK - MAY 3, 2006 Today Ubisoft, one of the worlds largest video game publishers, announced its lineup of titles for the 2006 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) May 1012, 2006 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, Calif. Ubisoft will showcase its titles at booth #924 in the South Hall.
Our E3 lineup demonstrates Ubisofts profound commitment to the next-generation of video games, said Yves Guillemot, president and chief executive officer of Ubisoft. Ubisoft is very excited to be introducing ground-breaking new intellectual property and showcasing how we bring innovation to our best-selling franchises. Our award-winning development teams are pushing the limits of what can be achieved and leading the industry into the future.
Ubisoft lineup for E3 2006:
Assassins CreedTM: Experience the power of a feared Assassin in the game that will redefine the action adventure genre for the next generation. Players actions will throw the immediate environment into chaos and shape events in this pivotal moment during the Third Crusade.
Brothers In Arms Hells Highway: Gearbox Softwares critically acclaimed squad-based WWII shooter launches into the next generation of gaming with amazing graphics and cutting-edge game play features powered by Unreal Engine 3 and a completely redesigned online component. As Matt Baker, lead a squad of real soldiers who think, relate and fight together through the brutal trials of the dramatic Operation Market Garden.
Dark Messiah of Might & Magic®: Discover a new breed of PC game that will redefine the Action-RPG genre. Powered by an enhanced version of the Source engine from Valve, the second chapter in the new Might & Magic® franchise allows players to experience ferocious combat as an expert warrior, mage, or assassin using a vast array of devastating weapons against vicious creatures in a captivating fantasy environment.
Enchanted Arms: The first RPG developed exclusively for Xbox 360, this epic adventure created by FromSoftware in Japan is arriving for the first time in North America and Europe. Enchanted Arms allows players to escape to a fantasy world filled with beautiful cinema-quality graphics, unique characters and bizarre creatures.
Game to be Unveiled: Experience the next-generation project from Ubisoft and Free Radical, the developers of the critically-acclaimed Timesplitters® series for the first time at E3.
Open Season: Team up with the cast of characters from Sony Pictures Animations feature-length CGI film Open Season coming in September. Its a riotous romp in the great outdoors for kids of all ages when a rowdy brood of forest animals turn the tables on unsuspecting hunters.
Rayman Raving Rabbids: Developed by famed creative director Michel Ancel, this new installment of the Rayman franchise will be the funniest and zaniest yet. Raymans world is threatened by a devastating invasion by the most unexpected creatures and Rayman must battle to save his world and its inhabitants.
Red Steel: The only original first-person game built from the ground up and exclusively for the Wii launch. Red Steel takes full advantage of Nintendos innovative controller and provides the unique experience of combined gunplay and swordplay.
Tom Clancys Splinter Cell Double Agent: The best-selling Tom Clancys Splinter Cell® saga is taking an entirely new direction. In the highly anticipated next chapter, play as a double agent spy for the first time. Take on dual roles of covert operative and ruthless terrorist, where choices of whom to betray and whom to protect affect the outcome of the game.
Tom Clancys Rainbow Six® Vegas: Tom Clancys Rainbow Six® makes its dramatic next-generation debut. Rainbow operatives take to the chaotic streets of Las Vegas as an escalating terrorist siege in Sin City threatens to take world terrorism to new heights.
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