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AWE Games and THQ to Develop Games Using Intrinsic Alchemy; 3rd Person Vehicular/Fighting Game with Robust Features To Be Available on PS2 and GameCube Winter 2003.


Business Editors/High-Tech & Entertainment Writers

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 6, 2002

Intrinsic Graphics(R), Inc., the developer of the innovative Intrinsic Alchemy(R) game development platform, announced today that AWE Games is using Intrinsic Alchemy to create a 3rd person vehicular / fighting game This article or section has multiple issues:
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 that will be available on PS2 and GameCube consoles by winter 2003. THQ THQ Toy Headquarters
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(R) Inc. will publish the as-of-yet undisclosed game. AWE Games is known for producing a wide variety of games including the well known SpongeBob SquarePants This article is about the series. For the title character, see SpongeBob SquarePants (character). For other uses, see SpongeBob SquarePants (disambiguation).
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 and Jimmy Neutron titles.

"We selected Alchemy because the competitors' products did not give us the development environment we needed to recreate the television show likeness for this game," said James Wheeler, President and Executive Producer of AWE Games. "AWE Games creates multiplatform titles, and Alchemy has greatly streamlined this process for our development team."

"The title that AWE Games is creating will include vehicular action and hand to hand combat that has not been done in this particular type of game before," said T. Paul Thomas Paul Thomas (born Paul Anthony Thomas, 5 October 1980, Waldorf, Maryland, United States) is the bassist of the band, Good Charlotte. He started out on the guitar, but then a friend influenced him to play the bass guitar. , CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of Intrinsic Graphics, Inc. "The enhanced features that this game offers will bring you hand to hand combat in ways that you never thought possible. This game will add to the already long list of accomplished games that AWE Games has created."

About AWE Games

AWE Games is a PC, Sony PS2 and Nintendo GameCube The Nintendo GameCube (GCN) is Nintendo's fourth home video game console, belonging to the sixth generation era. The system itself is the most compact and least expensive, next to the Dreamcast, of the sixth generation era consoles.  developer based in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. AWE Games has been involved in over 50 published titles over the past 10 years. Some of their most recent titles include, SpongeBob SquarePants Employee of the Month, Jimmy Neutron vs. Jimmy Negatron Jimmy Neutron vs. Jimmy Negatron is a video game for the Game Boy Advance and PC. In the game, players play as Jimmy Neutron as he tries to stop his evil alter ego Jimmy Negatron. It is ESRB rated E. It was developed by THQ and published by AWE Games(PC) and Human Soft (GBA). , SpongeBob SquarePants Operation Krabby Patty, Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius and Hot Wheels Mechanix. For more information, visit the AWE Games website at www.awegames.com.

About THQ

THQ Inc. is a leading worldwide developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software for a variety of hardware platforms including PC CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc.
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 in full compact disc read-only memory

Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser).
, wireless devices and those manufactured by Sony Computer Entertainment America, Inc., Nintendo and Microsoft. The THQ web site is located at www.thq.com. The THQ wireless site is located at www.thqwireless.com.

About Intrinsic Graphics, Inc

Intrinsic Graphics provides developers and artists a powerful, more efficient way to create games, and to do it across multiple systems. The company's flagship product, Intrinsic Alchemy, is a high-performance software platform for delivering real-time 3D applications on next generation game consoles, personal computers, advanced TV set-top boxes and future generation handheld devices. Backed by some of the world's leading gaming and graphics companies including Sony Computer Entertainment, Intrinsic Graphics is headquartered in Mountain View, California For the census-designated place, see Mountain View, Contra Costa County, California. For other places called "Mountain View", see .
Mountain View is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. The city gets its name from the views of the Santa Cruz Mountains.
, with offices in Europe and Japan. For more information, visit the Intrinsic Graphics web site at http://www.intrinsic.com.

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