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New RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 pack announced

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In June, a new expansion pack for RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 will be released. Titled Soaked!, the pack will feature water parks, if you couldn't figure it out from the title. I've never tried the third one but I've heard good things about it.
Atari's RollerCoaster Tycoon Franchise to Make a Big Splash With Soaked! Expansion Pack
Monday February 7, 8:30 am ET
Expansion Pack to Critically Acclaimed Sequel to Ship in June

# BEVERLY, Mass., Feb. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Atari, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATAR - News) announced today that a wet, wild and totally soaked new expansion pack to RollerCoaster Tycoon(R) 3 will ride into stores this June. RollerCoaster Tycoon(R) 3: Soaked!, the first expansion pack to RollerCoaster Tycoon 3, one of the biggest PC games of 2004, will let players create and control their own water parks for the first time.(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050207/NYM027 )

"With nearly nine million units sold life-to-date worldwide*, RollerCoaster Tycoon is the #1 Tycoon franchise," said John Billington, Senior Brand Manager for Atari, Inc. "RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Soaked! builds on that success by bringing an entirely new summer fun experience to owners of RollerCoaster Tycoon 3, allowing players to thrill their park guests with intense water rides, new coasters, aquatic animal shows, and, of course, tons of interactive water."

With RollerCoaster Tycoon(R) 3: Soaked! the park guests will catch rays and ride the waves on more than fifty new rides and coasters including super- splash flume rides, massive water slides, wave pools and more. Players will also be able to create aquatic spectaculars with performing dolphins, killer whale shows and customizable aquariums as well as design dazzling laser light water shows and synch them to music with the H20 MixMaster. A new Swimming Pool Designer and Waterfall Designer will let players add hundreds of new park enhancements to create the ultimate summer fun experience as well as other new features that extend and enhance the original game.

RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Soaked! is being developed by Frontier Developments, Ltd. of Cambridge, England, in conjunction with Chris Sawyer, the creator and sole developer of RollerCoaster Tycoon, and will be introduced in June for the PC. Additional information about the franchise is available at http://www.atari.com/rollercoastertycoon.