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Undercover: adventure game stocked with impressive technical features

Hamburg, Germany: September 14, 2006 - Undercover : Operation Wintersun, the upcoming adventure game from genre experts ANACONDA, not only offers an intriguing story of espionage and betrayal, but also a number of features seldom seen in adventure games.

The most impressive graphics feature: John Russell, Anne Taylor and the rest of the characters are all rendered in real-time 3D, casting correct real-time shadows on all objects. These light and shadow effects make for authentic locations, as Russell and his fellow agents secretly explore Nazi research installations. Volumetric light adds to the intense atmosphere of the espionage thriller.

Undercover also features a comfortable function to display all hotspots of a location simply with the press of a button -in case adventurers needs some help along the way.

The game's plot is a fascinating mixture of fact and fiction: Based on the true historic background of the German "Uranium Project" in WW2, it explores a frightening scenario. German scientists, long leading the field in nuclear research, have made alarming progress on the path to atom bomb. British intelligence recruits the renowned physicist Dr. John Russell to investigate the matter. The player controls him, as he carries out his dangerous mission in Nazi Germany.

Undercover: Operation Wintersun, developed by Sproing, will be published by ANACONDA on September 29 (German-speaking territories) and worldwide at a later date.

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