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Microsoft Game Studios today announced that the official Impossible Creatures site is now live at http://www.microsoft.com/games/impossiblecreatures/. Visitors will find strange creatures such as tigorpions, hyenbats and spitting cheetahs invading the site. Gamers who have ever wondered what it would be like to see a scorpion with a tiger's head can check out the creatures section, which features many of the thousands of animal combinations possible with Impossible Creatures. The official site also features information about the structures, combat and story elements of Impossible Creatures, along with two versions of a downloadable FSK (Fan Site Kit). Gamers can also find out more information about the mod tools that will soon be available for this unique real-time strategy game.

Set in the 1930s, Impossible Creatures is a 3-D RTS game that pits players against an evil madman in a desperate campaign across a chain of remote and diverse islands. Using Earth's most formidable animals as building blocks, players create an army of genetically altered mutant monsters in a struggle to protect an unsuspecting world. Impossible Creatures takes the RTS genre to the next level with streamlined, fast-paced combat gameplay. Developed by Relic Entertainment Inc., the title is scheduled for U.S. release on January 7, 2003.

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