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Simon & Schuster Interactive Announces Gaming Lineup for E3 2002.


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E3Expo 2002

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 14, 2002

Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster

U.S. publishing company. It was founded in 1924 by Richard L. Simon (1899–1960) and M. Lincoln Schuster (1897–1970), whose initial project, the original crossword-puzzle book, was a best-seller.
  Interactive

Biker Chicks Playing Golf, Battling Terrorists and Going Into Space

with Hundreds of Thousands of Gamers Among Game Lineup for 2002

Simon & Schuster Interactive, the digital entertainment unit of Simon & Schuster Inc., announced today the Company's lineup of games for 2002.

This year S&SI will be publishing 12 titles across the latest gaming platforms including the Xbox(TM) video game system from Microsoft, Nintendo(R) GameCube(R), and the PC (Windows(R)).

"We're delighted with the depth and breadth of our lineup this year," said Gilles Dana, president and publisher of Simon & Schuster Interactive. "Our company is focusing on titles that will have a broad appeal and our games should be well received by hardcore as well as the casual gamer Casual gamer is a term used to describe a type of video game player whose time or interest in playing games is limited compared with a hardcore gamer. They can be found playing games across all genres and of varying levels of complexity and difficulty. ."

Simon & Schuster Interactive 2002 Lineup by title, platform and estimated shipping date:

     Outlaw Golf (Xbox)                     June 2002
     Farscape: The Game (PC)                August 2002
     Warbirds III (PC / Mac)                August 2002
     Seablade (Xbox)                        September 2002
     Real War: Rogue States (PC)            September 2002
     Soldiers of Anarchy (PC)               October 2002
     Outlaw Golf (GameCube)                 October 2002
     Darkened Skye (GameCube)               October 2002
     Eve Online: The Second Genesis (PC)    October 2002
     BMX Trick Racer (GBA)                  Fall 2002
     The Last Ninja (Xbox)                  Winter 2002
     Outlaw Volleyball (Xbox)               Winter 2002


For detailed information consult the Simon & Schuster Interactive E3 Press Kit which will be available at the Los Angeles Convention Center The Los Angeles Convention Center (abbreviated LACC) is a convention center in downtown Los Angeles. The LACC hosts annual events such as the Greater Los Angeles Auto Show, and was best known to video games fans as host to E3 until its cessation in 2006.  on May 22 in the Press Room (West Hall). The press kit is also available online at: http://e3.ssinteractiveonline.com.

"Outlaw Golf" (Xbox, Shipping: June 2002, ESRB ESRB Entertainment Software Rating Board
ESRB Estrogen Receptor Beta
ESRB Explosive Safety Review Board
 Rating :"T" ) First Golf Title for Xbox Features Most Advanced Golf Gaming Engine Ever Made with Strippers and Biker Chicks

The first golf title for the Xbox(TM) video game system from Microsoft will make its debut this June complete with strippers, biker chicks and the most advanced golf gaming engine ever made. "Outlaw Golf" (Rated: "T" by the ESRB; $49.95 estimated street price) will be a hardcore golf game with a humorous side that takes gamers to three different courses where you'd never find PGA (1) (Professional Graphics Adapter) An early IBM PC display standard for 3D processing with 640x480x256 resolution. It was not widely used.

(2) (Programmable Gate Array) See gate array and FPGA.
 members.

"Farscape: The Game" (PC , Shipping: August 2002, ESRB Rating:"T") Game Features Voices of the Cast Members, CG Models and Sound Effects sound effects
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sounds artificially produced to make a play, esp. a radio play, more realistic

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  • Sci Fi Channel (disambiguation)
Please see
  • science fantasy
  • definitions of science fiction
  • science fiction and fantasy


Simon & Schuster Interactive, in association with Jim Henson Interactive, a division of The Jim Henson Company, announced today that their anticipated PC release FARSCAPE: THE GAME" (Rated: "RP" by the ESRB) will be shipping in early August 2002. This game for the PC (Windows(R) XP, ME, 98) is a character driven, team-based, 3D action game played from an isometric isometric /iso·met·ric/ (-met´rik) maintaining, or pertaining to, the same measure of length; of equal dimensions.

i·so·met·ric
adj.
1.
 perspective. The game is being developed by veteran game developer Red Lemon Studios of Glasgow, Scotland.

"Warbirds III" (PC, Shipping: August 2002, ESRB Rating: "RP") Popular Online Only PC Game Now Coming To Retail with Two Months Free Online Play

WARBIRDS III takes gamers to some of the biggest battles of World War II, such as The Battle of Midway Noun 1. Battle of Midway - naval battle of World War II (June 1942); American planes based on land and on carriers decisively defeated a Japanese fleet on its way to invade the Midway Islands
Midway
, the Blitz of 1941 (London) and Pearl Harbor. Gamers control more than 40 different World War II combat vehicles, including ships, planes, and tanks, while planning and executing all the real battles that took place during this pivotal time in history. Each scene is depicted in highly detailed terrains taken from satellite data, where gamers fight enemy forces in an online world.

"Seablade" (Xbox, Shipping: September 2002, ESRB Rating: "RP") Exclusive to Xbox, SEABLADE is a pure arcade action shooter, merging the best elements of classic arcade shooters into an intense, white-knuckle action game that pushes the limits of the Xbox technology.

In "Seablade" (Rated: "RP" by the ESRB), gamers take control of a futuristic spacecraft that can fly as well as dive below water with the goal being to combat insidious warlords Warlords may refer to:
  • The plural of Warlord, a name for a figure who has military authority but not legal authority over a subnational region.
  • Warlords (arcade game) is also an arcade video game.
 who have overrun the northern hemisphere in the year 2350.

"Real War: Rogue States" (PC, Shipping: September 2002, ESRB Rating: "RP") Blow Up The `Evil Doers' In Sequel To The Best-Selling Game "Real War"

REAL WAR: ROGUE STATES is the sequel to the best selling PC game "Real War." In this modern military RTS (Request To Send) An RS-232 signal sent from the transmitting station to the receiving station requesting permission to transmit. Contrast with CTS.

1. (operating system) RTS - run-time system.
2.
 the United States has learned that the Independent Liberation Army (ILA ILA
abbr.
insulinlike activity
) is being backed by a rogue state. It was thought the ILA was destroyed, but this new sponsor has re-energized the ILA and equipped it with even more lethal technology. The gamer's task is to destroy this alliance and punish the offending country.

"Soldiers of Anarchy Soldiers of Anarchy is a 2002 squad-based real-time tactics computer game released by Simon and Schuster. It takes place ten years after a deadly man-made virus kills billions across the planet. " (PC, Shipping: October 2002, ESRB Rating: "RP") A Next-Generation 3D Strategy Game Set in Post-Apocalyptic 2013

It's 2013. Ten years ago, a near apocalypse forced you and a group of military veterans underground. Now, you emerge to free humanity from its new oppressors. Controlling a fully-customizable squad of soldiers, you must capture modern military weapons, including tanks, helicopters and jets and battle the enemy while protecting your limited resources. Play through 23 missions in this non-linear campaign, where your choices affect the game's outcome.

"Outlaw Golf" (GameCube, Shipping: October 2002, ESRB Rating: "RP") Strippers, Biker Chicks And Other Socially Redeeming Characters To Star In Golf Game For Nintendo Gamecube(TM)

A `hardcore' golf title for the Nintendo GameCube(TM) video game system will make its debut this October complete with strippers, biker chicks and the most advanced golf gaming engine ever made. "Outlaw Golf" (Rated: "RP" by the ESRB) will be a hardcore golf game with a humorous side that takes gamers to three different courses where you'd never find PGA members.

"Darkened Skye" (GameCube, Shipping: October 2002, ESRB Rating: "T")

Simon & Schuster Interactive announced today "Darkened Skye" will be arriving on Nintendo GameCube this October (Rated: "T" by the ESRB). Set in a timeless fantasy world, this third-person action game combines laugh-out-loud irreverence with combat, magic and melee giving gamers a fast-paced experience in an epic story that isn't afraid to poke fun at to make a butt of; to ridicule.

See also: Poke
 itself.

"Eve Online: The Second Genesis" (PC, Shipping: October 2002, ESRB Rating: "RP) Developed by Crowd Control Production (CCP (Certified Computer Professional) The award for successful completion of a comprehensive examination on computers offered by the ICCP. See ICCP and certification.
.

1. (language) CCP - Concurrent Constraint Programming.
2.
) of Reykjavik, Iceland, EVE ONLINE will allow upwards of 100,000 gamers to compete simultaneously across a full 3D galaxy which includes 5000 solar systems.

Simon & Schuster Interactive announced it has obtained North American North American

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see North American blastomycosis.

North American cattle tick
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 and European rights to "Eve Online: The Second Genesis," a space trading / combat Massive Multiplayer Online Game (MMOG (Massively Multiuser Online Game) A game on the computer played by many people. Also called "massively multiplayer online" (MMO), an MMOG differs from a regular multiplayer game because its environment is perpetual. ) for the PC (Windows(R) XP, ME, 98; Rated: "RP" by the ESRB). Developed by Crowd Control Production (CCP) of Reykjavik, Iceland, EVE ONLINE will allow upwards of 100,000 gamers to compete simultaneously across a full 3D galaxy which includes 5000 solar systems.

EVE is one of the first of a new breed of computer games. Played online with thousands of other players, EVE draws people into what is essentially an alternate universe set some time far in the future in a place one can only dream of.

"BMX BMX
abbr.
bicycle motocross


BMX
Noun

1. bicycle motocross: stunt riding over an obstacle course on a bicycle

2.
 Trick Racer" (Gameboy Advance, Shipping: Fall 2002, ESRB Rating: "E") TURN TRICKS ON YOUR NINTENDO GAME BOY ADVANCE!

Gamers race and rip tricks on 15 street and dirt tracks in unique BMX environments that go through cities, jungles, deserts, mountains, snow and ice. The goal is to rack up as many points as possible with real BMX tricks and a few unreal ones while facing obstacles you won't find in other BMX games such as ramps, springs and collapsing bridges. Single and multiplayer modes.

"The Last Ninja" (Xbox, Shipping: Winter 2002, ESRB Rating: "RP") With the Latest 3D Graphics and AI, This Action/Adventure Title Will Make "Tenchu 3" Look Like Tiny Grasshopper grasshopper, name applied to almost 9,000 different species of singing, jumping insects in two families of the order Orthoptera. Grasshoppers are long, slender, winged insects with powerful hind legs and strong mandibles, or mouthparts, adapted for chewing.

Studio 3 Interactive and Simon & Schuster Interactive announced today the award winning, classic game series "The Last Ninja" will be coming to the Xbox(TM) video game system this winter (Rated: "RP" by the ESRB). Developed by Studio 3 Interactive of London, England this game is based on the legendary game series "The Last Ninja Trilogy" that has sold millions of copies world-wide. It is a tale that pits a lone Ninja warrior against the massed forces of the evil Shogun shogun (shō`gŭn'), title of the feudal military administrator who from the 12th cent. to the 19th cent. was, as the emperor's military deputy, the actual ruler of Japan. .

"Outlaw Volleyball" (Xbox, Shipping: Winter 2002, ESRB Rating: "RP") Spike or Die with Babes, Balls, and The Beach!

Simon & Schuster Interactive announced today the Company is publishing a second title in their popular "Outlaw" series of sports games for Microsoft's Xbox(TM) video game system. Developed by Hypnotix Inc., "Outlaw Volleyball" (Rated: "RP" by the ESRB, Available: Winter 2002) will feature all the characters from "Outlaw Golf," and several new ones who will do battle on 16 different courts.

Xbox and Microsoft are trademarks of Microsoft Corp.

Xbox (http://www.xbox.com/) is Microsoft's future-generation video game system that delivers the most powerful games experiences ever. Xbox empowers game artists by giving them the technology to fulfill their creative visions as never before, creating games that blur the lines between fantasy and reality. Xbox is now available in North America, Japan, Europe and Australia.

Simon & Schuster Interactive (www.ssinteractive.com) is the digital entertainment unit of Simon & Schuster, Inc. Based 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
, S&SI publishes entertainment, education and reference titles for the PC, Macintosh, Pocket PC, Sony Playstation 2(R), Microsoft XBox(R), Nintendo(R) Game Boy(R) Advance, and Nintendo GameCube(TM).

Simon & Schuster, the publishing operation of Viacom Inc., is a global leader in the field of general interest publishing, dedicated to providing the best in fiction and nonfiction for consumers of all ages, across all printed and multimedia formats. Its divisions include Simon & Schuster Trade Publishing, Pocket Books, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, Simon & Schuster New Media, Simon & Schuster Online, Simon & Schuster U.K., and Simon & Schuster Australia. For more information about Simon & Schuster, visit our website at www.simonsays.com.

Viacom is a leading global media company, with preeminent positions in broadcast and cable television, radio, outdoor advertising, and online. With programming that appeals to audiences in every demographic category across virtually all media, the company is a leader in the creation, promotion, and distribution of entertainment, news, sports, and music. Viacom's well-known brands include CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. , MTV MTV
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U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business.
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: Country Music Television, Showtime, Blockbuster, and Simon & Schuster. More information about Viacom and its businesses is available at www.viacom.com.

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