Activision Rings in the Holiday Season With Video Games for the Entire Family
November 20 2003 - 4:49AM
PR Newswire (US)
Activision Rings in the Holiday Season With Video Games for the
Entire Family Tony Hawk's Underground, Disney's Extreme Skate
Adventure, True Crime(TM): Streets of L.A.(TM) Top Wish Lists
Worldwide SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Activision, Inc. is shining a spotlight on the 2003 holiday season
with a comprehensive lineup of games for the entire family. The
slate includes film inspired titles such as Disney's Extreme Skate
Adventure, groundbreaking action sports games like Tony Hawk's
Underground, titles targeted toward the action gamer including True
Crime(TM): Streets of L.A.(TM) and Call of Duty(TM), as well as a
historical real-time strategy game of epic scope and breadth,
Empires: Dawn of the Modern World(TM). "This holiday season,
Activision will showcase a strong lineup of high-quality games that
includes both original titles and games based on high-profile
Hollywood licenses," states Kathy Vrabeck, executive vice president
of global publishing and brand management for Activision. "Spanning
multiple gaming genres and hardware platforms, our diverse holiday
slate will offer hours of fun to both enthusiast and casual gamers
around the world." The company's holiday lineup includes: Call of
Duty -- Nominated for both "Best Action Game" and "Best PC Game,"
as well as featured in more than one-half dozen computer and video
game magazines' "best of" lists following this year's Electronic
Entertainment Expo 2003, Call of Duty allows gamers to experience
the cinematic intensity and chaos of battle, through the eyes of
ordinary soldiers fighting together, in this gritty and epic WWII
first-person action game. As different soldiers from multiple sides
of the Allied forces, players join their squads to take on missions
as a U.S. paratrooper, then a British commando and finally a
Russian infantryman, all in the pursuit of toppling the evil
aspirations of Nazi Germany. Call of Duty features explosive, epic
battlefield confrontations taking the heart-pumping action from the
Russian Front to the American assault on D-Day and other historic
European battles, all the way to the siege of Berlin. The game is
being developed for the PC by Infinity Ward, a newly formed studio
composed of 22 of the individuals who developed the critically
acclaimed, best selling title Medal of Honor(R) Allied Assault, and
has been rated "T" (for "Teen") by the ESRB. Disney's Extreme Skate
Adventure -- Skate through the large and imaginative worlds of Walt
Disney Pictures' presentation of a Pixar Animation Studios' film
"Toy Story 2," Disney's "Tarzan(R)" and Disney's "The Lion King"
along with the most memorable characters from each film. Using
cutting-edge technology from Activision's Tony Hawk's Pro Skater(R)
4 game engine, Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure lets players
perform fun and unique skating tricks as their favorite movie
characters, "Extreme Skate Crew" member or unique Create-A-Skater
creations. Both "Extreme Skate Crew" members and Create-A-Skater
characters can skate through real world locales, as well as be
magically transported to environments from the films where they
skate on bamboo rafts, frying pans and hover-boards, solving
puzzles as they go. The game is being developed by Toys for Bob for
the PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox(R)
video game system from Microsoft, Nintendo GameCube(TM) and by
Vicarious Visions(R) for the Game Boy(R) Advance. The title has
been rated "E" (for "Everyone") by the ESRB. Empires: Dawn of the
Modern World -- For the first time in a historically based
real-time strategy game, players can command completely unique,
historically based civilizations in a bid to dominate the world. In
a game that spans from the Medieval Age to World War II, players
forge mighty empires with their chosen nation taking advantage of
the unique civilizations, units such as Tiger Tanks, Storm
Troopers, Spitfires, and stealthy submarines and combat strategies
over land, sea and air. The game is being developed for the PC by
designer Rick Goodman and Stainless Steel Studios, Inc. and has
been rated "T" (for "Teen") by the ESRB. Tony Hawk's Underground --
Crowned the "Best Sports Game" at the Electronic Entertainment Expo
2003, the highly anticipated Tony Hawk's Underground is a totally
new breed of the Tony Hawk experience. Delivering innovative new
features, this time it's all about the player -- complete
challenges and unveil the plot-twisting, true-to-life story that
takes a player from unknown local skate punk to fame and fortune as
the most popular skater in the world. Along the way, gamers will
get off their boards and explore expansive new levels on foot or in
vehicles. From putting their own faces into the game to inventing
their own tricks and challenging their friends with unique
player-created goals, this will be the most customizable console
game ever made. In this game, there are no rules...it's all about
the underground. The game, developed by Neversoft Entertainment,
will be available on PlayStation 2, Xbox and Nintendo GameCube and
has been rated "T" (for "Teen") by the ESRB. The Game Boy Advance
version, developed by Vicarious Visions, Inc., has been rated "E"
(for "Everyone") by the ESRB. True Crime(TM): Streets of L.A.(TM)
-- FHM magazine raves, "Vice City fans take note: True Crime has
faster cars, snazzier graphics (and) kung-fu craziness..." True
Crime: Streets of L.A. has gamers assume the role of rogue Elite
Operations Division operative Nick Kang, a no-holds-barred badass,
whose brutal reputation and lethal skills have landed him the nasty
task of taking down the Chinese Triad and Russian Mafia cartel that
has turned the City of Angels into a war zone. Take part in
explosive gun battles with double fisted firepower, devastating
martial arts brawls, and high-speed shootouts across 240 square
miles of accurately recreated L.A. In car or on-foot, the unique
branching missions include locating hostile witnesses, infiltrating
criminal-infested locations, taking out evasive informants and
busting the heavily armed and deadly bad guys. The game is being
developed by Luxoflux for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and Nintendo
GameCube and has been rated "M" (for "Mature") by the ESRB. About
Disney Interactive Disney Interactive is the award-winning
publishing label of Buena Vista Games, Inc. The label produces high
quality children's and family-oriented interactive video games and
CD-ROMs based on Disney properties. Buena Vista Games, Inc. is the
interactive entertainment arm of The Walt Disney Company's Consumer
Products business unit. For more information on Disney
Interactive's products, visit http://www.disneyinteractive.com/ .
About Pixar Animation Studios Pixar Animation Studios
(NASDAQ:PIXRNASDAQ:http://www.pixar.com) combines creative and
technical artistry to create original stories in the medium of
computer animation. Pixar has created five of the most successful
and beloved animated films of all time: Academy Award(R)-winning
Toy Story (1995); A Bug's Life (1998); Golden Globe-winner Toy
Story 2 (1999); the Academy Award(R)-winning Monsters, Inc. (2001);
and Finding Nemo (2003). Pixar's five films have earned more than
$2.1 billion at the worldwide box office to date. The Northern
California studio's next two film releases are The Incredibles
(November 5, 2004) and Cars (holiday 2005). Pixar's films are
released by Walt Disney Pictures. About Activision, Inc.
Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision, Inc. is a
leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of
interactive entertainment and leisure products. Founded in 1979,
Activision posted net revenues of $864 million for the fiscal year
ended March 31, 2003. Activision maintains operations in the U.S.,
Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan, Australia,
Scandinavia and the Netherlands. More information about Activision
and its products can be found on the company's World Wide Web site,
which is located at http://www.activision.com/ . The statements
contained in this release that are not historical facts are
"forward-looking statements." The Company cautions readers of this
press release that a number of important factors could cause
Activision's actual future results to differ materially from those
expressed in any such forward-looking statements. These important
factors, and other factors that could affect Activision, are
described in Activision's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended March 31, 2003, which was filed with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission. Readers of this press release
are referred to such filings. Disney's The Lion King: (c) Disney.
Disney's Tarzan (TM): Copyright (c) 2003 Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.
and Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Tarzan (TM) Owned
by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. and Used by Permission. Toy Story
& Beyond (C)Disney/Pixar. WALT DISNEY PICTURES PRESENTS A PIXAR
ANIMATION STUDIOS FILM. Tony Hawk is a trademark of Tony Hawk.
Distributed and published by Activision, Inc. Activision and Pro
Skater are registered trademarks of Activision, Inc. and its
affiliates.ADE IN JAPAN Xbox is a registered trademark of Microsoft
Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. TM, (R),
Game Boy Advance and the Nintendo GameCube are trademarks of
Nintendo. Activision is a registered trademark of Activision, Inc.
and its affiliates. All other trademarks and trade names are the
property of their respective owners. DATASOURCE: Activision, Inc.
CONTACT: Jill Hara, +1-310-559-7746, , for Activision, Inc.; or
Michelle Nino Schroder, Director, Corp. Communications of
Activision, Inc., +1-310-255-2508, Web site: http://www.pixar.com/
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