Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Alan Cumming and Shawn Ashmore Lend Their Voices To Activision's X-Men: The Official Game Inspired By The Film Series Based On Marvel's Legendary Super Hero Franchise
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Santa Monica, CA - April 24, 2006 - Hugh
Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Alan Cumming and Shawn Ashmore will
reprise their X-Men film roles and lend their voices to
Marvel's world famous mutants - Logan/Wolverine, Professor
Charles Xavier, Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler and Bobby
Drake/Iceman - in Activision Inc.'s X-Men: The Official Game.
The game catapults players into an original storyline that
serves as a prelude to Twentieth Century Fox and Marvel
Studio's upcoming film, 'X-Men: The Last Stand,' and allows
them to command the distinct powers of Wolverine,
Nightcrawler and Iceman as they face off against formidable
enemies, battle through massive environments and embark on an
epic quest to save mutant-kind.
"Having these actors renew their movie characters in X-Men:
The Official Game immerses gamers in the X-Men movie
universe," said Will Kassoy, vice president of global brand
management, Activision Publishing. "Players will experience
epic battles and uncover the events behind Nightcrawler's
mysterious disappearance and the roles the X-Men and
Brotherhood play in the upcoming film."
Co-written by Zak Penn, one of the film's screenwriters, and
legendary comic book writer Chris Claremont, X-Men: The
Official Game enables players to assume the roles of
Wolverine, Nightcrawler, and Iceman as they wield and upgrade
their signature powers and maneuver through unique
environments designed to showcase their Super Hero abilities.
Assisted by other Marvel X-Men mutants, players use an
advanced control scheme to master and evolve the characters
as they unleash Wolverine's combat rage, experience
Nightcrawler's acrobatics and teleportation powers, and tear
through the air on Iceman's ice slide.
X-Men: The Official Game is being developed by Z-Axis for the
PlayStationÒ2 computer entertainment system and the XboxÔ and
XboxÔ 360 video game systems from Microsoft. The Nintendo®
GameCubeÔ version is being developed by Hypnos Entertainment;
the Nintendo DSÔ version by Amaze Entertainment; the Game
Boy® Advance version by Wayforward Technologies and Beenox
Studios is developing the PC version.
The PC and console games are rated "T" (Teen - with violence)
by the ESRB and the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS titles
are rated "E-10+" for (Everyone 10 and older - with fantasy
violence). X-Men: The Official Game will debut at retail
outlets nationwide on Tuesday, May 16, 2006.
For more information on X-Men: The Official Game, please
visit www.x-mengame.com.
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