Xbox Gets More Unreal (News)

GamePro staff, GamePro Australia

19/03/2004 16:18:41

Microsoft Game Studios has announced that Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict for Xbox is currently being developed by Epic Games, the creators of the multi-million selling Unreal franchise.

Unreal Championship 2 aims to revolutionize the shooter genre with high intensity melee combat, optional third-person perspective and unique character combos. No longer bound to the first-person perspective, players can switch to third-person mode for lethal melee attacks and defensive combos; including the devastating reflect move, which sends an incoming attack back to the sender with interest.

Characters in the game will also be more mobile and agile. Each Unreal character will use their own personalized arsenal of jumping, flipping and spinning moves to make full use of the new environments. Unique Adrenaline combo-powers supercharge the strength and deadliness of attacks and defenses, while cranking up character speed and mobility to superhuman levels.

Unreal Championship 2 will offer gamers two new single player experiences to challenge their Unreal combat skills. In the single player campaign, players will fight their way through new cities and arenas as they take on the role of Anubis in his attempt to retake his people’s Nakhti Rite of Ascension Tournament from the machinations of the omnipresent Liandri Corporation. In the single player tournament, gamers will fight through a tournament ladder as one of the many unlockable characters in the game.

Unreal Championship 2 will also offer players the chance to fight head-to-head in eight player tournaments over Xbox Live or System Link. The game will take advantage of Xbox Live's leaderboards, making it obvious who the ultimate tournament champions are.

Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict is scheduled for release on Xbox in spring 2004.