``Dead to Rights'' Starring Jack Slate Premieres on Xbox at E3.Business/Entertainment Editors & Video Game Writers NOTE TO MEDIA: Photo is available in a Smart News Release(TM) on Business Wire's Home Page at www.businesswire.com and at www.newstream.com E3Expo 2002 SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 21, 2002 Namco Hometek Inc.: Namco Hometek Inc. Combines Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. Action Movie Excitement with the Intense Drama of Crime Thrillers and Classic Film Noir film noir (French; “dark film”) Film genre that offers dark or fatalistic interpretations of reality. The term is applied to U.S. films of the late 1940s and early '50s that often portrayed a seamy or criminal underworld and cynical characters. Style to Create a New "Action Noir" Game Genre; "For Mature Audiences Only"; at Namco's E3 Booth #1124 in the South Hall Namco Hometek Inc.'s highly anticipated "Dead to Rights(TM)" is scheduled to launch for the Xbox(TM) video game system from Microsoft in the U.S. in Q3. Inspired by Hong Kong action movies, classic film noir style and hardboiled detective novels, "Dead to Rights" stars Action Noir hero, Jack Slate, a good cop in a bad city, forced to be a fugitive as he fights for his life and searches for his father's killers. Namco producers were committed to bring the elements that define action movies and physically implement them into video game play. The result is a supercharged su·per·charge tr.v. su·per·charged, su·per·charg·ing, su·per·charg·es 1. To increase the power of (an engine, for example), as by fitting with a supercharger. 2. action crime thriller with a thick plot, devoted hero and hours of engulfing game play. "We wanted to create a video game like no other, infusing elements from our favorite movies and allowing players to make discoveries each time they play," said Andre Emerson, Namco senior producer. "`Dead to Rights' was designed with great depth and detail, and the result is an intense and adult experience that can't really be described within existing game genres." The story takes place in Grant City, USA, a once bustling gold-mining town turned corrupt -- "the hardest place on Earth." Jack Slate, a Grant City cop, arrives at a murder scene to discover that his father, private investigator and former cop Frank Slate, is the victim. As Jack begins the dangerous and labyrinthine lab·y·rin·thine adj. Of, relating to, resembling, or constituting a labyrinth. labyrinthine pertaining to or emanating from a labyrinth. task of finding his father's killer, he is framed for another murder. The twisting plot, seedy citizens of Grant City and high adrenaline action leave players wanting more. "Dead to Rights" features more than a dozen game mechanics including diving, rolling, punching, kicking, and lethally disarming enemies in a variety of cinematic ways. Jack's canine partner (a Husky named Shadow) lives up to the name "man's best friend," helping Jack investigate crime scenes, sniff out bombs, retrieve weapons and attack enemies. Unique game play scenarios, mini-games and stop motion special effects special effects, in motion pictures, cinematographic techniques that create illusions in the audience's minds as well as the illusions created using these techniques. add to the action. When conceptualizing the game, Namco producers knew they wanted something that had not been explored before in the gaming world. They created an inspiration reel of their favorite films to bring their influences and the vision of "Dead to Rights" to life for executives at Namco headquarters in Japan. Once the project was given the green light, Namco approached making the game like producing a movie, first enlisting screenwriter Flint Dille ("G. I. Joe" television show and "Transformers" television show and movie) to develop the plot and deliver the working script. For music, they recruited movie composer Kevin Manthei whose credits include "Resident Evil" and "Scary Movie 2." For realistic sound effects sound effects Noun, pl sounds artificially produced to make a play, esp. a radio play, more realistic sound effects npl → efectos mpl sonoros and design, GDH GDH Glucose Dehydrogenase GDH Group Diffie-Hellman GDH Gonzo Digimation Holdings (Tokyo, Japan marketing company) GDH Gas Ducted Heating (Australian property sales) GDH Ground Data Handling Digital ("Star Trek  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. Babylon 5") and Weddington Productions ("Raiders of the Lost Ark," "Robocop") were brought in. Smashcut ("The Matrix," "Fight Club") was hired for motion capture effects and stunts. "Dead to Rights" has been in development for over two years, with a production team of more than 50 artists, designers and programmers. This team, constituting Namco's biggest U.S.-developed project to date, is passionate about proving that movie-quality action, a compelling storyline and an appealing hero can be made interactive in a mature video game. The graphics and characters are given depth and realism on the Xbox platform by employing advanced graphics technology called bump-mapping pixel shading. Additionally, players will feel like they're in a movie theatre with Dolby Digital A digital audio encoding system from Dolby used in movie and home theaters. First used in 1995, Dolby Digital employs Dolby's AC-3 (Audio Coding-3) coding and compression technology and is the standard for DVD-Video and HDTV. 5. sound effects and the option of a 16:9 anamorphic See anamorphic lens and anamorphic DVD. wide screen support which gives the look of a movie screen -- wide screen with black bars at the top and bottom. About Namco Hometek Inc. Namco Hometek Inc. is the U.S. consumer division of Namco Limited, a Tokyo-based world leader in the high-tech entertainment industry. Committed to providing the ultimate entertainment experience, Namco uses cutting-edge technology and advanced electronics to take their theme parks, arcades, and home video games See video game console. far beyond traditional entertainment. About Xbox Xbox (www.xbox.com) is Microsoft's future-generation video game system that delivers the most powerful games experiences ever. Xbox empowers game artists by giving them the technology to fulfill their creative visions as never before, creating games that blur the lines between fantasy and reality. Xbox is now available in North America, Japan, Europe and Australia. Xbox is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Note: A Photo is available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. 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