5/9/03

Project 3 announces R.C. Cars

Dutch publisher Project Three Interactive and Russian publisher 1C Company today announced they have struck a publishing deal for the exciting racing game R.C Cars for PC CDROM. The game, created by the experienced Russian developer Creat Studio and produced by 1C, will be released in June 2003 in Western Europe and Australia by Project 3.

R.C Cars features radio controlled cars racing on tracks set out in the real world, racing over a.o. beaches and through cities. The actual sized R.C. cars behave according to their realworld physics, but so does the environment they race in, with huge full size cars running them down and giant looking people trying to grab them or kicking at them. Picking up bonuses on the track and using the many shortcuts guarantee everlasting replayability, while in Championship Mode the player can win prize money, gain access to car-upgrades and hidden tracks. R.C. Cars supports all kinds of gamepads and joysticks, with multiplayer modes for splitscreen play and for playing on a LAN and the internet also available.

Project 3 COO Erik Schreuder said: "We are very excited to start working with a veteran  games company like 1C and are aiming for more co-operation in the near future. R.C. Cars really is an extremely fun racing game, adding a truly interactive environment to the amazingly accurate r.c. car behaviour and dazzling variety of tracks. It's playable on the majority of PC's out there while the graphics really look stunningly good. It simply is addictive, for both young and old."

1C Company International Sales Director Nikolay Baryshnikov said: "We are happy to sign a publishing deal with Project 3 for R.C. Cars as we believe that this company can provide agressive marketing and great positioning for R.C. Cars. This is a great project that should be well embraced by the huge army of R.C. racing fans all around Europe. This game has already produced strong sales results in Russia and I look forward to its European launch".