Far Cry is a first-person shooter PC game with horror elements developed by German studio Crytek GmbH and published by Ubisoft on March 23, 2004 for Windows. Far Cry sold 730,000 units within four months of release. The game's story follows Jack Carver, ex-Special Forces operative and private boat charter struggling to survive in a tropical paradise turned into hell. An HD remake entitled Far Cry Classic was later released as part of the Far Cry: Wild Expedition bundle, or as a stand-alone downloadable title from Xbox Live Marketplace and PlayStation Network.