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Blair Witch Volume 1: Rustin Parr Creeps into Stores Nationwide First Volume of Movie-Inspired Trilogy Available for Special Price of .95 Dallas, TX, October 4, 2000 - Thinking about taking a hike in the woods? Before you do, buy a copy of Blair Witch Volume 1: Rustin Parr from game developer Terminal Reality. You may reconsider your original outdoor plans. Based on Artisan Entertainment's blockbuster horror movie and the mythologies associated with the Blair Witch legend, Blair Witch Volume 1: Rustin Parr combines compellingly crafted adventure with intense action elements. Published by developer-driven computer and video game publisher Gathering of Developers and distributed by Take Two Interactive's Jack of All Games, Blair Witch Volume 1: Rustin Parr is available nationwide for a suggested retail price of .95. Blair Witch Volume 1: Rustin Parr is the first of three PC games in the Blair Witch Games collection. Blair Witch enthusiasts and gamers can learn more about the three PC games by logging onto blairwitch.godgames.com. The site includes an interactive game trailer download, game news and previews, screenshots and character art, as well as a chance to enter the "Official Missing Person's Sweepstakes" and win the opportunity to digitally appear in Blair Witch Volume 3: The Elly Kedward Tale. The second movie, will debut in theatres October 27th from Artisan Entertainment. Mike Wilson, CEO of Gathering of Developers, said, "Terminal Reality worked closely with Artisan and Haxan to ensure an overwhelmingly eerie effect in the game, one that continues the story and keeps with the mythologies. The game perfectly captures and emulates the Blair Witch mood." The Gathering is supporting the Blair Witch Games through a comprehensive cross-marketing campaign with Artisan Entertainment, which is releasing Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2, into theaters nationwide on October 27. At pre-screenings of the movie, viewers will get a sneak peak trailer at the Blair Witch Games. Gathering has also implemented a comprehensive print and online advertising campaign aimed at horror fans and movie buffs, as well as hardcore and casual gamers. In addition, the title is being supported with a variety of marketing promotions including the "Missing Persons Sweepstakes." The game features characters from Terminal Reality's Nocturne, a 3D-action horror PC game released in October 1999 which was highly touted for its cutting-edge technology and gameplay. Blair Witch Volume 1: Rustin Parr is set in the town of Burkittsville, MD shortly after the arrest and conviction of Rustin Parr, a local hermit who claims the whisperings of an old-woman ghost led him to abduct and murder seven children. The player controls Nocturne character Elspeth "Doc" Holliday, an investigative scientist from a shadowy organization known as Spookhouse. She arrives in town to unravel the true nature of the supernatural forces surrounding the legend of the Blair Witch, and to determine the role it has played in the Rustin Parr murders. To solve the wicked mysteries paralyzing this terrorized small town, "Doc" employs an arsenal of creative devices and weapons along with her investigative experience, resourcefulness, and courage. According to Amorette Jones, EVP Worldwide Marketing of Artisan Pictures, "The original movie really got under its viewers skin and they left the theaters thinking twice about entering a forest again. The Blair Witch Games take that experience one step further as they bring the adventure and terror right into one's home. With the highly anticipated upcoming release of Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2, gamers can test their ability to cope with fear." The Blair Witch Games have been receiving incredible accolades from the gaming and consumer press. PC Gamer described all three volumes as having "the highest-caliber spookery." Entertainment Weekly named The Blair Witch Games the "Best Movie Spin-Off" at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) and noted that the "three game prequel both plays off and adds to the folkloric horror story." Wired Magazine said, "developer Terminal Reality creates an onscreen mood of something between fear-of-the-dark dread and gun-packing whup-ass." FHM calls the games "an innovative concoction...that adds a whole new twist to the Blair Witch phenomenon." Blair Witch Volume 1: Rustin Parr features include: ·Dark, interactive environments and eerie cinematography. ·Inverse kinematics-driven character animation that allows characters to adapt their animations to varying situations and environments. ·An in-game field journal for recording all clues, research, maps, and important conversations. ·A choice of two totally different control schemes to accommodate personal playing styles. ·Hard puzzle/combat modes for dramatically increasing the challenge and the intrigue. ·Character-dialogue enhanced with full facial and gesture animation. ·A wide range of devastating weapons and investigation gadgets, such as the Enhanced Charged Radiation Emitter, Spectral Proximity Sensor and Night- vision goggles. Blair Witch Volume 1: Rustin Parr System Requirements: ·Pentium, MMX, Celeron, Pentium2, Pentium3, or Athlon at 233MHz or Higher ·64MB RAM (96MB for 3D Acceleration) ·850MB hard disk space The next two games in the Blair Witch trilogy will be Blair Witch Volume 2: The Legend of Coffin Rock and Blair Witch Volume 3: The Elly Kedward Tale. Developed by Human Head Studios, Blair Witch Volume 2: The Legend of Coffin Rock takes place in Burkittsville, MD during the fall of 1886 and involves Robin Weaver, a young girl believed to be missing in the Black Hills Forest. Players take on the role of Lazarus and try to uncover the mystery behind Robin's disappearance and discover a bit about their own character. The game will be available October 2000. Ritual Entertainment's Blair Witch Volume 3: The Elly Kedward Tale is set in 1786 and places gamers in the role of witchhunter Jonathan Pyre. Children are mysteriously missing and Elly Kedward is accused and found guilty of witchcraft. Kedward is banished to the woods. This title will be released in November 2000.