E3 2003: Activision's Line-Up
While the world waits to play Doom III, Activision are keen to show they've got a few other games lined up as well.
Activision have announced their slate of games for E3 - the company's lineup includes high-profile Hollywood licenses such as Shrek 2: The Game, Spider-Man 2 and id Software's DOOM III. Here are the details in full.
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Shrek 2 : The Game (PS2, Xbox, GCN) - Embark upon an adventure that goes beyond the movie with Shrek 2: The Game. Players experience key moments from the film and encounter a variety of new personalities, environments and sub-plots as they switch between Shrek , Donkey or one of their many friends.
Spider-Man 2 (PS2, Xbox, GCN) - Based on the highly anticipated movie sequel from Columbia Pictures and Marvel Entertainment, Spider-Man 2 allows players to swing into action as the famous "web-slinger" and protect the city of Manhattan from Doc Ock and his evil minions.
The Movies - (PC) Run your own Hollywood movie studio from the silent days of the 1920s, through the advent of new technologies into the present and beyond. As the head of a Hollywood dream factory, players decide which movies to make and the stars to make them.
Pitfall Harry - (PS2, Xbox, GCN, GBA) The daring, risk-taking explorer who laughs in the face of danger is back! Featuring over 50 levels of fast-paced action and puzzle solving adventures, the game challenges players to swing, fight, climb and crawl through eight types of treacherous South American environments including lush jungles, dark tombs, ancient Aztec ruins and glacial mountains.
X-Men: Legends - (PS2, Xbox, GCN) The first-ever X-Men real-time RPG allows gamers to assemble, train and lead their own X-Men fighting force in a battle against some of the deadliest foes in the Marvel Universe including the Morlocks , the Brotherhood of Mutants and robotic Sentinels.
True Crime: Streets of L.A. (PS2, Xbox, GCN) - Assume the role of rogue Elite Operations Division (E.O.D.) operative Nick Kang, a no-holds-barred badass, whose brutal reputation and lethal skills have landed him the nasty task of taking down the Chinese Triad and Russian Mafia cartel that has turned the City of Angels into a war zone.
MTX: Mototrax featuring Travis Pastrana - (PS2, Xbox, GCN) Experience the thrill of top speed racing and high flying freestyle action in the most authentic motocross video game to date. Choose from more than a dozen top pro riders and battle it out for first place in fast-paced, realistic racing on a variety of Supercross (indoor) and Motocross (outdoor) levels or take on challenges outside the circuit.
Wakeboarding Unleashed featuring Shaun Murray (PS2, Xbox) - Hang on for your life and get ready to rip behind a high-powered speedboat as you trick through dangerous terrain. Feel the rush as you crash into houseboats and catch huge air in nine exotic levels with seven world-class wakeboarders.
Call of Duty: Finest Hour (PS2, Xbox, GCN) - Call of Duty: Finest Hour is a blistering and intense WWII cinematic battlefield experience. An entirely new and distinct action-packed Call of Duty game, Finest Hour features a unique storyline and series of squad-based missions as soldiers come together to defend and survive through the chaos of battle.
TRINITY - (Xbox, PC) A first person action game, TRINITY transports players into a dark alternate future in the year 2013 where a deadly plague threatens to destroy the city of New Orleans. As the mysterious "Nightstalker," a bio-technically enhanced one-man vigilante force with superhuman powers, players will cut a swath of destruction through the Big Easy.
Empires: Dawn of the Modern World - (PC) For the first time in a historically based real-time strategy game, players can command completely unique, historically based civilizations in a bid to dominate the world.
Rome: Total War - (PC) Experience the power and the glory of ancient Rome in this epic game of empire building and conquest. The revolutionary next generation Total War engine brings the battlefields of the ancient world to life by combining epic scale with amazing levels of individual detail and motion captured animations.
Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure - (PS2, Xbox, GCN, GBA) Skate through the large and imaginative worlds of Walt Disney Pictures' presentation of Pixar Animation Studios' "Toy Story 2," "Disney's Tarzan " and "Disney's The Lion King" along with the most memorable characters from each film.
Call of Duty (PC) - Experience the dramatic intensity of the frontlines through the eyes of common soldiers in this gritty and epic WWII first-person action game. As different characters from multiple sides of the Allied forces, players get a sense for the true scope of wartime action as they heed the call of duty.
Vampire: Bloodlines (PC) - Combining the best parts of role playing games and first-person action games, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines plunges players into the dark and gritty vampire underworld of modern day L.A. as a recently embraced fledgling vampire in the service of the city's dark Prince.
Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix (Xbox) - Assume the role of John Mullins, a military consultant working for the top-secret anti-terrorist group known as The Shop, as you tackle a wide-range of missions from hostage rescue and intelligence gathering, to search-and-destroy.
Star Trek Elite Force II (PC) - In this sequel to the critically acclaimed first-person action game, the Hazard Team faces its deadliest mission yet when a terrifying evil awakens and hordes of nightmarish monsters invade.
Satoru Iwata Video Interview - the late Nintendo president spoke with Kikizo in 2004 as 'Nintendo Revolution' loomed.
Kaz Hirai Video Interview - the first of Kikizo's interviews with the man who went on to become global head of Sony.
Ed Fries Video Interview - one of Xbox's founders discusses an epic journey from Excel to Xbox.
Yu Suzuki, the Kikizo Interview - we spend time with one of gaming's most revered creators.
Tetris - The Making of an Icon: Alexey Pajitnov and Henk Rogers reveal the fascinating story behind Tetris
Rare founders, Chris and Tim Stamper - their only interview? Genuinely 'rare' sit down with founders of the legendary studio.
The History of First-Person Shooters - a retrospective, from Maze War to Modern Warfare