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GT Interactive: Duke Nukem Scores Big With His Newest Game for the PlayStation Game Console: Planet of the Babes.


Business/Entertainment Editors

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 29, 2000

Only the King of Action Can Rescue a Planet of Beautiful Babes

Fighting for Their Life Against a New and Powerful Alien Threat--No

One Said Being Duke was Easy!

Babes. Lots of them in desperate need of help. That's all the argument necessary to recruit gaming's undisputed King of Action into saving a planet as GT Interactive Software (Nasdaq:GTIS GTIS Government Telecommunications and Informatics Services (Canada)
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) unleashes Duke Nukem Duke Nukem may refer to:
  • The Duke Nukem video game series originally developed by Apogee Software
  • Duke Nukem (character), the protagonist of the Duke Nukem video games
: Planet of the Babes for the PlayStation(R) game console See video game console. . Developed by n-Space, Duke Nukem: Planet of the Babes is slated to hit stores in May, and features white-knuckling combat through interactive, high-resolution 3D environments. With scores of new weapons, enemies and advanced artificial intelligence, Duke is in for the fight of his heroic life.

"Planet of the Babes shoots high and scores, a true milestone release in the Duke Nukem franchise," said Tony Kee, Vice President of Marketing for GT Interactive. "Planet of the Babes delivers mature, compelling game play that pushes the envelope with no-holds-barred combat, high-resolution graphics, a new and very innovative Duke survival system that replaces the typical health system found in all other shooters, and lest we forget Lest We Forget is a phrase popularised in 1887, by Rudyard Kipling; it formed the refrain of his poem Recessional.

As a title, it may refer to any of:
  • The Ode of Remembrance
, lots of babes."

In Earth's distant future, an alien race has launched a full-scale invasion, sinking the human population into anarchy and terror. The aliens then embark on their hideous primary objective: wiping out the male population so they can enslave en·slave  
tr.v. en·slaved, en·slav·ing, en·slaves
To make into or as if into a slave.



en·slavement n.
 women for use in their hybridization hybridization /hy·brid·iza·tion/ (hi?brid-i-za´shun)
1. crossbreeding; the act or process of producing hybrids.

2. molecular hybridization

3.
 program. However, some women managed to escape, and united to form the Unified Babe Resistance (UBR (Unspecified Bit Rate) An asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) level of service that does not guarantee available bandwidth. It is very efficient, but not used for critical data. ).

But the scanty UBR defenses are being annihilated by a powerful new alien weapon, and with all hope nearly lost, they turn to Earth's long distant history and legendary hero, Duke Nukem. Using a time portal Time portals are often employed in various fictional genres, such as Sci-Fi and Fantasy. They can be represented as vortices of energy, which allow matter to travel from one point in time to another by passing through the portal, or may appear as an ordinary doorway.  device, the UBR track down Duke and make his choice very simple: Help them or there will be no chicks in the future. Without hesitation, Duke answers, "Let's Rock."

Features Include:
-- Innovative "Ego" based health system for Duke Nukem, who will gain and lose
Ego based on his actions in the game;

-- 24 fully detailed levels including 14 single player levels, 4 challenging
training areas, and 6 multiplayer levels, all packed with explosive secret
areas;

-- High-tech inventory including Infra-red goggles, Jetpack, Teleporter,
GasMask and Duke's High-tech Shades Operating System!

-- Arsenal of weapons including Blaster, Flamer, RPG, and Grenade Launcher;
plus Duke's new official weapon the golden Desert Eagle; each weapon also
includes an auto-aiming option;

-- Over 20 Deadly new enemies including Mutant Gorillas, Chimpanzees and
Orangutangs, Hunter Killer Babes, Hoglodytes, plus perennial favorites such as
Pig Cops and Octabrains;

-- Mission Based game play featuring more than 25 real-time cinematic sequences
to advance the plot. Also featuring un-lockable 'blooper' outtakes;

-- Intense first person perspective multi-player support for two-players,
featuring three modes of split-screen viewing;

-- Improved controls! Planet of the Babes offers jumping, climbing, swimming,
jetpacking and zero gravity exploration. Also, Duke will "auto-action" things
like opening doors, or simple actions like climbing short ledges, making game
play more user-friendly.


Duke Nukem: Planet of the Babes is slated for release in May at a suggested retail price of $49.95. Additional information can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.duke-nukem.com

n-Space, Inc. (www.n-space.com,) based in Orlando, Florida The city of Orlando is a major city in central Florida and is the county seat of Orange County, Florida. According to the 2000 census, the city population was 185,951. A 2006 U.S. , is a leading developer of entertainment software for the PlayStation and Microsoft Windows See Windows.

(operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then.
. Established in 1994, n-Space creates compelling, state-of-the-art games with cutting-edge 3D technology and vivid, inspiring imagery. n-Space enjoyed great success with Duke Nukem : Time to Kill and Rugrats 1 & 2, and has just completed Die Hard Trilogy 2. n-Space is represented by Interactive Studio Management, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol.

LLC - Logical Link Control
.

3D Realms Entertainment develops compelling interactive entertainment that takes advantage of the latest 3D gaming technology, with a focus on the PC platform. Best known for the Duke Nukem game franchise (since 1991), 3D Realms creates content rich games that focus strongly on central characters. With its offices near Dallas, Texas “Dallas” redirects here. For other uses, see Dallas (disambiguation).
The City of Dallas (pronounced [ˈdæl.əs] or [ˈdæl.
, 3D Realms, a division of Apogee Software, Ltd., has been a key innovator since 1987, when it pioneered the shareware approach to game distribution. The company is now one of the best known and respected developers of computer entertainment worldwide.

Headquartered in 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
, GT Interactive Software Corp. (Nasdaq:GTIS) is a leading global developer, publisher and distributor of interactive consumer software. The company maintains four divisions: Children's Publishing, Leisure Publishing, Frontline Publishing and Distribution. The company has publishing operations throughout the world with offices in the US, Canada, UK, Germany, France, Holland and Australia. GT Interactive also has seven internal development studios: Humongous Entertainment, Cavedog Entertainment Cavedog Entertainment, or Cavedog, was a computer game developer based in Bothell, Washington. Cavedog released the real-time strategy games Total Annihilation; its two expansion packs ( and Battle Tactics); and , and its expansion pack , SingleTrac, WizardWorks, Oddworld, Legend Entertainment and Reflections. GT Interactive's e-commerce system provides secure online transactions through each of the studios' Web sites and http://www.gtstore.com/. GT Interactive can be found on the Internet at http://www.gtgames.com/.

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