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San Francisco, CA – August 2, 2005 – Today Ubisoft, one of the world’s largest video game publishers, announces that Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon 2 Summit Strike™, exclusively for the Xbox® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, has shipped for retail and will be available nationwide this week. Blending the best features from the previous installment with the talents of Ubisoft’s award-winning studio, Red Storm Entertainment, Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon 2 Summit Strike expands the gameplay of smash-hit Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon® 2 to offer players more maps, missions and weapons. The game, with a SRP of $29.99, delivers an exciting new 11-mission, single-player campaign and expanded multiplayer content to gamers who crave more gameplay from one of the most popular franchises on the Xbox Live® online game service. This will keep fans happy as they wait for Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter™ – due out this holiday on current-gen and next-gen platforms.

About Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon 2 Summit Strike
The Kazakh president has been assassinated by a Pakistani warlord attempting to take control of the country. Follow the Ghosts as they work in concert with U.N. forces to track him and his military across Kazakhstan. The Ghosts are the only chance to thwart his attacks against high-profile targets and to prevent national devastation.

• More tactical approaches in each mission: Missions are open-ended, and contain multiple objectives that can be completed in the order that the player chooses. Objectives can be approached from several directions and different strategies can be used to complete each objective.
• Experience new threats and challenges: In 11 compelling single-player missions the Ghosts fight through some of Kazakhstan’s harshest terrain.
• Extensive multiplayer content:
• 24 multiplayer maps in both urban and rural landscapes, including some fan favorites from Ghost Recon 2.
• 24 multiplayer game modes including all the favorite squad, solo and co-op game types made popular by the Ghost Recon franchise.
• New character skins including all enemy skins seen in the single-player campaign, the extended team of international specialists, and the Ghosts in snow camo.
  
• New multiplayer modes: In Helo Hunt, players must neutralize waves of enemy helicopters that are hunting them through the map. In the Squad game type, Armor Strike players race against each other to lase and destroy their opponents’ armored vehicles.
• More immersive environments: Expansive maps with new weather effects such as falling snow and sandstorms create more realistic outdoor encounters.
• Master 15 new weapons: Including the SCAR (SOF Combat Assault Rifle), a Special Forces modular system entirely unique to the franchise.

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About Tom Clancy:
With over 80 million books sold, Tom Clancy is arguably the world’s most recognized author. His works include fiction such as The Hunt for Red October, Clear and Present Danger, The Sum of All Fears, Rainbow Six, Red Rabbit, and The Teeth of the Tiger. Clancy also About Ubisoft:
Ubisoft is a leading producer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment products worldwide. It is the fastest growing company in the video game industry and has grown considerably through its strong and diversified lineup of products and partnerships. Ubisoft has offices in 21 countries and sales in more than 50 countries around the globe. It is committed to delivering high-quality, cutting-edge video game titles to consumers. Ubisoft generated revenue of €538 million for the 2004–2005 fiscal year, an increase of 8 percent over the previous fiscal year at constant exchange rates. To learn more, please visit www.ubisoftgroup.com.