SyNET Entertainment Brings Persistent World Online Golf to the PC with Shot-Online
World's First PC-Online Multiplayer Golf Game to Launch in North America August 2006
(Little Ferry, NJ) - June 15, 2006 - SyNET
Entertainment today announced that it will make its retail
videogame publishing debut with Shot-Online this August. The
game is the world's first full 3D online multiplayer golf
game to combine elements of true golf simulation and role
playing together in one. Shot-Online will be available at
retail outlets nationwide and will carry an SRP of $29.99
USD.
Shot-Online, which launched last year in Asia in its "stress
test" mode, is a true sports role-playing game (RPG) that
allows players to experience realistic golf simulation
(geographical, physical, motional, and environmental factors
such as wind, weather, and temperature), full 3D courses and
characters, and a variety of camera views that make playing
the game a truly immersive experience.
The game has enjoyed a year-long beta/stress-testing phase in
Korea, Japan, China and Australia with over 1 Million
community members participating to date. Via feedback from
this massive community, the game's developer, OnNet, has been
able to tweak the game to perfection, making it a highly
accurate golf simulation game offering a deep role-playing
experience. Through role playing, players can improve their
character's abilities and skill levels by consistently
training (characters can level and grow in skill and
capability) or by competing (Match/Stroke/Skins gameplay)
against players of different skill levels.
Furthermore, players can enhance and enrich their experience
when playing the game by participating in a variety of
community events and quests, competitions (solo and team),
item exchanging, and the game's buddy management and guild
community (team competition) system. Players' gameplay is
affected by their skill level, title (changes as player grows
in skill level and experience), handicap, fatigue and
experience rates, inventory, shopping activities, item
exchanges, and monies deposited to their game account.
To bring as much realism to the game as possible, a
proprietary physics engine was used in Shot-Online to
accurately recreate ball and course dynamics. As a result,
golf balls behave as they should over the geography of a
course. Combined with motion captured golf swings from a
Korean PGA golfer, players will experience the most spot-on
feel golf swings, putting, chip shots, and other golfing
actions. Lastly, as a gallery, players watching a game played
on Shot-Online will feel like they are watching a
professional golf sportscast on television as the overall
presentation offers numerous camera angles and a gallery mode
that brings true realism to the game.
Key Shot-Online features include:
- Simple and intuitive game play
- Game currency for purchasing skill-enhancing items
- Gallery mode for reviewing great shots
- Extensive chat support
- Various camera angles for visual realism
- Application of real PGA Tour formality (Tour system marking player's score & ranking)
While Shot-Online is free to play without time or play limits
at Shot-Online.com, players will not be able to realize the
full potential of the game or grow their character's skill
and experience levels without purchasing (via credit card)
persistent items such as clubs and balls, winning tournaments
to gain cyber cash needed for purchasing upgrades in
equipment and clothing. However, the SYNET Shot-Online
Package Edition that will be available at retail will include
a multitude of persistent world items such as cyber cash,
tournament invitations, and other premium items that can be
used online immediately, offering players a distinct
advantage in gameplay.
About SyNET Entertainment
SyNET is a leading supplier of resource sharing software
solutions for advanced PC/Mac networking. Established in Nov
2001, SyNET also develops highly specialized internet
networking IP technology and digital security solutions for
PDAs, digital cameras, camcorders, MP3 players, USB drives,
cell phones, and other digital peripheral devices. The
company's flagship product, nTracker Laptop Anti-Theft, is a
powerful anti-theft application for tracking and recovering
stolen or lost laptops that includes data protection
software. The company also specializes in the development of
software solutions for sharing Internet resources and
peripheral devices among DSL, cable modem, satellite, and
ISDN subscribers, particularly for small business and home
office environments. In June 2006, SyNET launched a video
games division, with plans to publish a number of titles in
2006/2007. For more information, visit www.synet.biz .