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CONTACT:
MONIKA MOULIN
P.R.
MANAGER
CODEMASTERS
(USA)
559/683-4468
ext. 208
559/642-3358
PO
Box 2150, Oakhurst, CA 93644 USA
[email protected]
SEVEN
GAMES ROAR INTO 2000 FROM CODEMASTERS
Games
to Launch on PlayStation, PC and GameBoy Color
OAKHURST,
CA, February 10, 2000 Codemasters announced its highly anticipated and diverse
line-up of game releases for early 2000, including action, racing, sports and
general entertainment titles on three platforms. The releases include:
Colin McRae Rally (PC); Micro Maniacs (PSX); MTV Music Generator
(PC); Pro Pool (GBC); Mike Tyson Boxing (PSX); WTC,
World Racing Championship (PSX) and Insane (Internet-PC).
THE
GAMES LINE-UP
Colin
McRae Rally races onto American PCs in April, 2000, carrying an SRP of
$29.99. Bearing the name and the signature pedal-to-the-metal style of
one of the greatest rally-racers in history, the game features 12 of the
world’s greatest rally cars and supports up to eight simultaneous players via
LAN.
Micro
Maniacs for the PlayStation will hit store shelves like a pint-sized
tornado in April, 2000 with an SRP of $39.99. This offbeat racing game from
the makers of the successful Micro Machines series allows for up to eight
players to control miniature maniacs in simultaneous, fast paced and decidedly
odd racing action.
MTV
Music Generator on the PC is set for an April, 2000 playdate on store
shelves, with an SRP of $29.99. This easy-to-use music creation product
allows even the novice to create professional-quality music in a broad range
of styles, including rock, rap, electronica, funk, metal and dance.
Pro
Pool takes big time pool playing to the diminutive GameBoy Color in
May, 2000, with an SRP of $19.99. Tested rigorously by Codemasters staff
on long, trans-Atlantic Flights, Pro Pool is the first true pool
sim for the GameBoy Color, with multiple pool games and 64 AI-controlled
opponents.
Mike
Tyson Boxing for the PlayStation will mix-it-up with definitive
boxing-sim action in May, 2000. Carrying an SRP of $39.99, Mike
Tyson Boxing offers multiple play-modes and a unique physics engine to
create the heavyweight champ of realistic console boxing action.
WTC,
World Racing Championship brings international auto racing to the
PlayStation in June, 2000, with an SRP of $39.99. With 23 tracks on five
continents, players will speed down some of the most famous courses in the
world, including Laguna Seca, Hockenheim and Bathurst.
Insane
for PC will take off-road racing onto the Internet in mid-2000 with an SRP of
$29.99. Insane features more than 20 vehicles for racers
with more than 30 off-road competitions all across the globe, from Africa to
Yosemite and beyond.
ABOUT
CODEMASTERS
Established
in 1986, UK-based Codemasters has become one of Europe’s best-selling and
profitable game-makers, developing and publishing titles for the console
platform as well as for PCs. Frequently honored within the European
games industry, the company was named Publisher of the Year for 1998 by Edge
Magazine. The company is currently extending its proven successful
business model into the United States, bringing the Codemasters portfolio of
hit games to other markets. Holiday 1999 marked the first Codemasters
products to appear on US retail shelves. These products were
Touring Car Challenge, MTV Music Generator (PSX) and
No Fear Downhill Mountain Bike Racing. It is the company
founders’ belief in the need to understand what game players want that has
translated into a continuous string of hit games that have delighted gamers
and earned the respect of the industry and yielded consistent profits.
Codemasters can be found at http://www.codemasters.com.
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