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MULTI-MILLION SELLING OFFROAD RACING FRANCHISE RAISES THE BAR
WITH FAMILIAR ‘MUD IN YOUR FACE’ ACTION IN ATV OFFROAD FURY™3
FOR PLAYSTATION®2
Third Installment Includes a Fully Loaded Racing Experience With
Popular Enhanced Core Gameplay
 LOS ANGELES, May 11, 2004 – Sony Computer Entertainment America
announced today the November release of ATV Offroad Fury™3
available exclusively for the PlayStation®2 computer
entertainment system. Developed by Climax Group Inc., ATV
Offroad Fury 3 is the third installment in the multi-million
selling racing franchise that provides intense, free-roaming
offroad racing gameplay, packed with additional courses, larger
environments, extra modes, mini-games, more ATVs, online
gameplay via the Network Adaptor (Ethernet/Modem) (for
PlayStation® 2), and future support for the internal Hard Disk
Drive (40GB)(for PlayStation®2).
Through both on- and offline gameplay, players will be able to
tear it up anywhere and blaze their own trail, choosing from
more than 24 highly detailed ATVs – including six competing ATVs
in all single player and multi-player modes that offer varied
gameplay. With visually stunning backgrounds featuring water and
mud effects and fully interactive objects and instances such as
ramps, tires, cones and trees, ATV Offroad Fury 3 will include a
new short track, one-day events and Olympic championships.
“In ATV Offroad Fury 3, we take advantage of the highly
successful gameplay of the franchise to present an even more,
in-depth racing experience with all new features and
enhancements that will whet every racing fan’s appetite,” said
Ami Blaire, director, product marketing, Sony Computer
Entertainment America. “From online racing to new tracks, ATVs
and mini-games mixed with the ability to pull off crazy stunts
and tricks in stunning environments, what other alternative is
there to the real thing?!”
Playable from both first- and third-person perspectives, ATV
Offroad Fury 3 features two main modes of play containing race,
freestyle, career, mini-games and multi-player games. Other
modes will include a training course and waypoint editor. In ATV
Offroad Fury 3, players will have the ability to race in more
than 30 unique environments with six distinct terrain types
including snow, dirt, mud, ice, water and grass, as well as
compete in eight exciting mini-games including King of the Hill,
Treasure Hunt, Tag, Hockey, Soccer, Basketball and Pre-load – to
play in all multi-player modes.
Supporting up to six players online with voice-chat capabilities
via the USB headset (for PlayStation®2), ATV Offroad Fury 3,
includes a new comprehensive online scoreboard system that
records event data for players and clans within all race types.
ATV Offroad Fury 3 will include a new Garage mode that will
store the player’s complete progression and unlocked data,
including vehicles, component parts and rider liveries. Players
will also be able to utilize 20 customizable component parts for
both the rider and the bike, along with color designs and logos
to place on panels and rider liveries – showing rider experience
in events. In addition, the new vehicle tuning system will allow
players to change tire types and gear ratios.
The independent Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) has
not yet rated ATV Offroad Fury 3. For more information about the
ESRB visit
www.esrb.org.
About Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. Sony Computer
Entertainment America Inc. continues to redefine the
entertainment lifestyle with its PlayStation? game console and
the PlayStation?2 computer entertainment system. The PlayStation
2 computer entertainment system is set to revolutionize the home
entertainment market, offering the most compelling interactive
content and the capability to be used as a network terminal in
the coming broadband era. Recognized as the undisputed industry
leader, Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. markets the
PlayStation game console and develops, publishes, markets and
distributes software for the PlayStation game console and the
PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system for the North
American market. Based in Foster City, Calif., Sony Computer
Entertainment America Inc. serves as headquarters for all North
American operations and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony
Computer Entertainment Inc.
Visit us on the Web at
www.us.playstation.com.
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