Atari Announces Unreal II: The Awakening - Special Edition

Special Edition Package Includes Original Single Player Game and Revolutionary "Expanded Multiplayer" (XMP) Mode

-- XMP To Be Made Available for Download to Current Owners of Unreal II: The Awakening --

LOS ANGELES - Dec. 4, 2003 - Atari is expanding the gameplay of Unreal® II: The Awakening this December with Unreal® II: The Awakening - Special Edition for the personal computer. The Special Edition package will include the original single-player campaign, first released in February 2003, as well as an all-new multiplayer experience called XMP, or "Expanded Multiplayer." Developed by Legend Entertainment (an Atari studio) in conjunction with Epic Games, Unreal II: The Awakening is the follow-up to Epic Games' 1998 smash hit Unreal and incorporates the same story-driven gameplay, cunningly ferocious enemies and nail-biting tension that made the original title a best seller.

"Unreal II: The Awakening was one of the most anticipated and celebrated single-player first person shooters of the year, but fans have been hungry to play against one another online," said Steve Allison, vice president of marketing in Atari's Los Angeles studio. "Unreal II: The Awakening - Special Edition will deliver the same epic single-player game to those who may have missed out, along with the all-new multiplayer mode fans have been waiting for."