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WB Online Orders 30 New Installments Of Multipath Superman

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Warner Bros. Online has ordered an additional 30 Webisodes of the 3D animated THE MULTIPATH ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN from producer Brilliant Digital Entertainment. The new installments will debut this fall, lifting the total number of Webisodes in the series to 75. In addition to SUPERMAN, WB.com airs Brilliant Digital's XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS, CHOOSE YOUR OWN NIGHTMARE and starting this fall, selected animated music videos from such musical artists as Ja Rule, Ludacris, Redman and Lady Luck. Brilliant Digital president Kevin Bermeister said, "Warner Bros.

TDK Mediactive Announces Shrek Kart Title For Game Boy Advance

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TDK Mediactive Inc., a global publisher of entertainment software, has announced they’ve begun development on a new title for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance system based on the mega-hit DreamWorks film, SHREK. The title, scheduled for a spring 2002 release, will feature characters from the movie in a kart race. "The response to SHREK both as a feature film and video game has been tremendous," said Vincent Bitetti, chief executive officer of TDK Mediactive.

Novalogic Announces Comanche 4

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Computer developer and publisher NovaLogic Inc. has announced the upcoming release of the highly anticipated fourth installment of the COMANCHE series, based on the U.S. Army's next-generation armed reconnaissance helicopter -- the RAH-66 by Boeing-Sikorsky. COMANCHE 4 is scheduled to hit stores in late 2001. The game allows players to become a Comanche pilot. The helicopter's versatility in reconnaissance, ground attack and air combat roles will be emphasized in the game's all-new missions.

Daz Productions Completes A New Breed Of Animation

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DAZ Productions, a 3D figure development studio, has announced the completion for their new animated short A NEW BREED. The 30-second action short was made to highlight the power and versatility of "stock" DAZ models when combined with the tools of Lightwave. The short uses DAZ's Michael and Victoria characters. The short is meant to highlight DAZ's many completed figures, which can save time and provide animators with a limitless number of body and facial types through the use of morph targets.

Activision & Fox Push World's Scariest Police Chases Video Game

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To support the release of its new video game WORLD'S SCARIEST POLICE CHASES for PlayStation, Activision and Fox Interactive are launching a multi-million dollar promotional campaign that includes a sweepstakes with a Grand Prize giveaway package worth more than US$50,000. Fans of the game can enter to become a Grand Prize winner of a racing caliber AEM Intercept -- Honda Civic SI, valued at more than $40,000, along with a trip for two to Frank Hawley's Drag Racing School.

Thequality.Com Uses B3d To Create Multilingual Movie

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thequality.com, an interactive media production company that creates cross-cultural entertainment, has announced the launch of Europe's first multilingual online 3D movie. Launched on June 25, 2001, HORSES FOR COURSES went live in English, French and Spanish. The fractured fairy-tale has a mythical creature coming face-to-face with the modern world. The film was written in-house and produced using Brilliant Digital Entertainment's streaming 3d animation format, b3d.

Aspyr Releases Tomb Raider For Mac

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Aspyr Media Inc., in partnership with Eidos Interactive Inc., has shipped TOMB RAIDER: CHRONICLES for the Macintosh. The game takes place at a memorial service for Lara Croft -- her body still not found. It offers insight into Lara Croft's mysterious past, featuring four untold adventures, which take our heroine to the city of Rome, a German U-boat, a small Irish Island and a hi-tech tower block. New features include tightrope walking, parallel bar swinging and a hand-to-hand stealth attack.

WB Online Launches New Webisodes Of Steppenwolf

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WB.com has launched the first of eight all-new installments of the highly popular STEPPENWOLF: THE X-CREATURES PROJECT Web series. Additionally, the original eight installments, which launched on Warner Bros. Online in April 2001, are now available at Netscape.com. The new Webisodes will debut every three weeks on WarnerBros.com, while the first-story-arc installments roll out biweekly on Netscape. The series sends a group of adventures into the deep jungle in search of the x-creatures.

Latest Lara Croft Game Boy Color Adventure Released

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Coinciding with the theatrical release of Lara Croft’s film debut, Activision, Inc. has launched TOMB RAIDER: CURSE OF THE SWORD for Game Boy Color the week of June 25, 2001. “TOMB RAIDER is undeniably one of the hottest properties in interactive entertainment today,” stated Kathy Vrabeck, executive vice president, Activision Global Publishing and Brand Management.

AOL To Offer Exclusive Premiere Of New Harry Potter Trailer

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In celebration of HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE’s leap from the book to the big screen, America Online will offer an exclusive premiere of the film’s new trailer on Wednesday, June 27, two days before it debuts in theaters on Friday, June 29, 2001. AOL members can view the trailer at AOL (keyword: Harry Potter) or via AOL PLUS, the enhanced multimedia content sevice for members who sign on to the AOL service through a broadband connection. Based on the first of J.K.