Global
Star to Release Jetfighter 5 in Winter 2003
Game
Sports 30 Combat Missions Against Mysterious Organization
Today Global Star
Software, a subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive (NASDAQ: TTWO), has announced
plans to release Jetfighter 5 for the PC Platform. This latest installment of
the successful Jetfighter franchise is under development at Interactive Vision
and will be featuring licensed aircraft from Lockheed Martin ™, and is scheduled
for release in the winter of 2003.
Jetfighter 5 – Homeland
Protector will pit the player against a mysterious organization bent on total
annihilation of the American way of life, attacking with stolen North Korean air
and ground forces. Players will juke and jive their way through over 30 highly
detailed and realistic combat missions, in an effort to discover the identity of
the shadowy force invading America’s south-western coast, while fighting tooth
and nail to repel their attacks. A deep, engrossing plot will be unraveled as
the player takes the reins of officially licensed Lockheed-Martin™ Jets,
including the legendary F-16 Fighting Falcon ™, the lethal F-22 Raptor™, and the
new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter ™, and makes use of military stalwarts such as the
Maverick and Sidewinder missiles. The flyable aircraft will feature authentic
sounds and modeling, providing a realistic feel to the action while still being
accessible to the amateur fighter jockey. With breathtaking 3D environments
using Criterion’s Renderware engine, hundreds of square miles of actual
satellite mapped terrain will be used, including the southwestern coast of
California and the deserts of Nevada. Fly in and around the Grand Canyon, the
skyscrapers of Los Angeles, and the glitz of Las Vegas, battling the enemy
forces at every step.
Features:
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Over 30 gut-wrenching,
action packed missions keep you in the thick of the battle -
Vastly improved visual
details and environments using Criterion’s Renderware™ technology, adding
unprecedented model and area details -
Real, fully rendered
satellite imaged environments from southwestern California to the Nevada
desert -
Three flyable jets: The
F-16 Fighting Falcon, F-22 Raptor, and new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter with
authentic flight models and sounds. -
Realistic flight
physics and air combat tendencies provide the ultimate challenge -
Unprecedented instant
action game generator gives you highly customizable single mission challenges,
and virtually unlimited game play options -
Rich multiplayer
features allow up to four people to dogfight over a LAN connection, or online
with Gamespy Arcade
About Global Star Software
Founded in 1995,
Global Star Software has quickly grown into a dominant force in the
software-publishing field. Based on a principle to offer superior value to
customers as well as superior packaging and design, Global Star has branched out
from its roots in value PC entertainment to offer a variety of business and
utility software as well as software for a variety of other platforms. Most
notably, Global Star is now a leading contender in the Palm OS and Pocket PC
arena, and future plans incorporate a great deal of focus on this growing
market.
Global Star Software
became a wholly owed subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive in 1999, and thanks to a
solid foundation and strong relationships with corporate partners, Global Star
has continued to grow, offering excellence in software across a multitude of
genres and platforms.
About Take-Two Interactive Software
Headquartered in New
York City, Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. is an integrated global
developer, marketer, distributor, and publisher of interactive entertainment
software games and accessories for the PC, PlayStation®, PlayStation®2, Xbox(tm),
Nintendo GameCube(tm) and Nintendo Game Boy Advance. The Company publishes and
develops products through its wholly owned subsidiary labels: Rockstar Games,
Gotham Games, Gathering of Developers, Joytech and Global Star. The Company
maintains sales and marketing offices in Cincinnati, New York, Toronto, London,
Paris, Munich, Vienna, Copenhagen, Milan, Sydney, Auckland and Amsterdam.
Take-Two’s common stock is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the symbol TTWO. For
more corporate and product information please visit our website at
www.take2games.com.
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