Haarlem, The Netherlands – 7 June 2010 – Where NASA has announced quitting the space shuttle  program, gamers can enjoy launching space shuttles for years to come courtesy of videogame publisher Iceberg Interactive and developer Simsquared Ltd. Iceberg announced that its hardcore simulation game for PC “Space Shuttle Mission Simulator: The Collector’s Edition”, is available at all major UK retailers and good independent game shops since this past weekend, as well as in several other European territories that release English versions. The fully localized German release is scheduled for 18 June 2010 and the French one for 15 July 2010.

Features Space Shuttle Mission Simulator

• Experience the Liftoff shakes and engines roar right from the Commander's or Pilot's seats.
• Perform mission procedures: press buttons, rotate knobs, control the General Purpose Computer and manually guide the Shuttle to a safe landing etc.
• Perform variable-difficulty historical missions from STS-1 (the maiden flight), through secret DoD missions, and up to the recent ISS missions.

• Beautifully rendered Space Shuttle 3D virtual cockpit, Shuttle, International Space Station, Hubble, satellites
• TrueEarth™ Global Satellite Imagery – licensed from TerraMetrics Inc. These are the same textures used by Google Earth.
• First Person View, including Space Walks – you cannot get any closer to the ISS or Hubble than that!
• Launch Control, Mission Control, Shuttle and Astronauts audio smart communications.
• Three difficulty modes: from Novice which leads the "astronaut" through the tasks with context arrows and full text subtitles, to "Read the Manual and Checklists Commander!"
• TrackIR(tm) Support in 3D Virtual Cockpit and first person view during EVA
• Multiple-Monitor support for Matrox TripleHead2Go(tm) and Nvidia nView (tm)
• Native support for Vuzix iWear VR920 Stereoscopic goggles + head tracking. This is the closest you can get to the NASA VR Labs where Shuttle Astronauts train for ISS missions (on compatible systems).
• You can find more about the Space Shuttle Mission Simulator at the official website at www.space-shuttle-mission.com

About Exciting Simulations ™

Exciting Simulations ™ is an entertainment brand of Simsquared Ltd. – a leading developer of professional Virtual Reality Simulation applications with customers such as the US Coast Guard, US NAVY, Thales Group, NATO, Lockheed Martin, Textron Defense Systems, Elbit Systems etc.