SanDisk's Cruzer Crossfire Unlocks Clues in Ubisoft's CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

June 8, 2006--SanDisk Corporation today announced that its Cruzer Crossfire USB flash drive for gaming has been seamlessly integrated into Ubisoft's CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 3 Dimensions of Murder video game for the PC. Players of CSI: 3 Dimensions of Murder use the Cruzer Crossfire as the primary detection and collection tool for digital evidence, including e-mails and computer files. This unique integration of a flash drive with a video game simulates the technology used by real forensic investigators.

Ubisoft's video game challenges players to solve murder mysteries by piecing together bits of evidence, such as a bloody shoe, a strand of hair and a hotel room key. The game presents five cases, and normally a player must solve one case before moving to the next. But by connecting the appropriate SanDisk Cruzer Crossfire -- a USB drive that is designed specifically for gaming -- players get to solve the cases in random order.

"This is our second partnership with Ubisoft, but the CSI game is the first time that we have put interactive gaming content on a USB flash drive," said Wes Brewer, SanDisk's vice president of consumer products marketing.

The SanDisk special edition Cruzer Crossfire with the CSI: 3 Dimensions of Murder content is shipping to retailers this month. It is offered in capacities ranging from 1 gigabyte (GB)(1) to 4 gigabytes. Suggested list prices are $59.99 for 1GB, $99.99 for 2GB and $189.99 for 4GB, and the drives are sold separately from the game.

Apart from the game content, there is plenty of storage space on the drive for videos, music, images and other files. CSI: 3 Dimensions of Murder was released by Ubisoft in mid-March as part of a series of games based on the top-rated television series. Featuring the voices and likenesses of the cast from the CBS show, the Ubisoft game, like the series, emphasizes the use of high-tech equipment in crime scene investigations. This ranges from a camera to a "mobile analysis unit" to gather and evaluate forensic evidence. The game itself specifically refers to a branded SanDisk USB "data drive."

Further to the integration between the game and the SanDisk Cruzer Crossfire flash drive, players need to store evidence on the drive, within the game itself, to help solve the cases.

In addition to its new line of Cruzer Crossfire flash drives, which were announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January, SanDisk also manufactures a line of gaming flash cards aimed at users of the PSP (PlayStationPortable) system.

(1) 1 megabyte (MB) = 1 million bytes; 1 gigabyte (GB) = 1 billion bytes.

SanDisk's web site/home page address: www.sandisk.com

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