ONLY THE STRONGEST
WILL SURVIVE AS KEMCO UNLEASHES LOBO
DC
Comics’ Lobo comic sets the stage for an edgy
third-person shooter with attitude
Bringing
the dark and sinister Lobo comic book universe to the
video game world, Kemco U.S.A. announced today its plans
for a third-person adventure-shooter based on the popular
franchise from DC Comics. Slated for the PlayStation®2
computer entertainment system and the Xbox video
game system from Microsoft, Lobo pushes entertainment to
the edge in this outrageous combat game.
“From the attitude and environment to the sheer
adrenaline rush of combat, Lobo delivers the most intense
of gameplay experiences,” said Glenn Halseth, Vice
President of Sales and Marketing for Kemco.
“Lobo is truly avant-garde in nature and
content, and we are sure he’s going to make his
presence known to hardcore console gamers.”
"There are clean-cut super heroes...and then there's
Lobo -- an over-the-top and outrageous iconoclast,"
states John Nee, Vice President-Business Development for
DC Comics. "Lobo's long been breaking the rules of
traditional comic books, now he can break the rules of
the video game world."
The inter-gallactic bounty hunter Lobo is flat broke and
angry! So, he sets out to boost his morale and earn
money by eliminating the ten biggest bounties on the
world’s most wanted list. Starting from the
bottom and working toward the top, Lobo wages attacks on
middlemen and deviants, bartering for weapons and
learning the locations of his most sought after targets.
The game features ten unique and progressively
challenging environments for each target and respective
henchmen, with surprise bounties unlocked throughout
play.
With an intricate design, Lobo’s over-the-top combat
provides a host of extreme action thrills and in-game
options. Players can utilize a number of weapons,
including knives, chains, guns, grenades, rockets or
Lobo’s favorite, the hook and chain. He is
capable of morphing into several characters to elude
enemies, such as a ghost, skeleton, bizarre animals and
other mutant creatures. Lobo also travels well, be
it on foot, aboard his signature space hog motorcycle or
alongside Space Dolphins.
Lobo’s detailed environments adapt throughout each
level of play, adding to the close engagement adventure
and hand-to-hand battles. Evidence of combat is
everywhere as fires blacken walls and destroy objects,
explosives leave craters and bullets and shells pockmark
walls. The game’s soundtrack of explosive
guitar riffs and heavy metal thrash add to the
game’s emphasis of dark, sarcastic and
take-no-prisoners humor.
Lobo is slated for a 2004 release and suggested retail
price of $49.99.
About Kemco
Since 1984,
Kemco has produced over 100 titles, including the popular
Top Gear® racing games and the Crazy Castle series for a
wide variety of video game platforms. An original
Nintendo licensee, Kemco works closely with DC Comics,
Warner Bros. and Universal Studios on ongoing video game
projects. Currently, Kemco’s development teams
are creating games for Nintendo GameCube and Game Boy®
Advance, as well as Sony PlayStation®2 and
Microsoft’s Xbox.
About DC
Comics
DC Comics,
a division of Warner Bros. an AOL Time Warner Company, is
the largest English-language publisher of comics in the
world and home to such iconic characters as Superman,
Batman, Wonder Woman and the Sandman. These DC super
heroes and others have starred in comic books, movies,
television series (both animated and live-action) and
cyberspace, thrilling audiences of all ages for
generations. DC Comics’ Web site is located at
http://www.dccomics.com
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