Midway's Arctic Thunder
Ices Competition With Intense Combat and Incredible
Speed; Arctic Thunder Launches as Only Next-Generation
Snowmobile Action-Racing Game with Weapon Combat
Business Editors and
Entertainment/High-Tech Writers
CHICAGO--(ENTERTAINMENT
WIRE)--Sept. 18, 2001--Midway Games Inc. (NYSE:MWY), a
leading software industry publisher and developer,
announced today that Arctic Thunder(TM) will ship this
week for the PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment
system. Arctic Thunder is also scheduled to ship for the
Xbox(TM) video game system from Microsoft later this
fall.
Pushing the limits on speed,
hand-to-hand and weapon combat, Arctic Thunder is a
fast-paced, battle-intensive snowmobile racing game.
Players can choose from racing veterans -- Agent 5,
Candy, Dirty McKurdy, Mai Zhou Lin, Ponzo and Willie
Quinn -- or unlock more than ten additional hidden
characters. Each character possesses unique skills and
personalities that are matched with their own custom
snowmobiles. To add more intensity to the racing action
players can obliterate their opponents during the race
with an arsenal of weapons including atomic snowballs,
proximity missiles and super attacks.
"Simply put, this game is
100 percent fun," said Helene Sheeler, vice
president of Marketing, Midway. "It is exhilarating
to be able to ride your sled at such dangerously fast
speeds, and all the while fire off your incredible
arsenal of weaponry!"
In addition to the high-speed
combat action, Arctic Thunder also features a multiplayer
battle arena mode, where players battle head-to-head in
an enclosed ice arena. Players must use an array of
explosive weaponry and strategic weapon combat tactics in
order to destroy their opponents.
Arctic Thunder lets you shred
through 12 wild, nail-biting courses (each with a unique
setting) including six open courses: Blizzard in DC, Lost
Himalayan City, Chernobyl Meltdown, Swiss Alps, Haunted
Forest or Alaskan Pipeline. Players can unlock up to six
hidden tracks: Sports Arena, Logging Camp, UFO, China,
Atlantis and Theme Park. During the race, players can
perform tricks to get points to upgrade their sled and
pave their way to victory.
Arctic Thunder Key Features
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Weapons -- Use
weapon power-ups such as atomic snowballs,
proximity missiles, super attack, snowbombs and
more
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Hand-to-Hand
Combat -- Punch and kick opponents off their
snowmobiles
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Additional
Power-ups -- Collect boosts for speed, shields
for defense and health power-ups
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Twelve Tracks --
Six open including Alaskan Pipeline and Blizzard
in DC, and six hidden
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Fifteen Plus
Characters -- Six released including Willie Q.,
Candy and Agent 5, with more than ten hidden
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Tricks -- Perform
cool tricks while getting major air to gain
points and upgrade the sled throughout the game
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Upgrade Shop --
Increase the snowmobile's power, the number,
strength and accuracy of power-ups
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Battle Arena --
Battle head-to-head on several unique enclosed
ice arenas (PlayStation2 -- two players, Xbox --
two to four players)
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Amazing Air --
Jump off edges of cliffs into lushly detailed
worlds
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Six Different
Modes -- Race, Points, Battle Arena, Upgrade
Shop, Training and Arcade
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Midway Games Inc. is a leading
developer, publisher and marketer of interactive
entertainment software. Midway videogames are available
for play or scheduled for release on all major videogame
platforms including the PlayStation2 computer
entertainment system, Xbox video game system from
Microsoft, Nintendo GameCube(TM) and Game Boy(R) Advance.
www.midway.com.
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