Activision Value Calls on Gearheads to Test Their Skills in Discovery Consumer Products ``Monster Garage the Game''.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 5, 2004 PC gamers can now twist, mold and modify a standard vehicle into the monster machine of their dreams with the release of the "Monster Garage Monster Garage (2002–2006) was a popular television show for the Discovery Channel hosted by Jesse G. James. The show was an hour in length and was conceived and produced (along with Jesse) by reality automotive show mastermind Thom Beers. (TM) The Game" for the PC from Activision Value Activision Value Publishing, Inc. is an American computer and video game company, a merger of Activision, Expert Software and Head Games Publishing. Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI ATVI Albuquerque Technical Vocational Institute ) licensed from Discovery Consumer Products. Based on the hit Discovery Channel television series of the same name, "Monster Garage The Game" puts players on show host Jesse James' monster team and charges them with creating a custom machine in seven days, for $3000 or less. "Monster Garage The Game" is currently available in retail stores nationwide for a suggested retail price of $19.99 and has been rated "E" for Everyone by the ESRB ESRB Entertainment Software Rating Board ESRB Estrogen Receptor Beta ESRB Explosive Safety Review Board . "`Monster Garage The Game' captures the essence of the hit television series -- from player challenges and rules to the ultimate test of their monster creation," said Patrick Kelly For other uses, see Patrick and Kelly. Patrick Kelly may refer to the following people:
"Monster Garage The Game" features seven challenging missions, from turning a limo into a fire truck, an SUV into a rock crawler rock crawler, name applied to the slender, wingless insects of the family Grylloblattidae in the order Orthoptera. They have long antennae and range in length from 1-2 to 1 in. (15–30 mm). , to transforming an everyday car into a snowmobile, a Muscle Car into a switchblade and more. With each mission, there are multiple ways to approach the transformation and hundreds of individual parts at the player's disposal, making each mission unique. Once the monster creation is finished, players must test their machine in a real-world challenge in order to successfully complete each mission. Challenges include putting out a fire before a real fire truck or winning a snowmobile race in record time. Players will see if they have the modern engineering and ingenuity skills to compete in "Monster Garage The Game." Minimum system requirements To be used efficiently, all computer software needs certain hardware components or other software resources to be present on a computer system. These pre-requisites are known as (computer) system requirements and are often used as a guideline as opposed to an absolute rule. for "Monster Garage The Game" include a Pentium 500 Mhz computer with Windows 98/2000/ME/XP, 128MB RAM, 700MB Hard Drive Space, 4X CD ROM CD ROM Compact Disk Read Only Memory , 32MB Video Card, DirectX 9.0B compatible graphics card and a DirectX 9.0B compatible sound card. DirectX 9.0B included. About Discovery Communications, Inc. Discovery Consumer Products is the retail, educational publishing and licensing arm of Discovery Communications, Inc. Discovery Consumer Products' offerings extend the Discovery experience to a worldwide audience through a broad array of entertaining and informative products and services. These include a national chain of Discovery Channel retail stores, Discovery-branded licensed products, a robust online shopping business (discovery.com), educational product offerings and strategic third-party retail and merchandising partnerships. Discovery-branded consumer products are currently available in 80 countries and 28 languages. About Activision Value Publishing, Inc. Headquartered in Minneapolis, MN, Activision Value Publishing, Inc., is a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI). The company specializes in developing interactive entertainment software for PC systems and all other console systems worldwide. For more information about Activision Value Publishing, visit the company's web site at www.activisionvalue.com or www.activision.com. The statements contained in this release that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements." The Company cautions readers of this press release that a number of important factors could cause Activision's actual future results to differ materially from those expressed in any such forward-looking statements. These important factors, and other factors that could affect Activision, are described in Activision's Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, which was filed with the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. Securities and Exchange Commission. Readers of this press release are referred to such filings. |
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