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YDreams Releases Next Generation Mobile MMOG and Location Based Game, & Inks TV Deal
YDreams pushes the envelope of mobile gaming with the release of their next generation Mobile MMOG and Location Based Game - Undercover 2: Merc Wars™. Not only that, but they have already picked up a TV show (in Portugal, the company’s home country) to cover game universe.
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ANNOUNCEMENT
Portuguese publisher YDreams has announced the release of Undercover 2: Merc Wars™, the sequel to the studio´s pioneering 2003 title. The company has also announced licensing agreements with SIC, Portugal´s largest TV network, and KULTO, a weekly publication for teenagers, for TV and print content based on the game universe. An animated series, a comic strip and a TV program are already in development.
Undercover 2: Merc Wars™ sets the bar for next-generation mobile massive multiplay combining roleplaying elements, real-time fast-paced tactical action, extensive multiplayer interaction and evolving campaign play, and as well as a host of innovative features. Players step into the shoes of hardened mercenaries trying to make it on the streets of a dangerous dystopian future—not too far from our own. They can create and customize characters, develop skills as they progress in the game, specialize in different fields, form alliances and establish powerful clans, buy and sell a multitude of useful items and take on treacherous story-driven missions.
The action unfolds on the streets of the real world: Undercover 2: Merc Wars™ incorporates accurate Navteq™ maps for hundreds of cities. Players will travel all over the world looking for real streets and landmarks, meeting clan members for international coups, eliminating enemies and facing danger in awesome, real-time multiplayer action on their mobile phones. All this supported by cool online community resources such as in-game messaging and forums, solo and clan rankings, buddy lists, player searching and a fully-featured, user-friendly clan-management system. Optional live-location is another fun innovation: players with a GPS device or whose operators provide location services may activate live-location gameplay, which unlocks a host of enhanced features like real-world teleporting, portal rental and high-precision weapons.
The game will be available in Portugal in the end of June at Vodafone, TMN and Optimus (Portuguese players can also send an SMS to 3370). Download and subscription via premium SMS will be available from June 18 in the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Austria, The Netherlands and the USA. YDreams Entertainment is currently negotiating publishing agreements for Undercover 2: Merc Wars in over 25 countries. For more information, please visit the official game website: www.undercover2.com.
About YDreams Entertainment
YDreams Entertainment is a pioneering Portuguese developer and publisher of mobile games. The company was founded in 2000 and has already published several successful titles, including Bluetooth-based multiplayer hack´n’slash Lex Ferrum and Undercover, the world’s first mobile MMOG with a graphic interface and real player location. For more information, please visit www.ydreams.com.
[…] Swordfish, Torpedo Bay and Undercover 2: Merc Wars (released in Europe) show that the developers, carriers and consumers are finally beginning to open up to the opportunities of location based games. These recent releases also demonstrate how location based gaming crosses game genres and begin take mobile gaming in a direction that really uses the uniqueness of cellphones. […]