Gaming News - March 2007
Burbank, CA (March 20, 2007) - Codemasters today announced HEI$T for
PC and next-gen consoles.
From Codemasters:
HEI$T allows gamers to become the leader of a group of renegade criminals as
they rob and steal their way throughout San Francisco, all the while their sites
set on the big score – the Mint. It’s 1969, the summer of love in San
Francisco. Enter Johnny Sutton, fresh out of jail and a descendant from a long
line of big-time thieves, including his father who was gunned down during a job
some years back. Playing as Johnny, and together with his Uncle Sal and
reunited crew, players are set to pull off dozens of heists that will inevitably
make a name for him as the greatest bank robber of all time.
HEI$T is more than just a game about cops and robbers. In addition to robbing
banks, each with their own specific set of security precautions, players will be
highly motivated to pull off other jobs, including knocking off bars,
restaurants, strip clubs, armored cars, and more in order to acquire bigger and
better tools needed to penetrate increasingly more difficult banks.
And what great bank robbery is even worth while without ending in a hot pursuit
police chase that endangers lives at every turn? After each hit, HEI$T will
challenge players to make a quick getaway, speeding and screeching through the
streets of San Francisco as the cops trail inches behind. The fuzz will do
everything within their means to stop gamers from making the great escape; they
will bump and ram, form barricades, and attempt to force PIT maneuvers to spin
the getaway vehicle out of control – always trying to keep civilian losses to a
minimum of course.
“We designed HEI$T so that players feel like a part of the best robberies and
car chases from classic movies,” states Maxx Kaufman, Creative Director at
inXile Entertainment. “Everything from the different types of jobs to pull and
the reckless pursuits by the police through the streets of San Francisco, to the
sarcastic banter back and forth between the members of the crew gives HEI$T the
action and style of the great attitude and rock-driven films of the 60’s.”
For more information on HEI$T, be sure to visit the official website and sign up
for the crew online at:
www.codemasters.com/heist .
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