Kiersten Hollars

Sanity: Aiken's Artifact from Fox Interactive Heads Straight For Dark Horse Comics

Read The Action-Packed Comic Book Before You Play The Game -- August 30, 2000 - Fox Interactive and Dark Horse Comics today announced the creation of an exclusive comic book inspired by the upcoming PC game, Sanity: Aiken's Artifact. The comic book is available to all gamers who pre-order Sanity: Aiken's Artifact at the nationwide retail chain Electronics Boutique. Additionally, the game themed comic book will be bundled with more than 35,000 subscription issues of Wizard magazine's November issue (#110). The game will hit retail shelves everywhere at the end of September. Dark Horse Comics brought together an outstanding team of seasoned professionals to tell the story of Agent Cain and his war against rogue Psionic criminals and the perpetual family conflict between two brothers. The comic takes a page from the game by establishing the prequel story line and the lead characters featured in the game. Giving additional background and character information, gamers will enjoy the added action and adventure of Agent Cain and his fight against the evil Psionics.

Sanity: Aiken's Artifact is a story-driven game that features over 20 single player and 10 multi-player levels and stars the lead character voice of Grammy Award-winner IceT as Agent Cain. In the near future, citizens around the world have begun to display remarkable psychic abilities. Called Psionics, these tormented souls are able to generate energy emissions using only their minds - often with catastrophic and deadly results. Succumbing to the lure of the power they possess, these Psionics will stop at nothing to achieve control of the universe* one man, Agent Cain, a powerful Psionic working for an elite government agency, stands against them, risking his own sanity to save ours.

Recognized as an innovative industry leader, Fox Interactive, an operating unit of Fox Filmed Entertainment, a News Corporation company, is committed to developing a full range of bold and engaging interactive entertainment. The company creates computer and video game software based on Fox franchises as well as new and original properties. Fox Interactive games currently released include the 3D platform game CROC 2, the top selling PC hit Aliens versus Predator, The X-Files, Die Hard Trilogy 2: Viva Las Vegas, The Simpsons Cartoon Studio and Virtual Springfield. Check out Fox Interactive online at http://www.foxinteractive.com. 

Dark Horse Comics is the world's leading publisher of licensed comics. Dark Horse currently publishes successful, ongoing lines of comic books based on Star Wars, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Aliens, Predator, and Xena: Warrior Princess in addition to a full line of creator-owned, company-owned, and translated Japanese comics. Dark Horse comics are distributed on newsstands, in bookstores and major mainstream outlets, and in the direct comics-specialty market.

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