SPEEDBALL 2 – TOURNAMENT SMASHES INTO RETAIL TODAY

Speedball 2 - Tournament, the ferocious and extreme sports game for PC, is available in stores today. In a violent future, two heavily armoured teams fight a vicious battle for possession of a steel ball. Take control of a brutal squad of athletes and punch your way through the opposition, pounding players to the ground as you go, using any malicious tactics to win the game.

State-of-the-art 3D graphics enhance the brutal gameplay as the adrenaline races and your customised team of 'speedballers' battle with the opposition. The extreme online multiplayer action lets you face your friends, or enemies online with a chance to climb the leagues and international rankings to become the Speedball 2 champion.

Speedball 2 - Tournament: Game Features

New Multiplayer mode - Dedicated server solution and renowned Raknet network middleware for professional online gaming (e-sports)

Customise your players - Choose your player skin, team colours and tags in the profile editor or create your own logo and integrate it into the game and display it on the field

Team Selection - Choose your team carefully from male, female and cyborg characters with differing strengths and weaknesses

Game-Centre - Unique online community platform: Subscribe to worldwide rankings, leagues and events and use the match making tool to play with friends or other ranked players. Get your own webpage and add personal information, access the chat room and link to your clan's blog

Extreme community support and action - Challenge other players on the Speedball2.com game portal's international leagues or tournaments for friendly or ranked matches

Live news and replays - Keep up-to-date with tournaments and events and watch full game replays on the Game-Center

Download the MP3 soundtrack here:

http://www.frogster-interactive.de/downloads68!28!418,1.html

Fast facts:

Publisher: Ascaron Entertainment

Web: www.Ascaron.com / www.Speedball2.com

Developer: Kylotonn Entertainment

Co-Producer: The Bitmap Brothers & Frogster Interactive Pictures AG

Release date: 8th February 2008

RRP: £19.99

PEGI: 12+

Format: PC

Genre: Futuristic Sports

About Ascaron Entertainment

From Day One in 1989 Ascaron Entertainment has become one of the leading European "boutique" developers and Publishers of games for the PC, with many successful titles including Patrician, Port Royale, DarkStar One and SACRED.

Ascaron maintains development studios in Berlin, Gutersloh and Aachen (Germany), as well as an international department in Birmingham (UK). Ascaron currently markets its products in more than 40 countries and over 15 languages.

Ascaron Entertainment (UK) is an independent office and is highly regarded on a domestic and global scale. With a professional reputation, full-service product management, and a wealth of experience in the games industry, the UK operation manages the international releases of Ascaron's entire catalogue, whilst also providing a bespoke publishing, sales, PR and marketing function to selected affiliate label partners. Ascaron Entertainment (UK) continues to be responsible for successfully launching titles into the UK market from developers and publishers worldwide. Titles include the popular UFO, Panzers, Cossacks and Blitzkrieg series of games, as well as critically acclaimed hits such as Call of Juarez, Runaway: The Dream of the Turtle and TrackMania United.

The The Bitmap Brothers logo is a registered trade mark of The Bitmap Brothers. Speedball is a registered trade mark and copyright of The Bitmap Brothers.

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