Unreal Championship is returning to Xbox, as Microsoft Game Studios
today announced that Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict for
Xbox(r) is currently in development and is scheduled to arrive on retail
shelves in Q4 2004. Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict is being
developed by Epic Games, the creators of the best-selling Unreal
franchise.
Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict will revolutionise the
shooter genre with its high intensity melee combat system, optional
third-person perspective and unique character combos. No longer solely
bound to the first-person perspective, players can switch to
third-person mode for lethal melee attacks and defensive combos;
including the devastating reflect move, which sends an incoming attack
back to the sender with interest.
Characters in the game will also be more mobile and agile. Each Unreal
character will use their own personalised arsenal of jumping, flipping
and spinning moves to help players make full use of the new
environments. Unique Adrenaline combo-powers supercharge the strength
and deadliness of character attacks and defences, while cranking up
character speed and mobility to superhuman levels.
Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict will offer gamers two new
single player experiences to challenge their Unreal combat skills. In
the single player campaign, players will fight their way through new
cities and arenas as they take on the role of Anubis in his attempt to
retake his people's Nakhti Rite of Ascension Tournament from the
machinations of the omnipresent Liandri Corporation. In the single
player tournament, gamers will fight through a tournament ladder as one
of the many unlockable characters in the game. Unreal Championship 2:
The Liandri Conflict will also offer players the chance to fight
head-to-head in eight player tournaments over Xbox Live or System Link.
The game will take advantage of Xbox Live's leaderboards, making it
obvious who the ultimate tournament champions are.
Epic Games Inc, based in Raleigh, NC and established in 1991, is a
developer of cutting-edge computer and video games. The company is best
known as the creator of hit PC 3D action games Unreal and Unreal
Tournament, both award-winning blockbuster hits having each sold more
than 1 million units each. Epic is also well known as creator of the
Unreal Engine which it has licensed to several major game developers. To
date over 10,000,000 games have been sold that utilized Epic's Unreal
Engine technology and the number is growing steadily each year. Prior to
their 3D success, Epic Games was well known for the hit shareware games
Jill of the Jungle, Jazz Jackrabbit and Epic Pinball. Additional
information can be obtained through Epic's Web site at
www.epicgames.com .
Xbox (
http://www.xbox.com/) is Microsoft's
future-generation video game system that delivers the most powerful
games experiences ever. Xbox empowers game artists by giving them the
technology to fulfill their creative visions as never before, creating
games that blur the lines between fantasy and reality. Xbox is now
available in North America, Japan, Europe and Australia.
