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Major Success for Ubisoft Games at the Games Convention 2004 MAJOR SUCCESS FOR UBISOFT GAMES AT THE GAMES CONVENTION 2004 Paris, FRANCE œ August 27, 2004 œ Ubisoft, one of the world‘s largest video game publishers, today announced the awards and nominations won by its games at the Games Convention 2004 in Leipzig, Germany. The much awaited RTS, The Settlers ®: Heritage of Kings™, was rewarded by the GC 2004 jury during the Official Show Award —Best of GC 2004“ as Best PC Game. Other Official Nominations of GC 2004: The Settlers ®: Heritage of Kings™ œ Best PC Graphics Brothers In Arms™ œ Best Xbox game Prince Of Persia ® 2 œ Best PS2 game Giga Games Awards: Far Cry™ œ Best Game Sam Fisher œ Best Hero With a 500 square meters booth, Ubisoft set up 4 theme worlds with its games: The Settlers ®: Heritage of Kings™, Brothers In Arms™, Prince of Persia ® 2 (working title) and Myst IV®: Revelation . Tom Clancy‘s Splinter Cell ®: Chaos Theory™ was presented behind closed doors and has been seen by 10,000 visitors. Ubisoft also organized a special event for The Settlers ®: Heritage of Kings™ which was attended by 400 guests and climaxed with a performance of the Finnish band, Apocalyptica. "I am really happy with our results after 4 days of trade show. With every year this fair becomes more and more anticipated. This year we had a huge growth in appointments at the Business Center both with partners and journalists where we met with our premium contacts. As a result, we got very positive feedback from retailers and gamers on our line up," said Odile Limpach, managing director of Ubisoft‘s division in Germany. With more than 100,000 international visitors, the GC 2004 was a real success. Alain Corre, Ubisoft‘s managing director for Europe, Middle East and Asia, declared that —the Games Convention is now the biggest public video game show in Europe. We were delighted to meet our consumers of the 3 rd European market and also receive the award of the best PC game for The Settlers 5!“ © 2004 Red Storm Entertainment. All Rights Reserved. The Settlers, The Settlers Heritage of Kings, Blue Byte and the Blue Byte logo are trademarks of Red Storm Entertainment in the US and/or other countries. Red Storm Entertainment Inc is a Ubisoft Entertainment company. Developed by Blue Byte Software. © 2004 Ubisoft Entertainment. All Rights Reserved. Ubisoft and the Ubisoft logo are trademarks of Ubisoft Entertainment in the US and/or other countries. Gearbox Software and the Gearbox logo are registered trademarks of Gearbox Software, L.L.C. © 2004 Ubi Soft Entertainment. Based on Prince of Persia® created by Jordan Mechner. All Rights Reserved. Ubi Soft and the Ubi Soft logo are trademarks of Ubi Soft Entertainment in the U.S. and/or other countries. Prince of Persia is a trademark of Jordan Mechner used under license by Ubi Soft Entertainment. © 2004 Crytek. All Rights Reserved. Published by Ubi Soft Entertainment. Far Cry, Ubisoft and the Ubisoft logo are trademarks of Ubi Soft Entertainment in the US and/or other countries. © 2004 Ubisoft Entertainment. All Rights Reserved. Ubisoft, ubi.com, and the Ubisoft logo are trademarks of Ubisoft Entertainment in the U.S. and/or other countries. D‘ni TM , Cyan ®, and Myst ® are trademarks of Cyan, Inc. and Cyan Worlds, Inc. under license to Ubisoft Entertainment. © 2004 Ubisoft Entertainment. All Rights Reserved. Splinter Cell, Sam Fisher, Ubisoft, and the Ubisoft logo are trademarks of Ubisoft Entertainment in the U.S. and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. About Ubisoft: Ubisoft is an international producer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment products. A leading company in the multimedia industry, Ubisoft has grown considerably, especially through its strong and diversified lineup In addition to steadfastly continuing to partner with several high-profile companies, Ubisoft has also confirmed its presence on the global market by developing its own exceptional properties. Founded in 1986 in France, Ubisoft is now present on every continent, both through offices in 21 different countries including the United States, Morocco, Germany and China and through sales of products in over 50 countries. The group is dedicated to delivering high-quality, cutting-edge videogame titles to consumers around the world. Ubisoft generated a turnover of ⁄ 508 million for the 2003œ2004 fiscal year, up 22.5% at a constant exchange rate over the previous fiscal year. To learn more, visit www.ubi.com. Press Contact .
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