Safari Theme Park Adventure to Hit this Fall
NEW YORK, Aug. 17 - Lions and tigers and bears never had it so good as Atari, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATAR) today announced RollerCoaster Tycoon(R) 3: Wild!, an adventure-filled expansion pack for RollerCoaster Tycoon(R) 3, one of the most successful PC games of 2004. Scheduled for release this fall, RollerCoaster Tycoon(R) 3: Wild! invites tycoons of all ages to create and manage a safari-themed adventure park that features thrilling new rides as well as many different animal species.
"RollerCoaster Tycoon(R) 3: Wild! delivers more coasters, more rides, more scenery, new themes, and new additions to gameplay that further enhance the RollerCoaster Tycoon experience," said Matt Collins, Director of Global Brand Management. "Just as real theme parks continue to evolve, the Rollercoaster Tycoon series offers 'virtual patrons and entrepreneurs' the opportunity to test their business and entertainment prowess and build the most enticing adventure park to date."
RollerCoaster Tycoon(R) 3: Wild! retains the focus that has made the franchise so enduringly popular, and encourages players to increase their parks' cash flow through new attractions such as baby animals, new shops and billboards. RollerCoaster Tycoon(R) 3: Wild! includes customizable animal shows, cutting-edge and classic theme park rides, and a slew of characters including a VIP, an animal keeper staff member and the tiger mascot -- an old RCT favorite. Players can now recreate their favorite safari-style theme parks, with elephant rides and the Paddle-Steam Cruiser, and choreograph animal shows using the RCT MixMaster(TM).
Created by Frontier Developments, Ltd. in conjunction with Chris Sawyer, the creator and sole developer of RollerCoaster Tycoon, RollerCoaster Tycoon(R) 3: Wild! is scheduled to ship this fall for the Windows platform. Additional information about the franchise is available at http://www.atari.com/rollercoastertycoon.
About Frontier Developments Ltd.
Frontier and its founder, David Braben, have a long association with Chris Sawyer going back to 1987, when Chris first worked on PC versions of the famous "Elite" and "Virus" games. Frontier has for many years used its own cutting-edge 3D game engine on both PC and console titles. The company has a strong track record of creating both innovative 'own-IP' games and original high-quality titles that give a faithful treatment of existing brands. The company's most recent two console games gathered three prestigious BAFTA (The British Academy of Film and Television Arts) nominations between them ("Wallace & Gromit in Project Zoo" on PlayStation(R)2, Xbox(R), GameCube(TM) and PC, based on Aardman Animations Ltd.'s multiple Oscar(R)-winning duo; and the novel, award-winning "Dog's Life" published by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe on PlayStation(R)2). Frontier employs approximately 90 people, and has offices in Cambridge in the UK.
About Atari
New York-based Atari, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATAR) develops interactive games for all platforms and is one of the largest third-party publishers of interactive entertainment software in the U.S. The Company's 1,000+ titles include hard- core, genre-defining franchises such as DRIVER(TM), The Matrix(TM), Stuntman(TM) and Test Drive(R); and mass-market and children's franchises such as Backyard Sports(TM), Nickelodeon's Blue's Clues(TM) and Dora the Explorer(TM), and Dragon Ball Z(R). Atari, Inc. is a majority-owned subsidiary of France-based Infogrames Entertainment SA (Euronext - ISIN: FR- 0000052573), the largest interactive games publisher in Europe. For more information, visit http://www.atari.com.
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