ONLINE FORUM BUZZING AS
CODEMASTERS DETAILS KEY ENHANCEMENTS FOR IGI 2: COVERT
STRIKE
The PC Action Blockbuster
Due May 2002
Codemasters’
eagerly anticipated PC action title IGI 2: Covert Strike
is receiving incredible attention from prospective IGI
agents on the Codemasters online forum. The forum
accessible from the game’s online micro site located
at http://www.codemasters.com/igi2, is buzzing with
discussions on key improvements over the original,
including IGI 2’s new AI, save functionality and the
multiplayer mode. The game’s designers have listened
closely to opinions expressed on the forum and today
confirm new details.
Improving over the original game, IGI 2’s Save
system will be a function of the map computer – a
device which David Jones, the game’s central
character, uses to receive tactical support in the field
from IGI HQ. The map computer has the functionality for
Jones to download and upload, as well the ability to save
and load the current mission status and position. Doing
this in the field will take time and drains battery
energy from the map computer, so players will have to
save tactically.
Artificial Intelligence for IGI 2’s enemy agents has
been significantly reworked and their ability to
continually regenerate has been eliminated. Soldiers are
more alert and react accordingly to a wide range of game
situations, such as hearing an alarm siren, detecting
destroyed security cameras, or spotting dead soldiers.
Enemy soldiers rank and skill also influences their
reaction. Some soldiers will prefer running for an alarm
button and calling for back-up, rather than engaging
Jones in combat.
Meanwhile, development work on IGI 2: Covert
Strike’s all-new multiplayer mode continues. IGI2:
Covert Strike will deliver a full team-oriented
multiplayer mode, with squads of eight players per side.
With objective-based gameplay, it pits IGI operatives
against terrorists from around the globe.
IGI 2: Covert Strike is being created at Innerloop
Studios AS, the Oslo-based team that created the
original, and is scheduled to be published* by
Codemasters in May 2002 on PC CD-ROM.
*
World-wide rights excluding Scandinavia
About
Codemasters
Established in 1986, UK-based Codemasters is one of
Europe's best-selling and profitable game-makers,
developing and publishing titles for the console
platforms and PC. Codemasters’ products first
appeared on US retail shelves in 1999 and since then they
have continued to provide energetic, compelling and
innovative entertainment to gaming fans of all genres.
The company’s 2001 offerings included Blade of
Darkness and Operation Flashpoint, both of which met with
critical acclaim and enormous consumer praise. Richard
Darling, the company’s Design Director and
co-founder, is renowned as one of the most prolific game
designers and has been involved in the creation of 60 of
the company’s staggering #1 titles in the UK. In
keeping with the company's mission to remain on the crest
of the gaming wave, Codemasters is developing games for
online and next generation platforms.
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