Coming to Disrupt Your Christmas... Universal Interactive Studios Ships Disruptor for the Sony PlayStation.UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 26, 1996--Universal Interactive Studios (UIS (graphics, programming) UIS - A VMS graphics programming interface package for VAXstations. ) today announced Disruptor, their award- winning first-person action game for the Sony PlayStation Sony Playstation - Playstation , has shipped and is now available in stores. Disruptor recently captured the "Best First Person Shooter" award from Ultra Game Players magazine, was featured as one of "15 great PlayStation games List of Playstation games can refer to:
Disruptor marks the first title that UIS will publish for the Sony PlayStation game console See video game console. . "Through our close ties with Universal Studios, UIS has been able to combine the skill and talent of the title's development team, Insomniac Games Insomniac Games is an independent US video game developer founded in 1994 that has released award-winning hits for PlayStation and PlayStation 2 for 12 years. They created the first three Spyro the Dragon games, Disruptor, and the Ratchet & Clank , with Hollywood expertise in production design, music, sound-effects and film production," said UIS Chairman, Rob Biniaz. "The result is a vivid, 3-D graphical experience that allows players to step into the near future to battle an assortment of intense enemies in visually rich and stunning environments throughout the solar system solar system, the sun and the surrounding planets, natural satellites, dwarf planets, asteroids, meteoroids, and comets that are bound by its gravity. The sun is by far the most massive part of the solar system, containing almost 99.9% of the system's total mass. ," he added. Breakthrough Gameplay Console-style gameplay takes center stage in Disruptor, a first- person game that is not a conversion from a PC title. Disruptor has been designed from the start for a console system and console players who want immediate gameplay gratification. In addition to being optimized for the PlayStation hardware and controls, Disruptor's gameplay is designed to challenge players skill and strategy, not their patience. Disruptor consists of 13 dramatically different levels, featuring 20 distinct environments. If players can survive the first three training mission levels, they will progress into vivid and striking parts of the Solar System, populated with dangerous -- and often bizarre -- human, mutant and robot enemies. There are also confrontations where players fight less tangible enemies, such as the nightmares in their own minds. All gameplay is intensified by an interactive music score that shifts in real-time based on surroundings and enemy encounters, heightening the suspense. Strategic Psionic Weapons In addition to nine powerful, physical weapons such as the Anti-matter Blaster, Phase Repeater and Lock-on Cannon, players are able to develop and master additional "psionic" powers. These weapons of the mind can be used for self-healing, shielding and draining the energy from opponents as well as killing them. Psionics add a greater element of challenge to the game because players will have to rely not only on quick reflexes and superb weapon abilities, but on their tactics and strategy as well. The Disruptor Story In Disruptor, players take on the role of a recent recruit to the LightStormers, the most elite military group within Earth's New Solar Government. All LightStormers have pledged to protect this dominion at any cost, defending it against a myriad of known and unknown adversaries, including renegades and terrorists. Possessing the latest in high-tech weaponry, and being the only people in the Solar System with psionic mind-power, they are equipped to unleash incredible amounts of firepower to fight over 20 different enemies of the New Solar Government. Through the game's 13 missions, the player is drawn into ever-increasing danger as the evolving story criss-crosses the Solar System and Earth's surface Noun 1. Earth's surface - the outermost level of the land or sea; "earthquakes originate far below the surface"; "three quarters of the Earth's surface is covered by water" surface . Along the way, players will uncover clues that will eventually lead to the biggest challenge ... including trying to identify who is really on their side! The "Hollywood Synergy" Behind Disruptor Disruptor marks the first UIS title that has truly utilized Hollywood resources to enhance game development. "Our goal in designing a game for this genre is to create an experience unlike any previously available in terms of visual richness, compelling gameplay, and emotional content," said game producer, Michael John. In addition to the game's developer, Insomniac Games, UIS recruited a well-known production designer, Catherine Hardwicke, to conceptualize con·cep·tu·al·ize v. con·cep·tu·al·ized, con·cep·tu·al·iz·ing, con·cep·tu·al·iz·es v.tr. To form a concept or concepts of, and especially to interpret in a conceptual way: all of the backgrounds and environments in Disruptor. Hardwicke is recognized from her work in the feature films Tombstone Tombstone, city (1990 pop. 1,220), Cochise co., SE Ariz.; inc. 1881. With its pleasant climate and legendary past, Tombstone is a well-known tourist attraction. The city became a national historic landmark in 1962. , Tank Girl and Posse. Musician David Bergeaud David Bergeaud is a Film, Television, and Video Game musician. He was born in Paris, began his musical education at the age of 5, and his desire to study music led him to Los Angeles where he is currently a permanent resident. composed and recorded the game music, and aided in the creation of the game's unique interactive music design. Based on actual gameplay, the music shifts in real time to reflect action and tension similar to a movie score. Bergeaud's music has been featured in the Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park is a techno-thriller novel written by Michael Crichton that was published in 1990. and River Wild movie trailers, as well as in 21 episodes of TV's Earth II. Hollywood 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 artist Rich Cusano produced specific, authentic sounds for the high powered weapons, explosions and the array of enemies in the game. Cusano has worked on sound effects for Hanna-Barbera cartoons, in addition to the Law and Order and Sea Quest TV shows. The live-action video sequences within Disruptor, incorporated to tell the rich story surrounding the game's action, are being produced in collaboration with the MCA MCA in full Music Corporation of America Entertainment conglomerate. It was founded in Chicago in 1924 by Jules Stein as a talent agency. In the 1960s it bought Decca Records and Universal Pictures, and today it produces films, music, and television shows. Television Entertainment division. "The synergy between Hollywood and Silicon Valley that everyone talks about is actually happening here at UIS," added Biniaz. About the Developer Insomniac Games, Inc. is a hot, young development company based in Universal City, California Universal City is a community in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles County, California that encompasses the 415 acre (1.7 km²) property of Universal Studios. Approximately 70 percent of the property is in an unincorporated area of the county surrounded by the City of . Insomniac in·som·ni·ac n. One who suffers from insomnia. adj. Having or causing insomnia. has developed and programmed all of the environments and gameplay in Disruptor, and worked in conjunction with UIS on the creation and evolution of this, their first title. Insomniac specializes in powerful, real-time 3-D display technology and visually stunning graphical environments charged with adrenaline-inducing action. About UIS Universal Interactive Studios is an interactive entertainment software publisher, part of MCA INC., which is a unit of The Seagram Company Ltd., a global beverage and entertainment/communications company. UIS is located on the Universal Studios lot in Universal City, California. The mission of UIS is to create and publish ground breaking, next generation entertainment software based on both original concepts as well as MCA-owned properties. UIS's primary goal with each product it creates is to ensure a highly satisfying experience for the game player by focusing on superior gameplay. The company also attempts to imbue im·bue tr.v. im·bued, im·bu·ing, im·bues 1. To inspire or influence thoroughly; pervade: work imbued with the revolutionary spirit. See Synonyms at charge. 2. its titles with Hollywood- quality production values and to develop strong characters, environments, and plotlines that will readily translate to the other entertainment media in which MCA operates, including motion pictures, television, music, and merchandising. Disruptor is being distributed by Interplay Productions. -0- Note to Editors: Review copies and b-roll of Disruptor is available for press. CONTACT: A D Peck Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most Alicia Peck, 415-567-1472 adpeck@well.com or Universal Interactive Studios Kelly Flaherty, 818-777-0472 kkflahe@mca.com |
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