Breathtaking Shoot´em up Xyanide prepares its blasters for Microsoft’s Xbox
Breda/Amsterdam 8th September 2005
After two and a half years of development, Playlogic International N.V. is now finalizing beta testing of its upcoming shoot´em up Xyanide, an action packed sci-fi game developed by the company's in house development studio, Playlogic Game Factory. With breathtaking visual effects, fast paced action and Dolby Digital sound, the game is set to revive the legendary shoot´em up genre.
It has been quite a while since old school shoot´em up games have been released on the Xbox, but now the long awaited Xyanide is ready to fire its rockets, laser beams, and smart bombs on hordes of challenging enemies.
The player takes over the role of Drake, a government executioner from the planet Mardar. Aboard a small fighting ship, his task is to guide the evil witch Aguira into the great maelstrom to be sure of her final judgment. But as an asteroid hits Aguira's prison ship, chaos ensues - and Aguira tries to escape her fate by creating worlds filled with the fiercest creatures, enemies and evil manifestations of her imagination.
You are the only one able to stop her and bring her to justice!
Xyanide is featuring:
- Six huge, dynamic environments to fight through
- Over 20 bonus items and ship enhancements with amazing full screen special effects
- Over 100 different enemy waves to encounter
- Mid- and end-boss encounters in each level
- Unique mutation factors influences weapons fire, damage given and taken, and power-up effects
- Diversified level design with many junctions, where player can choose directions
- Five difficulty settings offer challenging gameplay for beginners and aces
- Breathtaking Dolby Surround sound effects and soundtracks
- Perfect playability due to use of both analog sticks
Title: Xyanide
Developer: Playlogic Game Factory
Publisher: Playlogic International N.V.
Platform: Xbox
Release: Q4 2005
Price: 29,99 Euro
ABOUT PLAYLOGIC:
Playlogic International N.V. is an independent publisher and developer of entertainment software for consoles, PCs, handhelds, mobile devices, and other digital media. Playlogic, established in early 2002, publishes game concepts across various genres. The company distributes its products worldwide through all available channels, online and offline.
Playlogic is listed on the OTC BB under the symbol "PLGC." Its headquarters are in New York (US) and Amsterdam (The Netherlands).
Playlogic's portfolio includes games that are being developed by several teams at Playlogic Game Factory, Playlogic's in-house development studio based in Breda, The Netherlands, as well as games developed by a number of studios throughout the world. Currently, 9 games on 18 platforms are under development. Amongst these are the in Q3/Q4 to be released titles World Racing 2, Knights of the Temple 2, Gene Troopers, Age of Pirates, State of Emergency 2 and Xyanide.
Playlogic is always looking for additional, high-quality games and acquires products that can be exploited in the complete value chain of digital entertainment.
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