Ubisoft Shifts Into High Gear With Import Tuner Challenge(TM)

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM- 1ST AUGUST, 2006 - Today Ubisoft, one of the world's largest video game publishers, announced that it will tap into the tuner culture phenomenon and publish Import Tuner Challenge exclusively for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. Import Tuner Challenge is an authentic and extremely customisable street-racing game that challenges racers to immerse themselves in Tokyo's underground to take on the fastest street-racing teams. Players can modify and race licensed import sports cars using real tuner parts and tuning techniques. More than five million combinations are possible in tailoring a car's interior, exterior and engine.

"Import Tuner Challenge brings unprecedented car customisation and speed to the racing genre," said Jay Cohen, vice president of publishing at Ubisoft. "The game offers more tuning possibilities than any other street-racing game to date on Xbox 360 and will submerge players into Tokyo's thrilling underground."

Key Features:

Authentic import street racing: Includes real Tokyo highways and regions, all the hottest licensed import sports cars and concept vehicles and the most prized import tuner part manufacturers.

More than 5 million customisations: Select from a vast warehouse of specialised parts to customise a car's interior, exterior and engine. Includes everything from authentic aero kits from Mazdaspeed, C-West and Veilside to racing seats from Recaro and Bride.

Tune your car like a mechanic: Install custom parts with the click of a button and hit the streets wheels spinning. Players can fine-tune their parts to suit a specific race.

Conquer the toughest and fastest street-racing teams: With more than 400 unique opponents with different strengths, weaknesses and custom cars, never play the same game twice.

Take your ride to the Xbox Live® online gaming service: See how your custom tuner stacks up in head-to-head in Versus mode - take your most extreme mods straight to the streets to dominate all who challenge.

Import Tuner Challenge is being developed by Genki of Japan and is scheduled to ship in Europe in Autumn 2006.

About Genki

Japanese development studio Genki was founded in 1990 and has shipped over 70 titles developed across every major platform. With games ranging from action adventure and samurai combat to racing and sports, Genki aims to "materialize fantasies and craft dreams" which has become the company's business principle. Genki is continuing this guiding principle into the next generation of consoles with Import Tuner Challenge.

About Ubisoft

Ubisoft is a leading producer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment products worldwide 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 547 million Euros for the 2005-2006 fiscal year. To learn more, please visit www.ubisoftgroup.com.

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