32nd America's Cup – The Game / Virtual Skipper 5:

It's just a few days before the long-awaited start of the 32nd America's Cup, one of the most prestigious sporting events in the world, and 93 Games and Ascaron are pleased to release the first official trailer of the latest version of its Virtual Skipper games - now known as 32nd America' s Cup - The Game. Even if you're water-phobic, it's worth taking a look at this exciting new video that shows match races between the competition's official boats on an ultra-realistic modelled and perfectly animated sea. No other computer game ever created shows such a detailed and realistic ocean, no matter the time of day or the weather.

Some of the great contenders for this year's America's Cup Trophy include: Alinghi, BMW Oracle, Team New Zealand and Luna Rossa. Starting next week, the struggle between the challengers in Valencia, Spain will engross the entire world. In July, the winner of these early races will face the Swiss boat Alinghi, the current holder of the trophy, in a thrilling final.

Along with the new video, we've released several new screenshots to help get gamers excited for the game, and the start of the real-world event.

32nd America's Cup - The Game will be released on 27th April 2007, on PC DVD.

Watch the trailer (streaming)

http://www.virtualskipper-lejeu.com/fr/movies/trailer.php

Download the trailer (34.5 Mb)

http://focus.metaboli.fr/Trailers/Trailer_AmericasCup_DivXHigh.zip

Download the 6 new screenshots (2.63 Mb)

http://www.virtualskipper-lejeu.com/img/2007-04-13/2007-04-13.rar

The official website of Virtual Skipper

http://www.virtualskipper-game.com/

About Focus Home Interactive

Founded in 1996, Focus Home Interactive is a French publishing and distribution company based near Paris, France. Known for the diversity, quality and originality of its catalogue, Focus now publishes and distributes many of its titles throughout Europe and also world-wide in both boxed retail and digital distribution formats. The last five years have been very successful for Focus in France, with many of its PC licenses becoming top-sellers. Focus has also published several original titles, including the adventure game Runaway, the renowned Cycling Manager and the much-loved TrackMania. The coming months will be exciting and full of surprises with the release of high-quality games such Blood Bowl, TrackMania United, Loki, Paradise City, Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened and sport games dedicated to major events such as the 32nd America's Cup or the Tour de France.

http://www.focus-home.com

About Nadeo

Nadeo is a French PC games developer, based near Paris. Founded in 2000, the company consists of 12 highly qualified employees working on several software projects. In 2006, Nadeo released the incredible TrackMania Nations. Free to download and free to play, the game was downloaded by millions of people worldwide and featured as one of the official games of the Electronic Sports World Cup. Though yet to announce a console release, Nadeo continues to enjoy success in the PC market with the exceptional Virtual Skipper and TrackMania series.

http://www.nadeo.com