Saddle Up with Red Mile Entertainment's Lucinda Green's Equestrian Challenge
Family-Friendly Title Rings In The Holiday Season for PlayStation® 2 Computer Entertainment System
Sausalito, Calif. November 20, 2006 - Red Mile Entertainment, Inc., a worldwide developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software, announced today the release of Lucinda Green's Equestrian Challenge for PlayStation®2. Developed by IR Gurus Interactive - the same team that created Equestriad 2001 and The Saddle Club: Willowbrook Stables - Lucinda Green's Equestrian Challenge is a genre-defining game that is fun for the whole family.
"This is a must-have title for horse and pony lovers everywhere," said Chester Aldridge, CEO of Red Mile Entertainment. "Lucinda Green's Equestrian Challenge delivers a true-to-life experience of the sport as well as the simulation of raising and training your own horse."
Lucinda Green, known for winning the Badminton Horse Trials a record six times, offers her sage wisdom as a rider in this family-friendly game to help guide players through horse trials at the most prestigious international equestrian events, such as the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event. Players train under the tutelage of Lucinda at a beautiful country estate where they will learn the fundamentals of the equine art, which includes lessons on how to improve the mental and physical state of a horse and the rudimentary of dressage, cross country, and show jumping. Once riders prove their worth, Lucinda will let them advance on to the official Grand-Slam Equestrian events, where judges evaluate timing, control, and even appearance. Horse-riding fans will love the horse and rider customization features that allow players to create unique elemen ts for their riding duo, including style of clothes, face markings, patterns and breed. Although Lucinda Green's Equestrian Challenge might be just a game, the true-to-life elements capture the intensity and glory of real horse championships!
Key features of Lucinda Green's Equestrian Challenge include:
Multiple difficulty levels for players of all ages
Four officially licensed Grand-Slam Equestrian events: Adelaide, Kentucky, Badminton, and Burghley
Players can customize their rider and horse with thousands of combinations to create their own unique duo
Hundreds of unlockable items available for players to uncover, including clothes, ribbons and prize
The world's top eventing riders appear in the game, including Phillip Dutton, Karin Donkers, and Mary King
Lucinda Green's Equestrian Challenge will also be available on Microsoft's Windows for PC in January.
About Red Mile Entertainment
Red Mile Entertainment, Inc. is a worldwide developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software. Headquartered in Sausalito, California, the company creates, incubates and licenses premier intellectual properties and develops products for console video game systems, personal computers and other interactive entertainment platforms.
For more information regarding Red Mile Entertainment, please visit http://www.redmileentertainment.com/
About IR Gurus Interactive: IR Gurus Interactive is a software design company that produces interactive entertainment products, specializing in flying, equestrian, and sport games, for the domestic and international markets on PC, PlayStation®2, Xbox and next-generation console. Now in its eighth year, IR Gurus consists of designers, programmers and graphic artists dedicated to creating high quality and innovative games and other interactive media. IR Gurus' most recent title is the award winning Heroes of the Pacific which was released for the PlayStation®2, Xbox® videogame system from Microsoft, and Windows PC.
For more information regarding IR Gurus Interactive, please visit http://www.irgurus.com/
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