Anarchy Online: Shadowlands expansion pack -

Oslo, Norway-February 05, 2003 Showcased at last year's Electronic Entertainment Expo, Shadowlands is the upcoming expansion pack for Funcom's award-winning massively multiplayer online game, Anarchy Online.

Shadowlands provides the traditional elements of an expansion pack such as new playfields, weapons, monsters and items, but with many exciting twists and turns. It's an ancient realm rediscovered, with different rules and technology, and landscapes of both intense beauty and immense horror.

"We have had a lot of fun making Shadowlands and we know our players will be pleasantly surprised with what we've come up with," Anarchy Online Game Director Gaute Godager said. "The twisted but exciting gameplay changes and additions will give our fans plenty of new things to do in these visually amazing places. If you haven't played Anarchy Online yet, you will definitely want to check out Shadowlands."

Feature Highlights

• Several new and diverse playfields
• New monsters
• Two new professions
• The floating city of Jobe
• New weapons, armour, items and quests
• New special attacks and combat upgrades
• New max level for players
• Enhanced graphics ... much more to be revealed

A feature list, new artwork, screenshots, background story, music samples and a flash teaser can be found at the official Shadowlands website, www.anarchyonline.com/shadowlands. Further details for each feature will be released every month leading up to the game launch.

About Funcom

As an international games developer and publisher, Funcom has offices in Switzerland, PC development along with marketing in Norway, and a customer support office in Durham, North Carolina. Formed in 1993, Funcom is best known for The Longest Journey (www.longestjourney.com), voted Adventure Game of the Year 2000 by both PC Gamer and Computer Gaming World. Anarchy Online (www.anarchy-online.com) is the company's most recent success, having been released for the PC in the summer of 2001 and awarded Best Massively Multiplayer Game by PC Gamer. Funcom has had an impressive development track record producing titles for many platforms such as Pocahontas, Casper, Speed Punks, and Championship Motocross. The company now publishes and develops massively multiplayer online games. Tri Synergy Inc. distributes Funcom products in North America. For US retail information, please contact Tamra Nestler, tamra@trisynergy.com, (307) 732-2888 or Robin Frisby, rfrisby@trisynergy.com, (214) 827-8116. For European retail information, please contact Jørgen Tharaldsen (jtt@funcom.com). For more details about Funcom, please visit www.funcom.com or contact pr@funcom.com.