Test Drive Unlimited Screeches Onto Xbox Live Marketplace
Exclusive Demo To Be Available On Xbox Live Marketplace For Week of E3 2006
LYON, FRANCE - 5 May 2006 - Atari today
announced that an exclusive demo for the highly anticipated
racing game, Test Drive Unlimited, will be made available to
users of the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment
system from Microsoft, via the Xbox Live® Marketplace. The
demo will be available to download from 8 May until 14 May
2006 as part of Microsoft's plans to bring gamers closer to
the E3 experience and offer of free Xbox Live Gold membership
for the week.
The demo grants players an exclusive chance to get behind the
wheel of Test Drive Unlimited and sample some of its online
and offline challenges along 40 miles of Oahu's beautiful
open roads. To add a bit of spice, players will be able to
replay all of the challenges as many times as they wish in
order to shave valuable seconds off their time-challenge
records, or set about thrashing either human or AI
competition in the races before heading to www.testdriveunlimited.com to view their
global ranking.
As a way of letting players find out for themselves what a
Massively Open Online Racing game is, the Test Drive
Unlimited demo will allow players to set up as many instant
challenges as they wish. Players driving along the road can
challenge other players to a one-on-one race, define their
own start and end points for the race, and power through the
lush Hawaiian scenery at break-neck speeds.
With a choice between the Ford Shelby GT500, Lotus Exige and
Lamborghini Gallardo, a luxury-laden Lamborghini dealership
to visit, and a beautiful house for each player who logs in,
the demo offers players a mouth-watering taste of Eden Games'
forthcoming automotive masterpiece.
Test Drive Unlimited is racing reinvented. For more
information and to view global demo rankings visit www.testdriveunlimited.com.
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About Eden Games
The second largest game development studio in France, Eden
Games has achieved international recognition through the
creation of games including V-Rally 1, 2 and 3, Need For
Speed: Porsche, Kya: Dark Lineage and Titeuf. Base in Lyon,
France, Eden Games is a wholly owned subsidiary of Infogrames
Entertainment SA.
About Xbox 360
Xbox 360 is the next-generation video game and entertainment
system that places gamers at the center of the experience.
Available this holiday season in Europe, Japan and North
America, Xbox 360 will ignite a new era of digital
entertainment that is always connected, always personalized
and always in high definition.
About Infogrames Entertainment and
Atari:
Infogrames Entertainment (IESA), the parent company of the
Atari Group, is listed on the Paris Euronext stock exchange
(ISIN code: FR-0000052573) and has two principal
subsidiaries: Atari Europe, a privately-held company, and
Atari, Inc., a United States corporation listed on NASDAQ
(ATAR).
The Atari Group is a major international producer, publisher
and distributor of interactive entertainment software for all
market segments and in all existing game formats (Microsoft,
Nintendo and Sony) and on CD-ROM for PC. Its games are sold
in more than 60 countries.
The Atari Group's extensive catalogue of popular games is
based on original franchises (Driver, Alone in the Dark,
V-Rally, Test Drive, Roller Coaster Tycoon, etc.) and
international licenses (Matrix, Dragon Ball Z, DUNGEONS &
DRAGONS, etc.).
For more information: http://www.atari.com
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