Video Gaming News - April 2005
Santa Monica, CA (April 14, 2005) - Activision today announced that
four different bands have written and recorded original tracks specifically for
the lead characters in a video game. The songs will debut in four
character-specific trailers that will be released online in April and May, and
will be included as unlockable bonus content in Activision’s upcoming Fantastic
Four game, which is slated to ship this summer.
From Activision:
The songs echo the distinctive personalities and special powers of each of
the Fantastic Four Super Heroes. Chart topping modern rock band, Taking Back
Sunday, lead the team with “Error Operator” for Mr. Fantastic; hip-hop veterans,
Jurassic 5, rock out “Clobberin’ Time” for The Thing; punk-rock up-and-comers,
The Explosion, light up “I’m on Fire” for The Human Torch; and all-girl punkers,
Go Betty Go, blast out the cerebral tour de force “Everywhere” for The Invisible
Woman.
“Creating four unique character-driven songs and music video-like trailers is a
whole new approach at integrating music into games,” said Tim Riley, worldwide
executive of music, Activision, Inc. “This project underscores our strategy to
use artists that are aligned with the content and feel of our titles, further
enhancing the overall sensory experience for players. The Fantastic Four game
also will feature the signature musical theme from the film’s score, which was
composed by John Ottman, whose credits include X2: X-Men United and The Usual
Suspects.”
This is the only game based on Twentieth Century Fox’s upcoming feature film.
Fantastic Four game players will be able to harness the Marvel Super Heroes’
unique and amazing powers through a compelling single-player or two-player
co-operative team based gameplay experience. Authored by Zak Penn, who co-wrote
the story for X2, the game follows the Fantastic Four film’s storyline and
expands the adventures by letting players stretch, control fire and use
invisibility and brute force to defeat evil Super Villains in new environments
and familiar comic book locales. Challenged to master the individual powers of
each Super Hero and combine them to level even more devastating attacks, players
must battle some of Marvel’s most notorious Super Villains, including, the
ultimate evil – Doctor Doom -- to save the human race from disaster.
Fantastic Four is being developed by Seven Studios for the PlayStation 2
computer entertainment system, Xbox video game system from Microsoft and the
Nintendo GameCube. The PC version is being developed by Beenox Studios and Torus
Games is developing Fantastic Four for the Game Boy Advance.
The PC and console games are rated "T" (Teen - with mild language and violence)
by the ESRB and the Game Boy Advance title is rated "E-10+" for (Everyone 10 and
older with violence).
Fantastic Four opens in theaters nationwide on July 8th.
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