Atari Previews DRIV3R and Unveils an Advance Screening of the DRIV3R Live-Action Short Film 'Run the Gauntlet' at Exclusive Preview Event.To download high-resolution, print-ready JPEG JPEG in full Joint Photographic Experts Group Standard computer file format for storing graphic images in a compressed form for general use. JPEG images are compressed using a mathematical algorithm. images, click on the thumbnail image above. WARNING: these images are very large (800K+) Click here for caption Entertainment Editors/Business Editors MULTIMEDIA AVAILABLE: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=4549587 LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 14, 2004 Further strengthening its position at the forefront of the entertainment industry, yesterday, Atari, Inc. held an exclusive preview event in downtown 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 , CA for a hands-on demo of DRIV3R - an action-packed driving adventure video game with ground-breaking graphics, more than 60 playable vehicles, and three mammoth, wide-open city environments: Miami, Nice and Istanbul. In addition, Atari screened a sneak peek of the rough-cut of "Run The Gauntlet" - a three-minute live-action short film inspired by DRIV3R and written and directed by Ridley Scott Associates' (RSA (1) (Rural Service Area) See MSA. (2) (Rivest-Shamir-Adleman) A highly secure cryptography method by RSA Security, Inc., Bedford, MA (www.rsa.com), a division of EMC Corporation since 2006. It uses a two-part key. ) Sean Mullens - as well as the behind-the-scenes look at the making of the film. In attendance were Driver franchise developer Martin Edmondson of Atari's Reflections Interactive; actors Michael Madsen For other uses, see Michael Madsen (disambiguation). Michael Soren Madsen (born September 25, 1958) is an American actor. He is well known for his 'tough guy' image on screen. and Michelle Rodriguez who lend their voices to the game's main characters; and Ridley Scott Associates writer and director Sean Mullens. The first vignette promoting the first 1-minute episode of "Run The Gauntlet" was posted on www.DRIV3R.com yesterday and the second vignette will be posted on January 19, building to the exclusive release of Episode I on the site on January 23, 2004. Developed by Reflections Interactive (an Atari studio), DRIV3R is slated for release in March 2004 for the PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system and the Xbox(TM) video game system from Microsoft. For additional information on DRIV3R visit www.DRIV3R.com. 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 n → especialista 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. "PlayStation" and the "PS" Family logo are registered trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Xbox is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. MULTIMEDIA AVAILABLE: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=4549587 |
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