Matrox Parhelia™ Surrounds Users With Huge List of Shipping Surround Gaming Titles

Announces support for over 20 shipping titles making Surround Gaming the fastest supported new technology in 3D gaming

MONTREAL, Canada - July 23rd, 2002 - Matrox Graphics Inc.'s new Parhelia™ family of graphics accelerators is garnering an unprecedented level of interest from game developers for its unique new Surround Gaming technology. Providing the ultimate immersive experience for interactive game play, Surround Gaming lets users play games across three displays, with either an ultra-wide field of view (FOV) mode or separate camera views on each display, to fully engage their peripheral vision and provide game critical information. Parhelia users can already choose from over 20 shipping titles supporting Surround Gaming today, and can look forward to another 30 upcoming titles in the near future. Popular shipping titles include best selling games such as: NeverWinter Nights™ by Infogrames and Bioware, Star Wars® Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast™ by Raven Software and LucasArts® Entertainment Company LLC, as well as popular upcoming titles such as Unreal™ Tournament 2003 by Epic Games Inc. and Star Wars® Galaxies™: An Empire Divided by LucasArts® Entertainment Company LLC.

Tim Sweeney, lead 3D engine programmer at Epic Games Inc., when asked by Extremetech.com to comment on Parhelia's Surround Gaming with their highly anticipated first person shooter, Unreal® Tournament 2003, had this to say: "We've had our hands on a Parhelia for the past few days, and have Unreal Tournament 2003 up and running in triple-monitor mode -- it's very immersive, and surprisingly fast." Since then, Matrox showcased Unreal Tournament 2003 in Surround Gaming at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in LA where it was widely acclaimed by industry insiders and end-users alike.

The enthusiastic endorsement of Surround Gaming extends beyond just game developers. In their recent Parhelia review, HotHardware.com invited two gamers, James and Mario, to try out Quake III Arena™, by Id Software™ and Activision®, in Surround Gaming mode. Dave Altavilla, editor in chief at HotHardware writes: "Mario said point blank, that Surround Gaming on the Parhelia was the most fun he's had gaming in quite a while."

Shipping titles supporting Surround Gaming on the Matrox Parhelia today include:

• Neverwinter Nights™ (Infogrames and Bioware)
• Grand Prix 4 (Infogrames)
• Tribes 2 (Garage Games and Dynamix)
• Aliens vs. Predator™ 2 (Monolith, Sierra and Fox Interactive)
• Gore: Ultimate Soldier (4D Rulers Software Inc., Slam Software, Eyecon Pty. Ltd and Dreamcatcher Interactive Inc.)
• Anarchy Online (Funcom)
• Heavy Metal: FAKK2 (Ritual Entertainment and Gathering of Developers)
• Star Wars® Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast™ (Raven Software and LucasArts® Entertainment Company LLC)
• Microsoft® Flight Simulator 2002 (Microsoft Corporation)
• Return to Castle Wolfenstein (Gray Matter and Id Software™ and Activision®)
• Quake III Arena™ (Id Software™ and Activision®)
• Quake III Team Arena™ (Id Software™ and Activision®)
• Ballistics™ (GRIN Software Inc. and Xicat Interactive)
• Star Trek™ Voyager: Elite Force (Raven Software and Activision®)
• Star Trek™ Voyager: Elite Force Expansion Pack (Raven Software and Activision®)
• X-Plane (Laminar Research)
• Mobile Forces (Rage Software PLC and Majesco Games)
• Unreal Tournament (Epic Games Inc. and Infogrames)
• Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project (3DRealms, Sunstorm Interactive and ARUSH Interactive)
• Clive Barker's Undying™ (Dreamworks Interactive and Electronic Arts)
• The Wheel of Time™ (Legend Entertainment and Infogrames)

With Surround Gaming, enthusiasts will be able to enjoy an extensive list of gaming titles across a wide variety of game genres including: first person shooters, flight simulations, role playing games, real-time strategies, sports and racing, as well as a host of massively multi-player online games. A comprehensive list of current and upcoming Surround Gaming titles can be found on the Matrox website at: http://www.matrox.com/mga/3d_gaming/surrgame.cfm

About Matrox Graphics Inc.

Matrox Graphics Inc., the leading professional graphics company, has been delivering high-quality, innovative 2D/3D and video graphics accelerators for more than a quarter century. Pioneer of the trend-setting DualHead® technology, Matrox is a graphics chip designer and board manufacturer whose products have been awarded over 1,000 times worldwide for their superior image quality, practical ingenuity, and unwavering stability. A privately held company headquartered in Montreal, Canada, Matrox has international offices in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Hong Kong, Ireland and Taiwan.

http://www.matrox.com/mga/ 

 

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