Swashbuckling High Sea Adventure!
                The debut title of The Elder Scrolls Adventures 
                series,Redguard swings into action 4th Q 1997.
     
     Rockville, Maryland (April 1997) - Bethesda Softworks today announced 
     the introduction of a new PC game under the newly formed The Elder 
     Scrolls Adventures series, titled The Elder Scrolls Adventures: 
     Redguard(TM).  Featuring a fully realized 3D environment and a grand 
     adventure, Redguard is slated for nationwide release in November 1997.
     
     Featuring dozens of fully animated real time 3D characters, Redguard 
     lets you interact with everyone you meet on the populated island of 
     Stros M'Kai. Using the 3rd person perspective, Redguard's camera 
     system allows for dynamic panning of the action.  Imagine you are in a 
     conversation with a local pirate in a busy market square. Your words 
     come to blows and you both draw swords. You are faster on the draw and 
     able to disarm him. In one smooth motion the camera swings around, 
     showing you with your sword at his neck as he concedes victory. 
     Redguard's advanced camera system allows for real-time 3D cinematics 
     with no break in the gameplay.
     
     You play Cyrus, a Redguard mercenary, who returns to the province of 
     his birth in search of his lost sister.  You will encounter 
     swashbuckling pirates, shady political figures and all sorts of 
     colorful people and creatures around every turn.  Every inch of the 
     game world has been meticulously crafted by a veteran development 
     team.  Most of the island is free for you to explore.  You experience 
     the game areas as you discover them, and the nonlinear story evolves 
     at the pace of your play. Your adventures will have you escaping from 
     deadly traps, jumping across dizzying chasms, discovering Dwarven 
     ruins, swinging across ropes, and best of all...sword fighting! No 
     swashbuckling adventure would be complete without the duels that made 
     them famous.
     
     "People are going to have trouble putting Redguard in one category," 
     states Todd Howard, Designer of Redguard.  "We're putting together 
     adventure, action, and storytelling in a very elegant system. I think 
     the game will open a lot of peoples eyes to some of the 
     possibilities."  Redguard takes a more detailed and focused look into 
     the world of Tamriel, made famous by the games Arena(TM) and 
     Daggerfall(TM), both of which have won numerous Best RPG of Year 
     awards.  Redguard is not a role-playing game, but it holds true the 
     genre's passion for fantasy and heroes.
     
     Utilizing the latest version of Bethesda's proprietary 3D engine, the 
     X(n)gine(TM), Redguard is designed as a fully realized 3D environment. 
     Gamers have complete freedom of movement and sight.  The X(n)gine(TM) 
     generates advanced special effects including real-time light sources, 
     realistic weather conditions, and a fully textured, contoured fractal 
     terrain.
     
     Headquartered in Rockville, MD, Bethesda is the third largest 
     privately held publisher of PC entertainment software.  Bethesda's 
     success and long-standing technical expertise has attracted 
     world-class programmers as well as veterans of the largest Hollywood 
     animation studios.  Bethesda is the entertainment software division of 
     Media Technology limited, an engineering research and development firm 
     originally founded by members of the Architecture Machine Group from 
     MIT.
     
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