Activision Inc.'s FANTASTIC 4 videogame is now available in retail stores nationwide. Based on Twentieth Century Fox's highly anticipated FANTASTIC 4 feature film, the team-based action adventure game lets players take on the role of Marvel superheroes, Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic, Sue Storm/The Invisible Woman, Johnny Storm/The Human Torch and Ben Grimm/The Thing to overcome the evil Doctor Doom.
"FANTASTIC 4 lets gamers relive the action and excitement of one of the summer's most anticipated films, from the plot to the locations to the actors," said Kathy Vrabeck, president, Activision Publishing. "Players also experience more than the film in a completely original storyline that expands the superheroes' universe through exclusive game missions and environments."
Co-written by Zak Penn, who co-wrote the story for X2 and is co-writing the screenplay for the upcoming X3, FANTASTIC 4 lets players defeat enemies and overcome obstacles in team-based combat and two-player co-op mode. Gamers control all four team members and can switch between characters to wreak havoc in a variety of destructible environments inspired by popular comic book locales. Players take on the following roles:* Mr. Fantastic Fans use brainpower to hack computers, override security systems and outsmart their enemies as they deliver stretch attacks from a distance, squeeze into tight spaces and go where no one else can.* The Invisible Woman Players become invisible and perform stealth moves with ninja like speed or immobilize enemies using force fields created through telekinetic powers.* The Human Torch Gamers create walls of fire, level super nova fireballs or shoot flames from their fingertips to ward off enemies.* The Thing Fans use brute force to pick up heavy objects, tear them apart and savagely obliterate foes.
FANTASTIC 4 for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and the Nintendo GameCube was developed by Seven Studios, the PC version was developed by Beenox and FANTASTIC 4 for the Game Boy Advance was developed by Torus Games. The console SKUs and PC game have been rated "T" (Teen -- with mild language and violence) by the ESRB, and the Game Boy Advance version has been rated "E-10+" (Everyone 10 and older -- with animated violence).
With a library of more than 5,000 proprietary characters, Marvel Enterprises Inc. is one of the world's most prominent character-based entertainment companies. Marvel's operations are focused in four areas: entertainment (Marvel Studios), licensing, publishing and toys. Marvel facilitates the creation of entertainment projects, including feature films, DVD/home video, videogames and television based on its characters and also licenses its characters for use in a wide range of consumer products and services including apparel, toys, collectibles, snack foods and promotions.
One of the world's largest producers and distributors of motion pictures, Fox Filmed Ent. produces, acquires and distributes motion pictures throughout the world. These motion pictures are produced or acquired by the following units of FFE: Twentieth Century Fox, Fox 2000, Fox Searchlight Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox Animation.
Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision Inc. is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and leisure products. Founded in 1979, Activision posted net revenues of $1.4 billion for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005. Activision maintains operations in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Australia, Scandinavia, Spain and the Netherlands. More information about Activision and its products can be found at www.activision.com.
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