From Richard Day
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BEVERLY, MA (February 12) – Today, Infogrames, Inc. (Nasdaq: IFGM) announced World of Outlaws® Sprint Cars - the greatest show on dirt – will be available in all major retail outlets for Windows® PC. The product’s mind-blowing graphics are a direct-result of developer Ratbag’s award-winning Difference Engine™.
Prepare to feel the power of World of Outlaws with 12 real-world tracks, 24 official World of Outlaws (WOO) drivers, Single race, Championship and Career modes and spectacular collisions, damage modeling and real world physics of WOO vehicles. Tear off shields in front of your visor as they get covered in mud and hurtle around the oval track at speeds in excess of 170 mph as you white-knuckle your way to the Sprint Car Hall of Fame.
"World of Outlaws Sprint Cars allows fans and gamers alike to truly enjoy an authentic racing experience as the product captures the gritty, noisy, muddy, nerve-shooting World of Outlaws circuit," said Nancy MacIntyre, Vice President of Marketing for Infogrames’ Beverly studio. "The realistic physics and jaw-dropping graphics of World of Outlaws Sprint Cars are sure to challenge even the most accomplished PC racing fans."
World of Outlaws is the second most-popular motorsport in the United States next to NASCAR. The series began with sprint car drivers traveling all over the country in search of the highest paying races they could find. There were no rules governing where, when or how they raced, and the drivers were hence dubbed "Outlaws." Sprint cars are easily identified by the big "wings" on top of each car. The "wings" keep the powerful cars planted to the racetrack and prevent them from flipping. Combining speeds in excess of 170-mph with dirt surfaces, sprint car racing is known for its spectacular collisions and crashes.
Developed by Ratbag, World of Outlaws Sprint Cars is currently available for Windows PC at a suggested retail price of $29.99 and rated "E" for Everyone. For more information on this title please visit http://www.us.infogrames.com/games/woo_pc_racing/.
About Ratbag
Founded in 1993, RATBAG is a computer and console games developer, based in Adelaide Australia with a satellite development studio in Sydney. RATBAG has developed a reputation for designing cutting edge PC racing games for the international gaming markets since the successful launch of Powerslide in 1998 plus North American racing games Dirt Track Racing, Leadfoot and Dirt Track Racing Sprint Cars; which have been awarded Racing Game of the Year by numerous publications.
RATBAG employs over 70 development staff which are divided into 3 Development Divisions: Racing, Action and RATBAG'S Difference engine team, creating games for PC and PlayStation 2.
RATBAG's proprietary 'Difference Engine', as initially experienced in Powerslide, was the first PC engine to support unlimited textures and 60 frames per second high resolution graphics. Today, the Difference Engine is one of the fastest on PS2 as featured in 2002 World of Outlaws - SprintCars which debuts in North America in March 2002.
About Infogrames
New York-based Infogrames, Inc. (Nasdaq: IFGM) develops interactive games for all platforms and is one of the largest third-party publishers of interactive entertainment software in the U.S. The Company’s 1,000+ titles are distributed under two brand lines: ATARI, hard-core, genre-defining games such as Driver™, Enter the Matrix™, Neverwinter Nights™, Stuntman™, Test Drive®, Unreal® Tournament 2003, and Unreal® Championship; and INFOGRAMES, mass-market and children’s games such as Backyard Sports™, Nickelodeon’s Blue’s Clues™ and Dora the Explorer™, Civilization®, Dragon Ball Z® and RollerCoaster Tycoon®. Infogrames, Inc. is a majority-owned subsidiary of France-based Infogrames Entertainment SA (Euronext 5257), the largest interactive games publisher in Europe. For more information, visit www.infogrames.com
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BEVERLY, MA (February 12) – Today, Infogrames, Inc. (Nasdaq: IFGM) announced World of Outlaws® Sprint Cars - the greatest show on dirt – will be available in all major retail outlets for Windows® PC. The product’s mind-blowing graphics are a direct-result of developer Ratbag’s award-winning Difference Engine™.
Prepare to feel the power of World of Outlaws with 12 real-world tracks, 24 official World of Outlaws (WOO) drivers, Single race, Championship and Career modes and spectacular collisions, damage modeling and real world physics of WOO vehicles. Tear off shields in front of your visor as they get covered in mud and hurtle around the oval track at speeds in excess of 170 mph as you white-knuckle your way to the Sprint Car Hall of Fame.
"World of Outlaws Sprint Cars allows fans and gamers alike to truly enjoy an authentic racing experience as the product captures the gritty, noisy, muddy, nerve-shooting World of Outlaws circuit," said Nancy MacIntyre, Vice President of Marketing for Infogrames’ Beverly studio. "The realistic physics and jaw-dropping graphics of World of Outlaws Sprint Cars are sure to challenge even the most accomplished PC racing fans."
World of Outlaws is the second most-popular motorsport in the United States next to NASCAR. The series began with sprint car drivers traveling all over the country in search of the highest paying races they could find. There were no rules governing where, when or how they raced, and the drivers were hence dubbed "Outlaws." Sprint cars are easily identified by the big "wings" on top of each car. The "wings" keep the powerful cars planted to the racetrack and prevent them from flipping. Combining speeds in excess of 170-mph with dirt surfaces, sprint car racing is known for its spectacular collisions and crashes.
Developed by Ratbag, World of Outlaws Sprint Cars is currently available for Windows PC at a suggested retail price of $29.99 and rated "E" for Everyone. For more information on this title please visit http://www.us.infogrames.com/games/woo_pc_racing/.
About Ratbag
Founded in 1993, RATBAG is a computer and console games developer, based in Adelaide Australia with a satellite development studio in Sydney. RATBAG has developed a reputation for designing cutting edge PC racing games for the international gaming markets since the successful launch of Powerslide in 1998 plus North American racing games Dirt Track Racing, Leadfoot and Dirt Track Racing Sprint Cars; which have been awarded Racing Game of the Year by numerous publications.
RATBAG employs over 70 development staff which are divided into 3 Development Divisions: Racing, Action and RATBAG'S Difference engine team, creating games for PC and PlayStation 2.
RATBAG's proprietary 'Difference Engine', as initially experienced in Powerslide, was the first PC engine to support unlimited textures and 60 frames per second high resolution graphics. Today, the Difference Engine is one of the fastest on PS2 as featured in 2002 World of Outlaws - SprintCars which debuts in North America in March 2002.
About Infogrames
New York-based Infogrames, Inc. (Nasdaq: IFGM) develops interactive games for all platforms and is one of the largest third-party publishers of interactive entertainment software in the U.S. The Company’s 1,000+ titles are distributed under two brand lines: ATARI, hard-core, genre-defining games such as Driver™, Enter the Matrix™, Neverwinter Nights™, Stuntman™, Test Drive®, Unreal® Tournament 2003, and Unreal® Championship; and INFOGRAMES, mass-market and children’s games such as Backyard Sports™, Nickelodeon’s Blue’s Clues™ and Dora the Explorer™, Civilization®, Dragon Ball Z® and RollerCoaster Tycoon®. Infogrames, Inc. is a majority-owned subsidiary of France-based Infogrames Entertainment SA (Euronext 5257), the largest interactive games publisher in Europe. For more information, visit www.infogrames.com
