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Psygnosis Announces First DVD Game, Lander; Pilot Your Lander Craft on
Treacherous Missions Ancient Mysteries in this Solar Flight Adventure
11/11/98
Business Wire
(Copyright (c) 1998, Business Wire)
FOSTER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 11, 1998--Psygnosis is driving another PC gaming technology milestone with Lander(TM), the company's first DVD (Digital Versatile Disk) game.
Delivering MPEG 2 full-motion video sequences with Dolby(R) Digital 5.1 channel music as well as in-game audio and interleaving sound effects to game players for the first time, Lander offers a truly interactive and theatrical experience of both sight and sound to the world of PC games.
The game will be available Spring 1999 and will be highlighted at the Dolby Laboratories booth at Comdex '98 (Nov. 16-20, Las Vegas).
Says Harry Vitelli, vice president, marketing for Psygnosis US, about this space action adventure, "Lander is an exemplary title that shows off all the bells and whistles of the advanced technology used today in the entertainment business.
"The highly realistic intro sequences and in-game videos tie the storyline together beautifully with seamless, futuristic gameplay. All this with motion-picture like video and audio creates an atmosphere never before encountered in a computer game. It's like experiencing a futuristic adventure in your very own digital theatre."
Lander is also optimized to allow gamers play the DVD movies and trailers in the game on a DVD movie player or they can just listen to the gorgeous sound track using the same game CD.
The story begins in 3032, as you undertake an incredible journey across the solar system to seek your fortune. However, when you are hired to undertake a supposedly scientific expedition, a series of deep space industrial contacts starting with an ancient Mayan site on Earth.
An artifact is discovered -- an extra-terrestrial object left by some unknown civilization. The key to its origin seems to lie among the outer reaches of the planets. Powerful corporations want the secret you are about to discover; millions are at stake. And, your missions suddenly become a great deal more dangerous.
Throughout the game's surreal yet realistic ambience, you have the chance to defy the effects of gravity and prove yourself as a Lander pilot as you guide your ship over a multitude of planetary environments across the Solar System. You must maneuver through difficult obstacles and traps on land surfaces, in subterranean caverns and installations and through space using a unique thruster-based control system.
With 30 missions and 4 craft to chose from, there's plenty of action to show off your flying and tracking skills. Gripping, movie-quality FMV sequences help draw you ever further into this deep and intriguing game sending the adrenaline thumping.
Each task will test your skills in a new way. For example, using your tractor beam, you must collect pods while defending yourself from attack from different types of weaponry, such as guns and missiles. As your craft is damaged, handling may start to be affected. Atmospheric conditions will vary as you move over and under the planetary landscapes. Other external forces such as gravity and wind tunnels will affect your piloting skill.
The enormous number of treacherous environments in the game are all lifelike depictions of land forms within the Earth's true solar system. All details will be as technically and physically accurate as possible and will include ice, fire and lava, water, cities, fortifications, jungles, caves, tunnels, slime, deserts, sandstorms and fog.
Extensive use is made of real time lighting to illustrate the effects of the sun and moons across the planets and an eerie, futuristic sound-track increases the atmospheric mood.
A variety of different multi-player game modes will be included in Lander, allowing up to 16 players over a network, or multi-play via serial link or modem.
Note to Editors: Psygnosis is a premier developer and publisher of PC and game console titles with offices in the U.S., UK, and across Europe. Working with over 30 development teams and seven internal development sites, the company is now the largest development house in Europe. Psygnosis is a subsidiary of Sony. More information on Psygnosis and its products can be found on the Web at psygnosis.com. Psygnosis and the Psygnosis logo are (TM) or (R) and (c) 1990 Psygnosis Limited.
CONTACT: Psygnosis Dana Oertell, 650/287-6576 doertell@psygnosis.com Tracy Egan, 650/287-6562 tegan@psygnosis.com Brian Kemp, 650/287-6609 bkemp@psygnosis.com psygnosis.com
07:47 EST NOVEMBER 11, 1998
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