Newsflash:

Cross-Platform Shadowrun Goes Gold

Published May 9, 2007

Gaming communities on Xbox 360™ and Windows Vista™ will come together for the first time over Xbox LIVE® and Games For Windows – LIVE, when Shadowrun™ teleports to retailers on May 29.

Use ancient magic or modern weapons.

From renowned developer FASA Studio, the team that brought you the Xbox LIVE launch title MechAssault®, and the lead designer behind the original Halo®, Shadowrun incorporates ancient magic and advanced technology into strategic and clever team-based gameplay for an unparalleled combat experience.

Cross-Platform Play
Utilizing both the Xbox LIVE and Games For Windows – LIVE network, Shadowrun tears down the walls between Xbox 360 and Windows Vista-based PCs by letting as many as 16 gamers play together, regardless of platform*. Not only does Shadowrun bring these communities together, it also extends the features you love on Xbox LIVE, such as Gamertags, achievements, friends lists, and integrated voice communication, onto the PC through Games for Windows — LIVE.

Get ready to jump into an exciting futuristic world.

Shadowrun is optimized for a multiplayer online experience, which requires an Xbox LIVE Gold account on Xbox 360 or Silver account on Games for Windows – LIVE. 

Shadowrun will ship with nine unique maps and an additional three map variations, showcasing dynamic environments set in a futuristic Santos, Brazil, and its neighboring ancient Ziggurat. Shadowrun includes six training chapters, so you can fine-tune your strategy and lethal combinations against the intuitively smart and talented A.I. bots. You can also play with bots at four levels of difficulty on every map and with every game type.

Magic Returns to the World
After a 5,000-year absence, magic has returned to the world of Shadowrun. It is 2031 and global corporations battle a relentless ancient order to harness this reawakened power. Be a part of the RNA, a global mega-corporation, and bring order (and profit) to a world of chaos. Join the Lineage to keep magic wild and free at all costs. Choose a side and wage war for the future of magic in the new world of Shadowrun.

Vie for supremacy in the Shadowrun universe that rewards cleverness, cunning, and split-second improvisation through a unique combination of modern weapons, ancient magic and advanced technology.

Humans, elves, dwarves, and trolls can pick up Shadowrun for the estimated retail price of $59.99 for Xbox 360 and $49.99 for Windows Vista. Shadowrun is rated M for Mature by the ESRB, and it's intended for gamers 17 years old and above.

FASA Studio
Steeped in a deep history of innovative online games, FASA Studio is composed of the extraordinary talent that brought you MechWarrior, MechAssault, the first game to debut on the Xbox LIVE service, and Crimson Skies for the PC and Xbox®. Leading the design team on Shadowrun is John Howard, who was also lead designer on the first Halo.

Just as Halo broke ground in being the first great shooter on the console platform and the first to integrate vehicles into an FPS, together FASA Studio and Howard will again break new ground with Shadowrun by being the first to successfully implement gameplay-changing mechanics such as Teleport, Enhanced Vision, and Glide, as well as creating the first-ever FPS that connects players on Xbox 360 to Windows gamers.

*Cross-platform play requires either an Xbox LIVE Gold account or a Games for Windows — LIVE Gold account and hard drive.