Anarchy Online Shadowlands Goes Gold

As the dark past of Rubi-Ka is revealed, the players enter a strange, alien world spanning seven distinct geographical themes across 20+ gigantic playfields. Shadowlands takes the players on an incredible journey through the realm of mankind's ancient ancestors, and into the cradle of human civilization.

The elaborate feature-set of Shadowlands has created a collective buzz among the PC gaming press. Shadowlands was awarded "E3 2003 Expansion Pack of the Show" by IGN who exclaimed "it almost seems like a whole new game". Equally impressive previews in numerous media have dominated the countdown to launch

Feature Highlights

- 20+ new playfields across seven distinct themes
- Enhanced graphics with unique depth and detail
- Two new professions; Shade and Keeper
- Hundreds of new monsters with improved AI
- Thousands of new weapons, armour and items
- Faction system to further emphasize the strong setting
- Hundreds of Perks; increasing specialization options even further
- Shadowbreed, unleash your inner self in combat
- Increased level cap, 220.
- 150+ Shadowlands dungeons, with a unique new style
- New land control areas, where players can conquer the veins of notum
- The floating city of Jobe
- New music and audio
- New deluxe apartments
- Loads of quests
- And much more...

The expansion pack will include the full version of Anarchy Online, Anarchy Online - Notum Wars and Anarchy Online - Shadowlands, as well as one month of included game-time for new accounts. Suggested retail price is 29.99 US Dollars / Euro. Customers who pre-order Shadowlands prior to launch are entitled to an exclusive luxury apartment in the floating city of Jobe.

For more information, images and features, please visit www.anarchyonline.com/shadowlands.

About Funcom

Funcom is an independent developer and publisher of computer and console games with a focus on single-player adventure and role-playing games on multiple platforms, in addition to Persistent Online Worlds. Celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2003, Funcom continues to expand its track-record of more than 20 games to date. Recent successes include the multi-award winning The Longest Journey, and the award winning and acclaimed Anarchy Online: The Notum Wars (Expansion pack of the year 2002, CGW). For corporate information please visit www.funcom.com. Images and information for press can be found at ftp://Press@ftp.funcom.com/2_Anarchy_Online/shadowlands/