Attendees Can Challenge Others in New Multiplayer Modes
at the Buena Vista Games Booth, Number 900 South Hall
BURBANK, Calif., May 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Buena Vista Interactive, a
publishing label of Buena Vista Games, Inc., today announced the unveiling of
its TRON 2.0: Killer App Xbox(TM) Live gameplay at this year's Electronic
Entertainment Expo (E3). Show attendees can battle on the gamegrid in unique
multiplayer gameplay modes and new maps created exclusively for the Xbox(R)
video game system from Microsoft and get hands-on time with the acclaimed TRON
2.0 single-player game playable for Xbox.
Currently in development by Climax's Los Angeles studio, TRON 2.0: Killer
App will feature Xbox Live multiplayer combat specially designed to deliver
gamers a state-of-the-art online multiplayer gaming experience. The game will
support advanced Xbox Live capabilities, including Xbox Live 3.0 features like
MSN Messenger, Xbox Live Aware, matchmaking, player list, per-user data,
content download and more.
TRON 2.0: Killer App allows up to 16 players to battle in 10 all-new maps
and various game modes, including traditional deathmatch, as well as
distinctive TRON gameplay modes, such as overRIDE and squad-based combat.
overRIDE lets players instantly cycle switch from first-person combat to light
cycle and back. Unique to currently available first-person shooter titles,
overRIDE enables light cycles to be used as both a method of transportation
and as a weapon. Additionally, a squad-based team multiplayer mode allows
players to choose from multiple class types that suit individual and team
playing styles. Players can also engage in multiplayer online light cycle and
disc arena battles.
"Building upon the success of TRON 2.0, Buena Vista Interactive aims to
push the limits of the multiplayer gaming experience with TRON 2.0: Killer
App for Xbox," said Bob Picunko, director or marketing form Buena Vista
Interactive. "With its all-new, robust Xbox Live component, Xbox players will
agree that the game offers some of the most innovative, action-packed gameplay
ever created for the online arena."
TRON 2.0: Killer App digitizes players inside the world of a war-ravaged
computer system on the verge of collapse from a seemingly unstoppable army of
corrupt programs lead by the evil "user" Thorne. As Thorne's relentless army
grows, it infects helpless programs, converting them into savage digital
mercenaries aimed at spreading viral agents throughout the system. The
security forces in the system struggle to quarantine the corruption, but they
are hopelessly outnumbered by the mounting army of infected programs. Only a
human "user" inside the computer world can even the odds. Armed with an
arsenal of powerful digital weapons, players face off in epic, action-packed
warfare along side security forces and against legions of horribly mutated
programs as you fight to stop the corruption from spreading and bringing down
computer systems worldwide.
TRON 2.0: Killer App for Xbox is scheduled for release in Fall 2004. For
more information please visit http://www.tronkillerapp.com.
About Buena Vista Interactive
Buena Vista Interactive is an award-winning publishing label of Buena
Vista Games, Inc., the interactive entertainment arm of The Walt Disney
Company's Consumer Products business unit. The label publishes, markets and
distributes a broad portfolio of multi-platform video games based on the
diverse businesses within The Walt Disney Company. The company also licenses
properties and works directly with third-party interactive game publishers to
bring products for all ages to market.
About Climax
Climax was originally founded in 1988 by Karl Jeffery and has since grown
to become one of the world's leading interactive entertainment companies.
Climax has achieved critical worldwide acclaim with award winning titles such
as the MotoGP series, which was published by THQ. The company recently won
the Grand Prix Award -- the most prestigious to be awarded at the Develop
magazine ceremony. Striving to keep at the cutting edge of technological
development within the videogame industry, Climax now has six divisions
worldwide -- Portables, Brighton, Solent, Nottingham and London -- and now LA,
its first U.S. studio. Climax is an active technology and content developer
for the following platforms: PC, Sony PlayStation(R)2, the Xbox(R) video game
system, Nintendo Game Boy(R) Advance and GameCube(TM), Sony PSP and other
handheld platforms. Current projects include Sudeki, a first party Xbox
title, Warhammer Online, a stunning MMORPG, and Project Avalon, which is being
developed for next-generation platforms. The Climax website is located at:
http://www.climaxgroup.com.
About Xbox
Xbox (http://www.xbox.com) is the video game system from Microsoft that
brings people together for the most exhilarating game and entertainment
experiences. Xbox delivers an expansive collection of breakthrough games,
powerful hardware and the unified Xbox Live online service. The new tagline,
"it's good to play together," captures the spirit of Xbox as the social hub of
the new digital entertainment lifestyle. Xbox is now available in North
America, Asia, Europe and Australia.
About Xbox Live
Xbox Live, which launched in the United States Nov. 15, 2002, allows
gamers to play multiplayer Xbox games with other gamers everywhere via a
broadband connection. With a built-in hard drive and Ethernet port, the Xbox
console is the only video game system built from the ground up for online
gaming, negating the need to buy additional, costly peripherals or upgrades.
Xbox Live enables gamers to easily find their friends; talk to other players
during game play through the Xbox Communicator headset; download current
statistics, new levels and characters to their Xbox hard drive; and play
online-all exclusive features to Xbox Live.
Xbox is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United
States and/or other countries.
For further information, please contact: Kehau Rodenhurst, ext. 204, or
Andrea Sausedo, ext. 201, of WONGDOODY Communications, +1-310-285-0181, for
Buena Vista Games, Inc.; or Angela Emery of Buena Vista Games, Inc.,
+1-818-553-3923.
SOURCE Buena Vista Interactive
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http://www.climaxgroup.com http://www.tronkillerapp.com
CONTACT:
Kehau Rodenhurst, ext. 204, or Andrea
Sausedo, ext. 201, of WONGDOODY Communications, +1-310-285-0181,
for Buena Vista Games, Inc.; or Angela Emery of Buena Vista
Games, Inc., +1-818-553-3923
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