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Interplay Presents A Giant For The PlayStation®2!
(Digital Mayhem Prepares to Unleash Critically-Acclaimed Giants On the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system!)
IRVINE, California, December 18th, 2000 - 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. For more information on Digital Mayhem or Giants: Citizen Kabuto, please visit the Giants website at www.interplay.com/giants/index.html
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. More comprehensive information on Interplay and its products is available through its worldwide web site at http://www.interplay.com. For investor relations’ inquiries, please contact Patrick Sutton (pat@liolios.com) or Christopher Rosgen (chris@liolios.com <mailto:chris@liolios.com>) at Liolios Group, Inc. (949) 574-3860.
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