Video Gaming News - May 2005
San Francisco, CA (May 12, 2005) - Eidos today announced Free Running,
developed by Core Design, Free Running will be released worldwide for the PSP in
Fall 2005.
From Eidos:
Parkour, the art of movement, is less a sport and more a way of life. Its
participants, known as Free Runners or Traceurs, view the environment and its
obstacles, urban or natural, as a series of challenges to be overcome. To the
Traceurs, parkour has a philosophical appeal: they feel transformed by the
experience, free from the grind of city life. Since its inception in Paris
during the mid-1980s, it has spread across the globe and now has an
international army of exponents and enthusiasts.
In Free Running, the concrete jungle becomes your urban playground as you run,
vault, jump or climb over obstacles in the most fluid and flowing manner
possible. Test the boundaries of human ability as you perform death-defying
leaps and jaw-dropping trips across inner-city rooftops. To be crowned King of
Parkour, you must master over 50 moves, tricks and stunts including Kong Vaults,
Pharaoh Climbs, Rail Split Vaults and Vertical Wall Runs in a variety of game
modes while racing against human or computer-controlled competitors.
Free Running has been developed in association with Sebastien Foucan, one of the
French founders of the movement, and the UK’s foremost Parkour collection, Urban
Freeflow. To aid your progress, Sébastien appears in the game as your mentor,
teaching you new moves and tricks. Members of Urban Freeflow also make an
appearance as unlockable playable characters.
Matt Sansom, executive producer at Core Design says,"After seeing these guys
perform their amazing moves, we just knew we had to make it into a game. Working
with Sébastien, Urban Freeflow and the other traceurs has been an amazing
experience and hopefully people will feel the same buzz when playing the game.
Free Running offers authentic, intense excitement which is true to the spirit
and art of parkour."
Visit the Free Running official website here:
www.freerunninggame.com
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