Video Gaming News - September 2005
Santa Monica, CA (September 20, 2005) - Activision today announced
that X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse is now shipping.
From Activision:
The all-new action-role playing game (RPG) allows gamers to create Super Hero
dream teams featuring popular X-Men and classic Brotherhood villains as they
unite for the first time ever to overcome the ultimate evil -- Apocalypse -- and
prevent one of the most devastating attacks ever against mankind. The action
filled saga unfolds through challenging single player missions and
groundbreaking new online multiplayer modes.
X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse is available for the PlayStation 2, Xbox,
and GameCube for a suggested retail price of $49.99 and has been rated “T” (Teen
with mild language and violence) by the ESRB. The PC/CD-ROM version of X-Men
Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse is available for a suggested retail price of
$39.99 and has been rated “T” (Teen with mild language and violence) by the ESRB.
Later this fall, the PSP system version of X-Men Legends: Rise of Apocalypse
will be available for a suggested retail price of $49.99 and rated “T” (Teen
with mild language and violence) by the ESRB.
“X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse is sure to please X-Men fans everywhere
with an original and suspense-filled storyline that teams up the X-Men with the
Brotherhood villains for the first time ever,” said Will Kassoy, vice president
of global brand management, Activision, Inc. “The diversity gives players an
unprecedented arsenal of super powers to employ as they battle an amazing array
of enemies in exotic locales in single-player mode or online multiplayer modes
with gamers around the world.”
“Marvel couldn’t be more pleased with this latest installment in the X-Men
Legends franchise,” said Ames Kirshen, Vice President of Interactiv, Marvel
Entertainment, Inc. “With a truly epic X-Men story, a ton of new playable
characters, larger gameplay environments, increased customization features and
most importantly the addition of online play, this truly is the deepest X-Men
game ever.”
In X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse, players create, customize and control
teams of four mutants from 16 all-time favorite X-Men and classic Brotherhood
villains from the Marvel Universe. With the X-Men and Brotherhood fighting
side-by-side for the first time, players switch instantly between teammates
wielding many more super powers and skills than X-Men Legends, as they overcome
obstacles, solve puzzles and defeat more than 100 types of enemies including
Lady Deathstrike and the notorious Four Horsemen of Apocalypse. Delivering
significant gameplay enhancements over the first title, X-Men Legends II: Rise
of Apocalypse challenges players to explore immense, destructible environments
set in classic X-Men locations like Genosha and the Infinite Factory, and exotic
worldly locales like Egypt and the Savage Lands in both single player and, for
the first time ever, online multiplayer action including six multiplayer
skirmish modes that offer head-to-head action, fierce battles against enemies,
exclusive online content and more .
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