Video Gaming News - April 2004
Los Angeles, CA (April 21, 2004) - Atari today announced that
Godzilla: Save the Earth will be shipping this fall for the PlayStation 2 and
Xbox.
From Atari:
Based on the classic character movie license from Toho Co., Ltd., Godzilla:
Save the Earth will faithfully recreate the look and feel of the gargantuan film
legend and take the fighting element of Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee -
Atari's smash fighting game which originally shipped in 2002 -- to the next
level with an all new Action Mode and online multiplayer fighting. Godzilla:
Save the Earth is expected to be available Fall 2004 on the PlayStation2
computer entertainment system and Xbox(tm) video game system from Microsoft.
"Godzilla: Save the Earth combines the epic scope that is the hallmark of the
landmark movies with an amazing single-player Action Mode to create the
definitive adventure fighting game on any system," said Peter Wyse, executive
producer at Atari. "With more monsters, more cities and more radioactive monster
bashing, Godzilla fans won't believe the authenticity, while fighting and
adventure gamers will have a unique experience with one of the best known film
legends in the world!"
Players will have nine game modes to choose from, including Action, the
mission-based single-player game; Challenges, a series of single-player
challenges to complete; Custom, where players can set the parameters of a fight;
Versus, the classic one-on-one melee battle; and many more. The game also
includes mini games, including rail-type arcade sequences.
In the single-player game, G-Force scientists have cracked Godzilla's genetic
code from samples obtained during the Vortaak invasion. Scientists have refined
the code to grow super-enriched "Godzilla-Matter" -- a virtually indestructible
substance with the exact physical properties as Godzilla's radioactive back
spikes. The Vortaak learn of the Godzilla Matter and strike Monster Island in an
attempt to steal G-Cells and seize control of Earth's monsters. As Godzilla, the
player awakens and fights to stop the UFOs from stealing G-Cells, and to free
his fellow monsters from captivity. Throughout the game's missions, Vorticia
sends waves of monsters, UFOs, mind-controlled military and earth-threatening
devices at Godzilla, who must fight to defeat the enemies and find the hidden
G-Cells before the UFOs can steal them.
The epic battle for Earth will range across the globe in more than a dozen
massive, destructible city environments, including San Francisco, Los Angeles,
Tokyo, Osaka and New York. Environments have been enhanced and enlarged,
featuring hills, oceans, harbors and mountains. All structures in the game have
advanced destruction mechanics, enabling them to be partially damaged or
completely destroyed through multiple impacts. Striking larger buildings will
produce dynamically generated gouges that expose the internal skeletal structure
before they eventually crumble to the ground.
Both the PlayStation2 and Xbox versions will feature a variety of online
multiplayer options for up to four players where gamers can smash, bash and
trash opposing monsters and cities in gargantuan online melees. Player will be
able to go head-to-head, three- or four-player free-for-all, or team up for
two-on-two combat.
Godzilla will face off against more than 18 classic Toho movie monsters, each
carefully designed to recreate the authentic film look and feel. Monsters
include Godzilla 2000 and 90s, King Ghidorah, Gigan, Mothra, SpaceGodzilla,
Biollante and many more.
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