Ubi Soft Entertainment 
Keith Sloan 
+44 (0) 181 944 9000							
+44 (0) 181 944 9300 (fax)
ksloan@ubisoft.co.uk

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

focus on fun, curiosity and adventure
	in lauras happy adventures

LONDON - (September 5th 1999) ECTS - Ubi Soft Entertainment is delighted to announce that it will offer an optimized version of its charming new 3D game, Laura’s Happy Adventures to Intel Pentium® III processor users. Now with even more characters and 3D-gaming special effects, this outstanding family title is chock-full of rich 3D graphics and insightful, wholesome fun. By developing the optimized version of this game, Ubi Soft Entertainment asserts itself as a leading developer of PC game technology and contributes to the growing market of 3D gaming for families. With interactive 3D and family-oriented content, Laura’s Happy Adventures is ideal for OEM bundling opportunities.

“Ubi Soft Entertainment is excited to offer the American family a game series that pushes the creative minds and spirits of young children and that now, with Intel’s new Pentium III processor power, sits at the cutting edge of technology,” says Alain Tascan, Vice President, Ubi Soft’s PLAYMOBIL® Series Producer. 

Created by Ubi Soft Entertainment, the narrative of Laura’s Happy Adventures revolves around the heroine, Laura, and her quest to light up the 5 sides of a magical diamond. The game gives children between the ages of 6 and 12 control over the story in a complete 3D environment. Laura is rewarded for helping others and is taught valuable lessons in a fun and entertaining manner. Highlighting sociability, play, adventure, curiosity and fun, Laura’s Happy Adventures is a unique game in its genre.

•	Created by Ubi Soft Entertainment, the narrative of Laura’s Happy Adventures revolves around the heroine, Laura, and her quest to light up the 5 sides of a magical diamond. 
•	The game gives children between the ages of 6 and 12 control over the story in a complete 3D environment. 
•	Laura is rewarded for helping others and is taught valuable lessons in a fun and entertaining manner. 
•	Highlighting sociability, play, adventure, curiosity and fun mark this game as unique in its genre. 
•	With the increased processor power, Laura’s Happy Adventures is now into an endlessly rich and complex adventure - users are offered better-looking characters and environments due to a higher polygon count and more defined textures. For example, the texture of the cobblestone streets now look more realistic with more attention paid to the details of the surface texture. 
•	An increase in the number of characters and animals on the screen and the actual reflection of the characters’ images in the mirrors of the game. 
•	Each of Laura’s adventures encourages the player’s curiosity and logical thinking.
•	The performance of Intel’s Pentium® III processor helps create a more interactive and intuitive PC game  with graphically rich and realistic 3D environments.
•	Realistic shadow model where shadows accurately represent the characters’ positions.
•	Part of the Ubi Soft PLAYMOBIL Game Series (Alex Builds his Farm; Hype, The Time Quest) 

Platform, Pricing , Availability
Laura’s Happy Adventures will be available in Q2 1999 for PC CD-ROM.

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