Scary. And just in time for Halloween.
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse(tm) Website Rides On Halloween
3DO's Upcoming Horror Adventure Game Featured on New Site,
www.4horsemen-game.com
SEVENTH LAYER, HELL (October 31, 2002) - Just in time for All Hallow's Eve,
The 3DO Company (Nasdaq: THDO) has launched a website for their upcoming
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse videogame. The dark and stormy site
includes all of the latest information about the highly anticipated horror
adventure and initial details about the first of the game's Horsemen.
3DO plans to announce the game's remaining Horsemen on the site before the
game ships in Fall of 2003.
About The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
A dark adventure, The Four Horsemen of Apocalypse combines hand-to-hand,
sword, and projectile combat with fantastic abilities to create a surreal
cinematic experience. The game utilizes the expertise of celebrated artists
Simon Bisley and Dave DeVries with the voice talents of Tim Curry (The Hunt
for Red October, Charlie's Angels, The Three Musketeers), Lance Henriksen
(The Right Stuff, Aliens, Millennium) and cult film star Traci Lords
(Melrose Place, Profiler, First Wave).
The game is set in the present day, as the archangel Abaddon faces
possessed zealots, demons, and the daunting powers of the four Horsemen:
Pestilence, War, Famine and Death. As Abaddon, the player must also find
three "Chosen" and combine their untapped powers in time to save the world
from destruction. It won't be easy - God's Chosen are flawed mortals: a
prostitute, a serial killer and a corrupt politician.
The story unfolds via in-game cinematics and "graphic novel" sequences by
Bisley. These graphic novel images are displayed on-screen complete with
animations, voices and sound effects, bringing his work to life and
immersing the player in the dark underworld of Hell's emissaries.
Features of the game include:
* Incredible gore and destruction effects including dismemberment,
realistic and dynamic exit wounds through objects and people, morph
animations, melting, and blood splatters.
* Diverse weaponry lends itself to spectacular cinematic violence - swords
for melee combat, automatic weapons, projectiles for ranged combat, and
magic (slow time).
* Mature content with adult themes and extreme violence.
* Stunning deaths (finishing moves) and Hollywood-style combat moves
choreographed and performed by the Smashcut Action Team (The Matrix 1-3,
Fight Club, The Crow).
* More than 18 levels of photo-realistic play that sweep players through
gothic environments, the post-apocalypse of World War III, and the depths
of Hell itself.
