Giants: Citizen
Kabuto for the PlayStation 2
Digital Mayhem, a
division of Interplay Entertainment Corp.
(NASDAQ: IPLY), announced today that the popular
and critically-acclaimed Action/Adventure PC
game, Giants™: Citizen Kabuto is being
developed for the PlayStation®2 computer
entertainment system. On the PlayStation 2
system, Giants: Citizen Kabuto will take full
advantage of the machine’s high technical
specifications, including its ability to display
massive amounts of polygons. Richly detailed
character models, as well as smooth and more
organic-looking world models will join with
all-new effects to completely transfigure the
already amazing game visuals of Giants: Citizen
Kabuto. The controls and interface will be much
simpler, giving players easy access to the core
fun elements of the game. Giants: Citizen Kabuto
for the PlayStation 2 is scheduled for domestic
shipment to retail in Q2 2001.
The story of
Giants takes place on a planetary formation known
as The Island, where three races find themselves
at odds with one another. The Meccaryns, a team
of beer-drinking cocky aliens, have technological
superiority on their side. The Sea Reapers
possess devastating elemental spells and magical
combat abilities. And then, there’s Kabuto
… a thundering mass of horn and sinew,
Kabuto’s advantage lays in his sheer brute
force.
Thrown in the mix
together, these three warring sides battle each
other as well as the hostile environment of the
Island in a grueling but often humorous struggle
for supremacy and survival. Giants: Citizen
Kabuto has drawn numerous accolades for taking a
new visual direction in 3D gaming. Instead of the
dark, monochromatic interiors that have become
the standard of action game settings, Giants
offers wide-open landscapes to entice and
challenge the player.
The game levels
occur on different island formations situated
within the glittering seas of an amazing 3D
world. These islands sport lush jungles or dark
volcanic rock, while others consist of massive
icebergs and jagged plateaus. To highlight the
stunning visuals of sea and land, the skies over
each island comprise vast strokes of vibrant
cloud formations and a brilliant sun overhead.
All of these environments in Giants: Citizen
Kabuto will amaze PlayStation 2 players with
their deep, rich colors, portraying a natural
world that borders on the supernatural.
Viewing from a
third-person perspective, the player controls
each of the three main characters at different
points in the storyline. Each race has access to
different equipment and abilities as the game
progresses. Just as your powers grow over the
course of the game, so do those of your foes.
Enemies will use projectile weapons, magical
spells, and group tactics in their efforts to
defeat you - and with each one you defeat, new
and greater challenges await you just over the
next hill. Digital Mayhem is a division of
Interplay Productions, created to produce quality
action game software for personal computers and
leading console platforms. Look for more current
and upcoming Digital Mayhem games such as Virtual
Pool 3, MDK2 Armageddon, and Run Like Hell.
Interplay
Entertainment Corp. is a leading developer,
publisher and distributor of interactive
entertainment software for both core gamers and
the mass market. Interplay currently balances its
development efforts by publishing for personal
computers as well as current and next generation
video game consoles. Interplay releases products
through Interplay, Shiny Entertainment, Digital
Mayhem, Black Isle Studios, 14? East, is
distribution partners and its wholly owned
subsidiary Interplay OEM, Inc.
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