ATARI SECURES RIGHTS TO
‘FAHRENHEIT’ VIDEO GAME
PARANORMAL THRILLER TO BE
RELEASED AS ‘INDIGO PROPHECY’ IN NORTH AMERICA
NEW YORK, NY, February 25, 2005 – Survival makes for strange bedfellows as
Atari, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATAR) today unveils details about its new adventure video
game, Indigo
Prophecy. Known as
Fahrenheit in Europe, the game is being developed by Quantic
Dream for the PlayStation®2
computer entertainment system, the Xbox® video game system from
Microsoft and personal computer and is scheduled for release this fall.
Set in New York City’s near future,
Indigo Prophecy
tells the story of a man whose destiny is irrevocably altered when he
unwillingly commits a brutal murder and must partner with the woman assigned
to bring him to justice.
“Quantic Dream has come up with a game best described as ‘interactive cinema’
– a scenario driven experience whose attributes more closely match that of a
hit movie," said Erik Gerson, senior vice president of Marketing for Atari.
“What Indigo
Prophecy does uniquely well is transfer the on-screen drama,
tension and anticipation to the player, resulting in an encounter in which
players develop an emotional stake in the outcome. This is heightened by a
cause-and-effect in-game dynamic whereby every player decision impacts the
game’s story path and ultimate outcome.”
In Indigo Prophecy,
New York City is stunned by a series of mysterious murders, all following the
same pattern: ordinary people are killing absolute strangers in public areas.
Lucas Kane becomes another one of these murderers when he suddenly kills a
stranger in a men’s bathroom. Covered in blood, Lucas regains consciousness
with no recollection as to why he committed murder. Hunted by police, Lucas
must uncover the supernatural forces behind his crime before being
incarcerated for life.
A free-flowing game during which players can assume the role of multiple
characters and experience the game from multiple viewpoints,
Indigo Prophecy
allows players’ actions to affect the plot by offering a scenario
driven interactive experience – each and every decision made by the player
will impact how the in-game story unfolds. Through motion picture techniques
such as actor direction, multi-camera views, motion tracking and a contextual
music score, players find themselves intimately immersed in the game.
Developed by Quantic Dream for the PlayStation®2, Xbox and PC,
Indigo Prophecy
/ Fahrenheit is scheduled
for a worldwide release this fall. More information about the game can be
found online at
www.indigoprophecy.com.
About Quantic Dream
Founded in
1997, Quantic Dream developed Omikron –
The Nomad Soul™ for PC and Dreamcast in 1999 and featured original
music and acts composed by international star David Bowie. Beginning in 2000
through 2002, Quantic Dream devoted two years in creating the production
infrastructure and technology needed to develop code for the next-generation
console systems – Fahrenheit/Indigo
Prophecy will be the first product created using these new and
innovative tools. Quantic Dream boosts one of the most advanced
state-of-the-art motion capture systems in Europe and offers its services and
expertise to the film, television and video game industries. For additional
information, please visit
http://www.quanticdream.com
About
Atari
New York-based Atari,
Inc. (Nasdaq: ATAR) develops interactive games for all platforms and is one of
the largest third-party publishers of interactive entertainment software in
the U.S. The Company’s 1,000+ titles include hard-core, genre-defining games
such as DRIV3R™,
Enter the Matrix™, Neverwinter Nights™, Stuntman™, Test Drive®,
Unreal®
Tournament 2004,
and Unreal®
Championship;
and mass-market and children’s games such as
Backyard Sports™,
Nickelodeon’s Blue’s Clues™
and Dora the Explorer™,
Dragon Ball Z®
and RollerCoaster Tycoon®.
Atari, Inc. is a majority-owned subsidiary of France-based Infogrames
Entertainment SA (Euronext – ISIN: FR-0000052573), the largest interactive
games publisher in Europe. For more information, visit
www.atari.com.
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