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Shadow20002
11-05-2003, 02:59 PM
Ubisoft, one of the world's largest video game publishers is pleased to announce the signature of a bundle agreement with Thrustmaster.

Ubisoft, the author of the famous Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell® and the most expected Xbox title for Christmas: Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® 3 and Guillemot Corporation, through its Thrustmaster® division will team up to develop, produce and supply in a worldwide bundle, a Headset Compatible Xbox® LiveTM Rainbow Six® 3 title. This Headset will allow voice command online line and off in Rainbow Six® 3 and will also support all Xbox® LiveTM games.

"After successfully experiencing the Xbox peripheral third party license, Thrustmaster is happy to support the exiting innovative gameplay offered by Ubisoft's Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® 3 on Xbox. For the first time ever on Xbox, gamers will experience voice command which will immerse them in the team-based universe of their favourite tactical action video game. We thus collaborated closely with Ubisoft's development team in Montreal as well as with Microsoft Xbox team to secure the best quality Headset in the spirit of the one that the game characters wear", stated Gilles Raulet, Business Development Director at Thrustmaster. "The Headset neckband shape will allow long comfortable hours playing offline or online so let's 'Open, Frag and Clear'!"

"We are happy to develop the first voice command game on Xbox and to support the Xbox Headset engineered by Thrustmaster, the recognized Xbox third party controller brand in the videogame industry", says Chadi Lebbos, Producer of Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® 3 at Ubisoft Montreal.

"Partnering with a company as reactive and flexible as Thrustmaster allowed us to make available our collector bundle simultaneously with the stand alone version for its launch on November 6th 2003," says Florence Alibert, Marketing Director EMEA. "The Thrustmaster Xbox Headset will allow gamers to have the most intense gaming experience thanks to voice commands, and thus whether he is or not an Xbox® LiveTM subscriber."

No doubt that tactical FPS game fans will be delighted to get the forthcoming Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® 3 on Xbox bundled with Thrustmaster Xbox Headset from November 6th 2003.