Heavy Metal FAKK 2 ships

Ritual Entertainment's Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K.2 to Ship this Week for PC Third-Person Action/Adventure Game to Debut on Sega Dreamcast this Christmas Dallas, TX, August 1, 2000 - Prepare to enter the surreal Heavy Metal Universe. Ritual Entertainment today announced that its third-person action/adventure game Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K. 2 (Federation Assigned Ketogenic Killzone) will ship this week for the PC. In addition, the company announced a Sega DreamcastÔ version which will ship this Christmas. The games, which are based on Kevin Eastman's Heavy Metal 2000 movie, the sequel to the explosive and groundbreaking animated film Heavy Metal, will be published by developer-driven computer and video game publisher Gathering of Developers and distributed by Take Two Interactive's Jack of All Games. "Kevin Eastman and Julie Strain, who was animated for the movie, were instrumental in helping us create a universe where Heavy Metal fans and action/adventure gamers can lose themselves in the fantasy and fight," said Robert Atkins, Ritual Entertainment co-founder and art director. "Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K.2 offers gamers something different with its sexy heroine, twisted story, gorgeous world and totally original two-handed combat system." Featuring artwork and themes from the Heavy Metal 2000 movie, the game is set in the Melting Pot Universe thirty years after the movie leaves off. The player controls Julie as she fights to defend her homeworld Eden from the marauding Gith Industries despoilers. Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K.2 combines exploration and puzzles with a unique fighting-game style combat system for an original hybrid gaming experience. Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K.2 features include: ·Heavy Metal-inspired worlds that bring the pages of Heavy Metal comics to life. ·Two-handed combat system allowing players to use 2 different weapons simultaneously. ·Dozens of fantastical creatures that adapt to the player's attack and change behavior as the game progresses. ·Over 20 brutal weapons including combo-based melee weaponry, conventional and futuristic tools of destruction. ·Massive and beautiful environments filled with mind-bending puzzles. ·Custom music soundtrack featuring over three hours of original Heavy Metal inspired music ·Main character Julie who has over 7000 frames of animation, including fighting game style multi-tiered attacks, which unlock throughout the adventure. ·Movie-like storytelling with numerous in-game cinematics, powered by enhanced Quake3 Arena technology. Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K.2 for the Sega Dreamcast includes: ·Special multimedia content from the Heavy Metal 2000 movie. ·Illustrated comic version of Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K. 2 straight from the pages of Heavy Metal magazine. ·Exclusive monsters and game content for the Sega Dreamcast.