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Fatal Frame III: The Tormented Ships To Retailers

Tecmo’s Psychological Horror Game Ready to Haunt your Nightmares

TORRANCE, Calif. November 8, 2005— Tecmo announced today that its Japanese horror game Fatal Frame® III: The Tormented for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system has shipped to stores nationwide. In Fatal Frame III, players take on the role of Rei Kurosawa, a woman haunted by guilt and horrifying nightmares as the result of a car accident that proved fatal for her fiancé. Armed against the supernatural with the mystical Camera Obscura, Rei and her friends Kei and Miku, also playable characters in the game, must solve the mystery of Rei’s growing tattoo before she is lost forever to her nightmares.

“Inspired by firsthand experiences with the supernatural, Fatal Frame’s trademark Camera Obscura defense puts the player face to face with horrifying ghosts,” said Andrea Frechette, marketing manager at Tecmo Inc. “When not battling ghosts head-on, Fatal Frame III’s subtle audio and unearthly visuals will give players the unsettling feeling that the ghosts in the game are not the only ones surrounding them.”

Praise for Fatal Frame® III: The Tormented keeps pouring in:

  • · "Prepare to be tormented yet again with some of the best horror gaming around." – GameDaily
  • · "It's a bone chiller in every regard." – IGN
  • · "The Tormented is the sharpest, most graphically accomplished iteration in an already stunning series" – 1UP
  • · "Absolutely spooky and crammed with creepy detail." – GameSpy

About Fatal Frame® III: The Tormented

In Fatal Frame® III: The Tormented, the player takes on the role of Rei Kurosawa, a young woman whose overwhelming guilt and tormented dreams lead her into a formidable world, the House of Sleep, where the lines between reality and nightmare are blurred and her only hope for escape is to solve the mystery of the tattoo that is slowly overtaking her body. Armed with the Camera Obscura, Rei takes photos of restless spirits to fend them off and to gather clues in an effort to free herself from the curse of the tattoo. What the player sees in Rei’s dreams is only the beginning of the nightmare, as the player takes on the roles of her friends, Kei Amakura and Miku Hinasaki, and explores the House of Sleep and its tortured spirits through their nightmares and with their unique abilities.

Capturing the essence of the Japanese horror genre, detailed visual effects and subtle, unexpected sounds taunt the imagination with the constant fear of things present but intangible. As Rei becomes more involved in the House of Sleep, her personal and spectral torments will consume and terrify the player as only Fatal Frame can.

Fatal Frame® III: The Tormented is available exclusively for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system for a suggested retail price of $49.99 and is rated “M” (“Mature” – Blood, Violence – content suitable for persons ages 17 and older). For the latest news and images for Fatal Frame III, or to buy the game online, visit Tecmo’s thirst-inspired website at www.tecmogames.com .



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