Darklight Conflict

ELECTRONIC ARTS SHIPS DARKLIGHT CONFLICT

Multiplayer Space Combat Game for the PC Blazes New Trails to 3D Technology

Austin, TX, March 28, 1997—Electronic Arts® (NASDAQ: ERTS), a leading global interactive entertainment software company, announces the shipment of Darklight Conflict’, a 3D space combat game for Windows® 95 and MS-DOS (the PlayStation’ and Sega Saturn’ versions are scheduled to ship in May). Darklight Conflict marks a new epoch in the space combat genre by combining a fast, visually-stunning 3D game play with network multiplayer capacity, and a compelling fictional background to create a game that appeals to every taste among outer-space fighter jockeys.

"Darklight Conflict marks the future of space combat game," says Vice President of Marketing with Electronic Arts, Alex Carloss. "You can find 50 single player missions with a choice of 15 weapons. There are dog and turret fights, bomb runs, special power-ups and cloaking devices. There is also an encyclopedia of ships and incredible 3D graphics that feature light sourcing and lens flares."

The game is multiplayer, via network, supporting up to 6 players. A free downloadable upgrade supporting modem play is expected within one month on the Electronic Arts Web site, http://www.ea.com.

The Story

In Darklight Conflict the game places you in the role of a U.S. Navy pilot who is kidnapped by aliens and taken to a galaxy far, far away. Your captors are the reptilian Reptons who are raging war with the truly fearsome bird like Ovons. The Reptons convince you of their good intentions and you are genetically altered to infiltrate, learn, understand and become friends with the Ovons. The Reptons have also convinced you to turn on your new friends and ally with them as a fighter pilot. To further complicate matters you must learn the language and customs of your strange alien allies in order to survive. But, soon you learn that the Reptons are just as evil as their Ovon enemies, and have a tendancy to eat their captives. Suddenly faced with the prospect of your own demise, you ultimately end up fighting both races in a effort to save all of humanity. That's where the fun begins as all-out space combat ensues with your survival as the key to surviving the game.

Darklight Conflict was developed out of house in the United Kingdom by Rage Software Limited. Additional information about the game, including a demo, video clips of game play, screen shots, and details about a multiplayer contest, is available at the Darklight Conflict home page (http://www.ea.com/eastudios/dark/) on the Electronic Arts Web site.

Electronic Arts, headquartered in San Mateo, California, is a leading interactive entertainment software company. Founded in 1982, Electronic Arts posted revenues over $530 million for fiscal 1996. The company develops, publishes and distributes software worldwide for personal computers and advanced entertainment systems such as the PlayStation and Sega Saturn. Electronic Arts markets its products worldwide under five brand names: Electronic Arts, EA SPORTS’ ORIGIN Systems’ Inc., Bullfrog Productions Ltd. and Jane's Combat Simulations. Electronic Arts has international subsidiaries in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, and US development operations in San Mateo, Calif.; Baltimore, Maryland; Austin, Texas; and Seattle, Washington.

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Press Release - DOS and Windows

Beauty is in the eye of the controller.

DARKLIGHT CONFLICT

The most beautifully rendered, fully-realised space combat adventure ever created. It's a heavenly way to die.

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Official UK PlayStation Magazine (April, 1997)

Glänzende Aussichten!

darklight CONFLICT

Durch spannende Einsätze, faszinierende Technologie und Lichteffekte wird jedes Aufeinandertreffen mit dem Gegner zu einem überwältigenden Erlebnis...

Demnächst für PlayStation und Sega Saturn erhältlich.

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Print advertisement - PC Player 04/1997

Action-packed outer-spacedogfighting with the most advancedfighting effects on 32-bit.

*You have been chose, from the Elite of Earth's
pilots. Transported across deep space to fight for
an alien race. Genetically enhanced, you become one
with your starship.

But you won't have time to
enjoy the view. Not while
wave after wave of enemy
ships assault you, mission
after mission. And all that
separates you from
imminent death ? Speed and
skill.*

• Stunning lighting effects with real-time lens
  flares and light - sourcing.
• Use diverse combat tactics to complete missions:
  dogfighting, bombing runs, turret defense, and
  strategic reconnaissance and rescue operations.
• 50 single player missions.
• Pilot various ships including attack fighters,
  gunships and bombers.
• Shatter your enemy with 14 different weapons.

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Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (UK)

Un gioco di combattimento spaziale di incredibile bellezza grafica. La popolazione è stata alterata geneticamente dal Senato Spaziale allo scopo di interscambio, in virtù di un accordo con la razza recentemente scoperta dei Reptons. Nei panni di un pilota, il protagonista si troverà a combattere per la sopravvivenza nelle profondità dello spazio. Un'avvincente storia che unisce una incredibile tecnologia grafica tridimensionale ad un'azione incessante. Incluse più di 50 missioni. Modalità multi-player.

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Italian distributor's website (PC version)