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Force Feedback Gives Test Drive Fans a Dose of Reality
Aug. 30 /PRNewswire/ --
Logitech (Nasdaq: LOGIY; Switzerland: LOGN; LOGZ), today announced that the
Infogrames' Test Drive(TM) series will support its force feedback wheels for
the PlayStation(R) 2 computer entertainment system. Test Drive will be
available in Q1 2002, while Test Drive Off-Road(TM): Wide Open(TM) is now
available for an estimated retail price of $49.99.
Test Drive Off-Road: Wide Open will be on display with Logitech's force
feedback wheels for PlayStation 2 at the ECTS tradeshow in London
(Booth 1640), starting September 2.
"We are very pleased that our wheels for PlayStation 2 will be supported in the popular Test Drive series," said Ted Hoff, vice president and general manager of Logitech's Interactive Entertainment Division. "Infogrames has taken off-road racing to the extreme with Test Drive Off-Road: Wide Open. We believe that our wheels are a perfect complement to the game, providing gamers with a realistic and involving driving experience that has not been available for Infogrames racing fans until now." "The Test Drive franchise has a reputation of being the best in Hollywood-style racing," said Ken George, producer at Infogrames' Los Angeles Label. "It was only natural that we make sure the latest editions to the franchise utilize the best peripherals -- and Logitech's wheels for PlayStation 2 fit the bill in every way." About Test Drive Off-Road: Wide Open Developed by Angel Studios, the game features advanced technology enabling "go anywhere" environments, 15 licensed off-road vehicles and 30 wide-open tracks in three untamed landscape locations. Following the Test Drive formula of racing real cars in real locations in an unreal way, Moab, Utah, Yosemite, Calif. and the Big Island of Hawaii set the stage for white-knuckle off-road competition. Chosen for their diversity in textures and environments as well as their potential for extreme off-road racing, each of the games' three locations will contain eight to ten tracks, including circuit courses and A-to-B races with variations in track sizes and styles. Players will have the freedom to choose the path that is best suited to their truck while attempting to complete the course in the fastest time possible. The independent Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) rates Test Drive Off-Road: Wide Open an "E" for "Everyone." For more information about the ESRB, visit http://www.esrb.org . About Logitech's PlayStation 2 Force Feedback Wheels The Logitech wheels for PlayStation 2 are the only force feedback racing wheels made exclusively for use with PlayStation 2 and Logitech(R) GT Force(TM) was the first true force feedback peripheral for any computer entertainment system. Force feedback technology, based on years of Logitech experience as a market-leading developer and provider of force feedback products for the PC, helps create a realistic and involving gaming experience. Force Feedback Force feedback is a sophisticated method for providing people with realistic tactile feedback from a PC or computer entertainment system. It is widely used in medical, space, and flight simulators to provide lifelike training for students and professionals who make split-second decisions based not just on sight and sound, but also on their sense of touch. This cutting-edge technology has been extended to PC gaming over the last five years, and has now arrived for PlayStation 2. Force feedback is even more rich, realistic and engaging than the non-directional vibration feedback to which many gamers are accustomed. Through the use of advanced software and electronics, force feedback can move a steering wheel or joystick as if the device were subject to real external forces. Logitech force feedback products use Logitech-proprietary technologies, as well as certain TouchSense(TM) technologies licensed from Immersion Corporation. About Logitech: Founded in 1981, Logitech designs, manufactures and markets human interface devices and software that link people to digital information and the Internet and enable them to work, play, learn and communicate more effectively in the digital world. The Company's product family includes Internet video cameras; mice, trackballs and keyboards; audio and telephony products; and interactive gaming controllers. With operational headquarters through its U.S. subsidiary in Fremont, California, and regional headquarters through local subsidiaries in Romanel, Switzerland, and Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C., Logitech International is a Swiss public company traded in Switzerland under the symbols LOGN and LOGZ, and in the U.S. on the Nasdaq National Market System (LOGIY). The company has manufacturing facilities in Asia and offices in major cities in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. About Infogrames, Inc.: New York-based Infogrames, Inc. (Nasdaq: IFGM) is the #2 third-party publisher of interactive entertainment software in the U.S. The Company develops video games for all consoles (Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft), PCs, and Macintosh systems. Infogrames' catalogue of more than 1,000 titles includes award-winning franchises such as Alone In The Dark(TM), Civilization(TM), Deer Hunter(R), Driver(TM), Roller Coaster Tycoon(R), Test Drive(R), and Unreal(R), and key licenses including Survivor(TM), Warner Bros. Looney Tunes(TM), Nickelodeon's Blue's Clues(TM), Dragon Ball Z, Mission Impossible(R), Harley-Davidson(R), Major League Baseball(R), and the National Football League(R), among many others. The Company's Humongous Entertainment and MacSoft labels are leaders in children's entertainment software and Macintosh entertainment software, respectively. Infogrames, Inc. is a majority-owned subsidiary of France-based Infogrames Entertainment SA (IESA) (Euronext 5257), a global publisher and distributor of video games for all platforms, as well as interactive digital television, mobile smart devices (WAP, HDML) and in-flight entertainment systems. In 2001, IESA acquired Infogrames Interactive, Inc. (formerly Hasbro Interactive), including its line of software based on well-known licenses such as Monopoly(R), Jeopardy(R), Tonka(R), and Atari(R), which are distributed in the U.S. by Infogrames, Inc. For more information, visit the Company's Web site at www.us.infogrames.com. For more information about Logitech and its products, visit the company's Web Site at www.logitech.com. MAKE YOUR OPINION COUNT - Click Here SOURCE Logitech International [] 
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