Warning to Pilgrims Everywhere...3DO To Release "Famine" on Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Website on Thanksgiving Day

The company released information about War, the first Horseman, on Halloween of this year. The remaining Horsemen will appear before the game ships in the Fall of 2003.

About "Famine"

• The second of the Four Horsemen, "Famine" is the ever-ravenous trickster with a taste for flesh and the souls of those who die of starvation and thirst.

• Famine commands little respect among mortal men. However, when the bodies are tallied, he has caused more death and suffering than Pestilence and War combined.

• Famine's" favorite combat move is his bite attack, with which he'll stuff any living flesh he can find into his gaping belly-mouth, bite off his victims head, and then spit out the bones.

About "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

A dark adventure, The Four Horsemen of Apocalypse combines the expertise of celebrated artists Simon Bisley and Dave DeVries with the voice talents of Tim Curry (The Hunt for Red October, Charlie's Angels, The Three Musketeers), Lance Henriksen (The Right Stuff, Aliens, Millenium) and cult film star Traci Lords (Melrose Place, Profiler, First Wave).

The game is set in the present day, as the archangel Abaddon faces possessed zealots, demons, and the daunting powers of the personified plagues of Mankind: Pestilence, War, Famine and Death. As Abaddon, the player must find the three "Chosen" and combine their untapped powers in time to save the world from destruction. It won't be easy - God's Chosen are mortals: a prostitute, a serial killer and a corrupt politician.

The story unfolds via in-game cinematics and "graphic novel" sequences by Bisley, the title's character designer. These graphic novel images are displayed on-screen complete with animations, voices and sound effects, bringing his work to life and immersing the player in the dark underworld of Hell's emissaries.

Features of the game include:

• Incredible gore and destruction effects including dismemberment, realistic and dynamic exit wounds through objects and people, morph animations, melting, and blood splatters.

• Diverse weaponry lends itself to spectacular cinematic violence - swords for melee combat, automatic  weapons, projectiles for ranged combat, and magic (slow time).

• Mature content with adult themes and extreme violence.

• Stunning deaths (finishing moves) and Hollywood-style combat moves choreographed and performed by the Smashcut Action Team (The Matrix 1-3, Fight Club, The Crow).

•  More than 18 levels of photo-realistic play that sweep players through gothic environments, the post-apocalypse of World War III, and the depths of Hell itself.

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