Gaming News - September 2005
Santa Monica, CA (September 22, 2005) - Activision today announced
that Ultimate Spider-Man is now in stores.
“Using Treyarch’s amazing technological and artistic capabilities, Ultimate
Spider-Man lets gamers play both sides, as Super Hero and Super Villain, in an
authentic living, breathing comic book universe,” said Will Kassoy, vice
president of global brand management, Activision, Inc. “With an original story,
gigantic cast of characters and truly unique visual presentation, Ultimate
Spider-Man is poised to be the most immersive Spider-Man video game experience
to date.”
“Marvel is very excited at the launch of Ultimate Spider-Man,” said Ames Kirshen,
vice president of interactive, Marvel Entertainment, Inc. “With Treyarch’s
expertise working on Spider-Man games for over 5 years, the amazing new look
that their 3D Inking technology gives to this title, coupled with the hands on
involvement of Marvel writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Mark Bagley,
Ultimate Spider-Man takes the Spider-Man game franchise to a whole new level.”
From Activision:
Set in a massive free roaming New York City environment, console gamers are
propelled into a virtual comic book world through interactive motion graphics
panels and 3D Comic Inking Technology that bring to life an original storyline
written and illustrated by the creative team behind Marvel’s best-selling
“Ultimate Spider-Man” series.
Ultimate Spider-Man is available for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube for a
suggested retail price of $49.99. The PC/CD-ROM version of Ultimate Spider-Man
is now available for a suggested retail price of $29.99. The Nintendo DS version
of Ultimate Spider-Man is now available for a suggested retail price of $39.99.
The Game Boy Advance version of Ultimate Spider-Man is now available for a
suggested retail price of $29.99.
Pick up where the comic books left off, in an all-new story exclusive to the
game penned by Brian Michael Bendis, the comic book’s co-creator and writer,
with character illustrations by comic book pencil artist, Mark Bagley. As the
young Spider-Man, gamers play using Spider-Man’s fluid, acrobatic moves to
triumph over evil or play as his menacing nemesis, Venom, using brute force to
destroy everything in their path. With a huge variety of demanding missions,
diverse gameplay and a new combat system that allows players to face off against
the largest number of interactive characters from the Marvel universe ever
assembled in a Spider-Man game, Ultimate Spider-Man delivers the most in-depth
Spider-Man adventure yet.
Ultimate Spider-Man was developed for the PlayStation 2, the Xbox, and GameCube
by Treyarch, for the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS by Vicarious Visions and
for the PC by Beenox Studio.
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