For First Time, Video Games And Film Converge As Software Developer Enters `Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus' For Academy Award Consideration.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 1998-- Oddworld Inhabitants Oddworld Inhabitants is an American video game developer founded in 1994 by special effects and computer animation veterans Sherry McKenna and Lorne Lanning. Products of Oddworld Inhabitants range from released in 1997, to released in 2005. Submits Film Derived From Game To Oscar's `Animated Short' Category For the first time ever, an animated short derived from video game footage will be entered for consideration to compete for an Academy Award as Oddworld Inhabitants, a CA-based software developer, enters Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus for Oscar consideration. GT Interactive Software Corp. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : GTIS GTIS Government Telecommunications and Informatics Services (Canada) GTIS Global Trade Information Services GTIS GOES Tap Imaging System GTIS Government Technical Information Services (Canada) ) is the second largest entertainment software publisher worldwide, holds a 50 percent equity interest in Oddworld Inhabitants and is the publisher of the Oddworld games. The animated short film takes place on the fictional Oddworld and follows the adventures of Abe, a Mudokon (moo-DOCK-un), as he attempts to shut down production at the SoulStorm Brewery, which has enslaved Enslaved may refer to:
Aceldama potter’s field; burial place for strangers. [N. T.: Matthew 27:6–10, Acts 1:18–19] Alloway graveyard where Tam O’Shanter saw witches dancing among opened coffins. [Br. Lit. for bones to use in its addictive brew. A mirror of the inequities found in our own society, Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus The Movie is an epic quest by Abe, an unlikely and reluctant hero, who finds his species perilously close to wholesale extinction. Oddworld Inhabitants studio was co-founded by award-winning producer Sherry McKenna and high-end visual-effects supervisor Lorne Lanning. Both have extensive experience in the ground-breaking application of computer-generated images (CGI CGI in full Common Gateway Interface. Specification by which a Web server passes data between itself and an application program. Typically, a Web user will make a request of the Web server, which in turn passes the request to a CGI application program. ) in film, commercials and theme park rides, having worked together at Hollywood-based Rhythm & Hues Studios. During her career, McKenna has won 30 Clio, 25 International Film & Television Awards and 20 International Broadcast and Addy Awards The ADDY Awards are the world's largest and arguably toughest advertising competition, with over 60,000 entries annually. The ADDY Awards recognize all forms of advertising from media of all types, creative by all sizes, and entrants of all levels from anywhere in the world. . Oddworld's first game, Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee for the PC and PlayStation game console, generated more than one million units in global sales since its September 19, 1997 release. The sequel, Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus, will be available later this month for the PlayStation(R) game console and PC. For more information about both games, visit http://www.oddworld.com or http://www.gtgames.com on the World Wide Web. "This is the latest development in the crossing of video game technology and content into other entertainment media," says Lorne Lanning, Creative Director and Co-Founder of Oddworld Inhabitants. "We utilize a movie production model in developing our games - to include scripts, storyboards, sketches, paintings and character sculptures and have created a `Digital Backlot,' essentially a library of high-resolution assets that is easily adapted for feature films." Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus The Movie is being shown in Los Angeles only, for a limited engagement from October 27 - 29, 1998 at the Laemmle theater chain. VHS (Video Home System) A half-inch, analog videocassette recorder (VCR) format introduced by JVC in 1976 to compete with Sony's Betamax, introduced a year earlier. copies are available for preview by contacting Dan Harnett, Director of Communications Director of Communications is a position in the private and public sectors. The Director of Communications is responsible for managing and directing an organization's internal and external communications. for GT Interactive at 212/726-4229 or dharnett@gtinteractive.com. Headquartered in NY, with 1997 revenues of $531 million, GT Interactive Software Corp. is a leading global publisher of edutainment and entertainment software for PCs and game consoles. GT Interactive brands include Humongous Entertainment, Cavedog Entertainment, SingleTrac, WizardWorks, CompuWorks, MacSoft and Slash. It operates development studios in Seattle, Salt Lake City and San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo (săn l  `ĭs ōbĭs`pō), city (1990 pop. 41,958), seat of San Luis Obispo co., S Calif., near San Luis Obispo Bay; inc. 1856. , CA..
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