Video Gaming News - October 2004
Newport Beach, CA (October 27, 2004) - inXile entertainment today
announced that The Bard’s Tale has shipped for PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
“Official PlayStation Magazine gave The Bard’s Tale 4.5 out of 5 because of ‘the
content, the script and the wit’ and we think gamers are waiting for an
intelligently funny game,” said Brian Fargo, CEO and founder of inXile
entertainment. “I’m 100% confident that in the medieval/top down/action
RPG/musical/comedy genre we will achieve #1 status. And if you are going to buy
a game on October 27th… it will probably be GTA: San Andreas BUT if you are
going to buy two… The Bard’s Tale is the obvious 2nd choice”.
From inXile:
The Bard’s Tale is an action-RPG where the player takes on the role of the
Bard – a sardonic and opportunistic musician and adventurer, driven by carnal
rather than noble pursuits. The Bard, voiced by actor Cary Elwes of “The
Princess Bride” and “Robin Hood: Men in Tights” fame, is not interested in
saving the world, his humble motivations are strictly “coin and cleavage”. A
truly non-linear game, the player chooses the Bard’s responses towards other
characters he encounters with either ‘snarky’ or ‘nice’ dialogue. Each choice
changes the course of events in the game. The action takes place in medieval
times in a land based on the Orkney Islands off the coast of Scotland – the
inspiration for many of the classic fantasy stories. Details and images of the
game are available for viewing at inXile’s website,
www.thebardstale.com.
The Bard’s Tale game carries a suggested retail prices of $49.95 for PlayStation
2 & Xbox and has been rated “T” for Teen by the ESRB with descriptors for blood,
language, suggestive themes, use of alcohol and violence. The Bard’s Tale is
being published by inXile entertainment and distributed by Vivendi Universal
Games (VU Games) in North America. For additional information please go to
www.thebardstale.com.
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