REDWOOD CITY, Calif., April 15 -- The 3DO Company today announced that it signed a merchandising license agreement with Stan Winston Creatures for The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse(TM). This holiday season, the four horsemen -- Death(TM), Famine(TM), Pestilence(TM), and War(TM) -- will be available as the first line of fully-poseable action figures from the game. The figures will be manufactured and distributed in partnership with The National Entertainment Collectible Association (NECA). According to the agreement, Stan Winston Creatures also has first right of refusal for resin cast figures of the same characters. Stan Winston, four-time Oscar winner for creature effects on Aliens, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, and Jurassic Park, is also a consultant on the game's character designs and has optioned the feature film rights.
"Stan Winston has an undisputable reputation for bringing dynamic creatures vividly to life," said Trip Hawkins, chief executive officer, The 3DO Company. "We are confident that Stan Winston Creatures will breathe intricate details and larger-than-life personalities into the action figures of the four horsemen."
"With the enormous talent behind The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, the game is visually stunning," said Stan Winston of Stan Winston Productions. "However, the complexity and depth of the characters are what translates best into action figures, and I couldn't pass on the opportunity."
About Stan Winston Creatures
For over 30 years, Stan Winston and his team of artists and technicians have been creating characters, creatures and monsters for motion pictures and television with the goal of creating images that are forever etched into your imagination. Stan Winston has been nominated for ten Academy Awards and has won four Oscars for his work in Aliens (1986), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), and Jurassic Park (1993).
About The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Game
A dark adventure, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse combines the expertise of celebrated artists Simon Bisley and Dave DeVries with the voice talents of Tim Curry (The Hunt for Red October, Charlie's Angels, The Three Musketeers), Lance Henriksen (The Right Stuff, Aliens, Millennium) and cult film star Traci Lords (Melrose Place, Profiler, First Wave).
The game is set in the present day, as the archangel Abaddon faces possessed zealots, demons, and the daunting powers of the personified plagues of Mankind: Pestilence, War, Famine and Death. As Abaddon, the player must find the three "Chosen" and combine their untapped powers in time to save the world from destruction. It won't be easy -- God's Chosen are mortals: a prostitute, a serial killer and a corrupt politician.
The story unfolds via in-game cinematics and "graphic novel" sequences by Bisley, the title's character designer. These graphic novel images are displayed on-screen complete with animations, voices and sound effects, bringing his work to life and immersing the player in the dark underworld of Hell's emissaries.
Features of the game include:
- Incredible gore and destruction effects including dismemberment, realistic and dynamic exit wounds through objects and people, morph animations, and blood splatters.
- Diverse weaponry lends itself to spectacular cinematic violence
- swords for melee combat, automatic weapons, projectiles for ranged combat, and magic (slow time).
- Mature content with adult themes and extreme violence.
- Stunning deaths (finishing moves) and Hollywood-style combat moves choreographed and performed by the Smashcut Action Team (The Matrix 1-3, Fight Club, The Crow).
- More than 18 levels of photo-realistic play that sweep players through gothic environments, the post-apocalypse of World War III, and the depths of Hell itself.
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse is planned for release in Fall 2003. More information about the game is available at http://www.4horsemen-game.com.
About The 3DO Company
The 3DO Company, headquartered in Redwood City, Calif., develops, publishes and distributes interactive entertainment software for personal computers, the Internet, and advanced entertainment systems such as the PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox(TM) video game system from Microsoft, and the Nintendo GameCube(TM) and Game Boy(R) Advance systems. More information about The 3DO Company and 3DO products can be found on the Internet at http://www.3do.com.
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