Ultimate ATV announced

Push The Limits Of Sanity And Gravity In Metro3D’s Maxxis Ultimate ATV™ for Microsoft® Xbox™ Worldwide Publisher and Distributor Pulls Out All The Stops To Bring Intense ATV Stunt Racing For Xbox Audiences SAN JOSE, California (May 14, 2003) – Metro3D, Inc. today announced Maxxis Ultimate ATV™ for the Microsoft® Xbox™ video game system. Metro3D is teaming up with Maxxis Electronic Magic, Inc. to introduce this extreme ATV stunt racing game, now being shown at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles. The title is scheduled for a U.S. release Q1 2004. “Metro3D is thrilled to be teaming with Maxxis Electronic Magic in this exciting licensing and development partnership,” said Joseph Morici, senior vice president, sales and marketing, Metro3D. “As the official licensed game of Maxxis, we look forward to giving Xbox players the most realistic off-road ATV racing experience in video gaming today.” Experience high-performance ATV stunt racing at its best, as Maxxis Ultimate ATV rips it up off-road for an adrenaline-junkies ultimate thrill ride! Players select from 25 real ATV vehicles licensed from the hottest manufacturers in the world, including Bombardier, Honda, Kawasaki, and more. For added versatility and to out-power your racing competition, players can upgrade their ATV by adjusting steering, front and rear suspension, Maxxis-licensed tires, and colors of the vehicles. In Maxxis Ultimate ATV, all the fun and intensity fuels up as players cut loose through 20 living off-road worlds across Easter Island, the Great Wall of China, Mount Fuji, the Pyramids of Egypt, Tahiti, and many other exciting locations. Super-realistic course design, interactive environments, and tons of objects such as trees, houses, rocks, hay bales, and moguls give players the ultimate racing ground to launch their ATV for big air jumps, cutting edge tricks, and insane stunts. Maxxis Ultimate ATV allows players to compete simultaneously in one -to- four-player split-screen racing competition. Players select from five different play modes, including Single Player Career: Motocross Mode, a closed course stunt racing competition or Cross Country Mode, open terrain freestyle racing action where racers can choose from five standard ATVs and unlock 20 more. Run circles around your competition in Arcade: Single Race Mode, Multiplayer Mode, and Time Attack Mode. Ultra-realistic ATV construction, from the handlebars right down to the sub-frame arm equips players with the ultimate racing control through each interactive ATV environment and high-energy stunt. Dynamic camera angles adjust player views from multiple cameras in 360-degree motion around each ATV.