From Voodoo Extreme:Ubi Soft Reveals XIIIUbi Soft announced today a spicy new first-person shooter called XIII, which is being powered by the Unreal Warfare engine (man, this engine gets around more than Debbi in Dallas). Here\'s a huge hunk of the PR:
Ubi Soft Entertainment today announced the development of XIII, a unique first-person shooter (FPS) game that creates a completely interactive graphic novel within a cel-shaded world. XIII is based on the comic license of the same name from Belgium comic book author, Jean Van Hamme, and the game will be powered with next-generation Unreal Engine technology. XIII will appear across the PlayStationÒ2 computer entertainment system, Nintendo GameCube, the XboxÔ video game system from Microsoft and PC CD-ROM and is targeted for a Q1 2003 release.
"We are constantly striving to push the gaming envelope, and XIII will create a world so unique and enthralling that gamers will become instantly engaged, said Laurent Detoc, president of Ubi Soft Entertainment. "From the revolutionary first-person cel-shade animation, Unreal technology and unique storyline, XIII reaches the limits of interactive gameplay never experienced before."
XIII is the first FPS to utilize cel-shaded graphics to create a visually stunning effect unique within the action genre. The next-generation animation and Unreal Engine technology combine to illustrate XIII\'s complex and immersive story. XIII features a conspiracy of epic proportions, and players will unravel clues behind the story\'s compelling and mysterious events through the game\'s unique flashback visuals.A cel-shaded FPS? That rendering technique gets around more than Debbie in Dallas..
