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Coming to a Theatre Near You: Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell®  Pandora Tomorrow(tm) World Premiere LIVE from Hollywood and New York: "Spies vs. Mercenaries"  

Fresh From its Success at Sundance: Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell® Pandora Tomorrow(tm) Makes Big Screen Debut as Entertainment and Video Games Converge  

February 25, 2004 - San Francisco, CA- One of the most anticipated video games of 2004, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell® Pandora Tomorrow(tm) will make its big screen debut next month, in a first ever coast-to-coast video game tournament that will connect participants playing the game in New York and Los Angeles.  The world premiere event will take place on March 15, at the Loews Cinemas movie theaters as hundreds of fans watch gamers battle it out in the "Spies vs. Mercenaries" online tournament.  

Last month, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell® Pandora Tomorrow(tm) made video game history when it was featured at a special event coinciding with the 2004 Sundance Film Festival.  The game was unveiled at the Motorola Lodge in an after-hours event attended by celebrities, filmmakers, entertainment executives, musicians and industry influencers.  Courtesy of Ubisoft and Xbox(tm) Live, Tom Clancy' Splinter Cell® Pandora Tomorrow(tm)'s appearance at Sundance marked the first time a video game has debuted in or around a film festival.   

The upcoming "Spies vs. Mercenaries" event will allow gamers in the entertainment capitals of the world, Times Square and Hollywood, play each other via online connectivity.  The competition will be fierce as the single elimination tournament will produce memorable video battles and voice-chat trash-talking moments, with the contenders and the game projected in heated battle onto the Loews Cinema screens.  

"The 'Spies vs. Mercenaries' event allows Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell® Pandora Tomorrow(tm) to go from the sneak preview event in Sundance to full-on movie theatre premiere status in New York and LA," said Tony Kee, vice president of marketing for Ubisoft.  "Video game fans can come to the theatre, pick up some popcorn and a game controller and get their game on, while watching select winners play against contestants on the other side of the country.  The 'future' of interactive entertainment is officially here."

"We're incredibly thrilled to see the next installment of Tom Clancy's epic blockbuster premiere on Xbox," said Cameron Ferroni, General Manager for Microsoft Xbox Platform Team.  "While Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow makes waves with its unbelievably advanced and creative gameplay, now Xbox Live brings that unique style to a thriving community of 750,000 rabid online gamers across 19 countries."  

Published by Ubisoft(tm), one of the world's largest videogame publishers, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow is already one of the most talked about videogames of 2004, recently featured on MTV, CNN and Extra!.  The game will be released in late March.   

For information on how to qualify in Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell® Pandora Tomorrow(tm) World Premiere LIVE: "Spies vs. Mercenaries," details about the tournament and contest rules, please visit http://www.splintercell.com/us/promo.php   

The final rounds of the competition will be held March 15 at Loews Cinemas in New York and LA:  

NEW YORK (10 p.m. EST)         247 W. 42nd Street, New York, NY, 212-840-7761

LOS ANGELES (7 p.m. PST)     100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, CA 818-508-0711

About Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow

Inspired by the world of Tom Clancy, Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow centers around the story of Sam Fisher(tm), a lone operative waging a one-man war against an Indonesian terrorist network. Empowered with the Fifth Freedom - the right to spy, steal, destroy and assassinate to protect his country - Fisher embarks on a mission that will take him to the far-most corners of the globe and into the shadowy world of international espionage, encountering numerous threats and begging the question, "Whom can you trust?"   

Product Facts

  • Product Name:              Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell® Pandora Tomorrow(tm)

  • **Format:                      Xbox®, PC, Game Boy® Advance

  • Launch Date:                 March '04

  • Retail price                    $49.99

  • Publisher:                      Ubisoft

  • Developer:                     Ubisoft Shanghai Studios/Ubisoft Annecy Studios

  • Category:                      3rd-Person, Stealth Action     

  • # Of Players:                 1 offline: 4 online

  • ESRB Rating:                T (Teen)

  • Website:                       http://www.splintercell.com,  http://www.pandoratomorrow.com 

  **INFORMATION ON ADDITIONAL PLATFORMS TO BE ANNOUNCED.

 

About Ubisoft:

Ubisoft is an international producer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment products. A leading company in the multimedia industry, Ubisoft strong and diversified lineup has grown considerably, as has Ubisoft itself. As well as steadfastly continuing to partner with several high-profile companies, Ubisoft has also confirmed its presence on the global market by developing its own exceptional properties. Founded in 1986 in France, Ubisoft is now present on every continent, both through offices in 21 different countries including the United States, Morocco, Germany and China and through sales of products in over 50 countries. The group is dedicated to delivering high-quality, cutting-edge videogame titles to consumers around the world. Ubisoft generated a turnover of 453 million euros for the 2002/2003 fiscal year, up 23% over the previous fiscal year. To learn more, visit ubi.com.   

About Xbox  

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About Xbox Live  

Xbox Live, which launched in the United States Nov. 15, 2002, allows gamers to play multiplayer Xbox games with other gamers everywhere via a broadband connection. With a built-in hard drive and Ethernet port, the Xbox console is the only video game system built from the ground up for online gaming, negating the need to buy additional, costly peripherals or upgrades. Xbox Live enables gamers to easily find their friends; talk to other players during game play through the Xbox Communicator headset; download current statistics, new levels and characters to their Xbox hard drive; and play online-all exclusive features to Xbox Live.  

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