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Back in 2004 the first virtual Ski World Championships was developed by Greentube and Ski Challenge 05 was born. The runs at Kitzbühel (AUT) and Bormio (I) were met with great approval by the ski enthusiasts in Austria. In order to surpass the great success of 800,000 registered downloads an even more comprehensive sequel was developed for 2006. The hype in Austria and Switzerland was sensational. The ski fans simply couldn’t wait for the much anticipated release of SC 06, which was set to occur at midnight on 27th November, 2005 via portals in Austria (partners ORF and Kronen Zeitung) and those of Swiss television (partner SFDRS).

With Ski Challenge 06 gamers had the additional opportunity of either training offline in the practise mode, or online in competition mode against other gamers. More than 2.5 million downloads and 220 million completed runs later the expectations of the partners - especially sponsor partners that were integrated into the game - were greatly exceeded.

The third version of Ski Challenge (SC:07) has now been running since the end of November 2006. Alongside a number of new features, such as individually editable ski characteristics, there is a new run in the shape of the World Championship slope in Aare. This fifth run will be taken on by millions of enthusiastic gamers in the qualification mode and on race weekends.

This season the world’s biggest ski race will be launched with heavy weight media partners in Austria (ORF), Switzerland (SF), Germany (PRO7) and Norway (NRK). Both German and English versions of the game can be downloaded from the following website: skichallenge.orf.at.

For download of the high resolution video of the Ski Challenge click here.