Mastertronic start 2006 with Far Cry

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The Mastertronic Group Limited will release Far Cry in January 2006. Originally published by Ubisoft, Far Cry will be published on the Group's PC Gamer Presents label, where only titles that scored 80% or higher in that magazine's review section are eligible. Rather than being set in a gloomy dungeon, or in some vaguely futuristic world, Far Cry takes place on a South Pacific island, alive with colour and noise. The player takes on the role of Jack Carver, a man with a mysterious past, who has left it all behind to become a boat skipper.

Chartered to take journalist Valerie Cortez to a secretive island, Jack's boat is destroyed by mercenaries. Having lost everything, Far Cry follows Jack's attempts to rescue his friend and get revenge on those who are out to kill him.

Far Cry is developer Crytek's first game. Originally conceived as a technology demo for NVidia graphics cards, the demo soon took on a life of its own. The game's proprietary CryEngine can map an amazing 1 kilometre of actual terrain in real-time. Thankfully, with such huge worlds to cross, there are a number of vehicles that the player can commandeer, either to get around, or to make use of the weapons mounted on the back. As well as showcasing some of the most stunning environments, Far Cry has perhaps the best AI ever seen in a video game. Enemies will never make suicidal head-on assaults, but work in teams, always hiding behind cover and never relaxing once they know that there's danger out there.

All relevant patches are on the CD. It also includes the 64-bit version of Far Cry for users who have the latest PCs. Previously, the 64-bit version had only been available via the internet as a bandwidth-busting 1GB download.

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