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Atari's Godzilla: Save the Earth to Bring Titanic Monster-on-Monster Adventure to PlayStation2 and Xbox.


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LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 21, 2004

Movie Monster Legend Returns in Atari's Sequel with Deep Single-Player

Adventure Mode, up to Four-Player Online, More Monster Foes

Atari is returning Godzilla(R) and his titanic sized foes to video game consoles This is a list of video game consoles by the era they appeared in. Eras are named based on the dominant console type of the era (even though not all consoles of those eras are of the same type). Some eras are referred to based on how many bits a major console could process.  this Fall with Godzilla(R): Save the Earth, an epic action adventure game featuring grand scale nuclear-powered monster-bashing mayhem. Based on the classic character movie license from Toho Co., Ltd., Godzilla(R): Save the Earth will faithfully recreate the look and feel of the gargantuan gar·gan·tu·an  
adj.
Of immense size, volume, or capacity; gigantic. See Synonyms at enormous.


gargantuan
Adjective

huge or enormous [after Gargantua, a giant in Rabelais'
 film legend and take the fighting element of Godzilla(R): Destroy All Monsters Melee - Atari's smash fighting game This article or section has multiple issues:
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 which originally shipped in 2002 -- to the next level with an all new Action Mode and online multiplayer fighting. Godzilla(R): Save the Earth is expected to be available Fall 2004 on the PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system and Xbox(TM) video game system from Microsoft.

"Godzilla(R): Save the Earth combines the epic scope that is the hallmark of the landmark movies with an amazing single-player Action Mode to create the definitive adventure fighting game on any system," said Peter Wyse, executive producer at Atari. "With more monsters, more cities and more radioactive monster bashing, Godzilla(R) fans won't believe the authenticity, while fighting and adventure gamers Adventure Gamers is a computer game website created in 1998 dedicated to the genre of adventure games. It publishes reviews and previews of adventure games, as well as opinion articles and interviews with game designers.  will have a unique experience with one of the best known film legends in the world!"

Players will have nine game modes to choose from, including Action, the mission-based single-player game; Challenges, a series of single-player challenges to complete; Custom, where players can set the parameters of a fight; Versus, the classic one-on-one melee battle; and many more. The game also includes mini games, including rail-type arcade sequences.

In the single-player game, G-Force scientists have cracked Godzilla(R)'s genetic code from samples obtained during the Vortaak invasion. Scientists have refined the code to grow super-enriched "Godzilla(R)-Matter" -- a virtually indestructible in·de·struc·ti·ble  
adj.
Impossible to destroy: indestructible furniture; indestructible faith.



[Late Latin ind
 substance with the exact physical properties as Godzilla(R)'s radioactive back spikes. The Vortaak learn of the Godzilla(R) Matter and strike Monster Island Monster Island may refer to: Monster Island, A Godzilla fan site
  • Monster Isle, the Mole Man's base in the Marvel Comics canon introduced in "The Fantastic Four" #1 http://monsterblog.oneroom.org/meet_the_monsters/monster_isle.
 in an attempt to steal G-Cells and seize control of Earth's monsters. As Godzilla(R), the player awakens and fights to stop the UFOs from stealing G-Cells, and to free his fellow monsters from captivity. Throughout the game's missions, Vorticia sends waves of monsters, UFOs, mind-controlled military and earth-threatening devices at Godzilla(R), who must fight to defeat the enemies and find the hidden G-Cells before the UFOs can steal them.

The epic battle for Earth will range across the globe in more than a dozen massive, destructible de·struc·ti·ble  
adj.
Breakable or easily destroyed: destructible glassware.



de·struc
 city environments, including San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , Los Angeles, Tokyo, Osaka and New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
. Environments have been enhanced and enlarged, featuring hills, oceans, harbors and mountains. All structures in the game have advanced destruction mechanics, enabling them to be partially damaged or completely destroyed through multiple impacts. Striking larger buildings will produce dynamically generated gouges that expose the internal skeletal structure before they eventually crumble to the ground.

Both the PlayStation(R)2 and Xbox versions will feature a variety of online multiplayer options for up to four players where gamers can smash, bash and trash opposing monsters and cities in gargantuan online melees. Player will be able to go head-to-head, three- or four-player free-for-all, or team up for two-on-two combat.

Godzilla(R) will face off against more than 18 classic Toho movie monsters, each carefully designed to recreate the authentic film look and feel. Monsters include Godzilla(R) 2000 and 90s, King Ghidorah, Gigan, Mothra, SpaceGodzilla, Biollante and many more.

Developed by Eugene, Oregon-based Pipeworks (www.pipeworks.com), the masterminds behind Godzilla(R): Destroy All Monsters Melee, Godzilla(R): Save the Earth is expected to ship in Fall 2004 for the PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system and Xbox(TM) video game system from Microsoft.

About Atari

New York-based Atari, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATAR) develops interactive games for all platforms and is one of the largest third-party publishers of interactive entertainment software in the U.S. The Company's 1,000+ titles include hard-core, genre-defining games such as Driver(TM), Enter the Matrix(TM), Neverwinter Nights(TM), Stuntman stunt·man  
n.
A man who substitutes for a performer in scenes requiring physical daring or involving physical risk.

stuntman nespecialista m

stuntman 
(TM), Test Drive(R), Unreal(R) Tournament 2003, and Unreal(R) Championship; and mass-market and children's games such as Backyard Sports(TM), Nickelodeon's Blue's Clues(TM) and Dora the Explorer Dora the Explorer is an animated television series that is carried on the Nickelodeon cable television network. A pilot episode for the series aired in 1999, and Dora the Explorer became a regular series in 2000. (TM), Civilization(R), Dragon Ball Z “DBZ” redirects here. For the meteorological term, see dBZ (meteorology).

Dragon Ball Z (ドラゴンボールZ
(R) and RollerCoaster Tycoon(R). Atari, Inc. is a majority-owned subsidiary majority-owned subsidiary

A firm in which more than 50% of outstanding voting stock is owned by the parent company.
 of France-based Infogrames Entertainment SA (Euronext 5257), the largest interactive games publisher in Europe. For more information, visit www.atari.com.

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