Condemned: Criminal Origins Goes Gold For Xbox 360

SEGA Announces Official Ship Date

SAN FRANCISCO (November 2, 2005) – SEGA® of America, Inc. today announced that its upcoming first-person psychological thriller Condemned: Criminal Origins™ has gone gold for the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. SEGA confirms the game will ship throughout North America on November 22 to coincide with the launch of Xbox 360.

Condemned: Criminal Origins allows players to experience a heightened level of psychological tension as they use their instincts, forensic tools, and melee combat to track serial killers and bring them to justice. Presented in a first-person view for maximum visceral effect, this atmospheric thriller highlights the power of next-generation hardware with photo-realistic backdrops, life-like physics, and highly sophisticated artificial intelligence.

The hunt for a serial killer has never been so realistic, as players experience 360-degrees of terror.

Features include:

• Next-generation lighting, mapping, and filtering techniques provide for environments of unprecedented detail and visual quality.
• Intelligent enemies respond strategically to your offensive and defensive maneuvers.
• High-level physics allow players to manipulate background items, which respond realistically when picked up, kicked, or bumped.
• An assortment of environmental weapons, such as lead pipe, concrete encrusted section of rebar, firearms and a stun gun.
• Meticulously crafted 5.1 surround-sound will cue players to the location of off-screen enemies.

Developed by Monolith Productions, the creators of F.E.A.R., Condemned: Criminal Origins is rated "M" (Mature) by the ESRB and has an MSRP of $59.99. For more information about Condemned, please visit www.condemnedgame.com 

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