BUENA VISTA INTERACTIVE SHIPS
TRON 2.0: KILLER APP FOR XBOX®
First Person Shooter Makes Debut
On Next Generation Video Game Console, With Full Xbox Live Functionality
BURBANK, Calif. — (November 3, 2004)
— Buena Vista Interactive, a publishing label of Buena Vista Games, Inc.,
announced today its much-anticipated first person shooter, TRON 2.0: Killer App,
has shipped for the Xbox® videogame system from Microsoft to North American
retail outlets. TRON 2.0: Killer App is also available at retail for the Game
Boy® Advance.
“We are pleased to bring the TRON
franchise to the Xbox®, and the Xbox Live gaming community,“ said Bob Picunko,
director of product marketing for Buena Vista Games. “With an intriguing
storyline, innovative and deep multiplayer features, hit music and wide range of
Xbox Live functionality, Killer App is the complete first-person shooter
experience.”
Developed by the renowned Climax
game studio, TRON 2.0: Killer App brings players inside the digitized world of a
war-ravaged computer system near collapse from an onslaught of corrupt programs
controlled by an evil “user” named Thorne. Equipped with an arsenal of powerful
digital weapons, players take to battle alongside security forces and legions of
mutated programs to prevent corruption from terminating computer systems
worldwide.
The TRON 2.0: Killer App experience
on Xbox® includes:
Battle through more than 60 single
player levels and 10 new, huge multiplayer maps Command an arsenal of 16
high-impact weapons including the powerful Tron disc, digital grenades and cyber
sniper rifles Battle up to 16 players over new multiplayer maps on Xbox Live
and link play, and take on 6 modes of combat including death match mode, Light
Cycle racing, and Data Capture Split screen capability for up to four players
overRIDE mode allows players to instantly switch between first person and light
cycle combat, allowing for more control and flexibility Voice talent of
supermodel and actress Rebecca Romijn-Stamos as Mercury and Bruce Boxleitner
reprising his role as Alan Bradley Multiplayer game soundtrack featuring
Hollywood Records recording artist Breaking Benjamin including music from their
latest album, We Are Not Alone New Light Cycles designed by world-famous concept
designer Syd Mead (TRON, Aliens, Blade Runner) Xbox Live functionality
specifically designed to deliver a state-of-the-art online multiplayer gaming
experience
TRON 2.0: Killer App for Xbox® is
rated “T” for Teen by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) and carries
a suggested retail price of $39.99. For more information, please visit
www.tronkillerapp.com.
About Buena Vista Interactive Buena
Vista Interactive is an award-winning publishing label of Buena Vista Games,
Inc., the interactive entertainment arm of The Walt Disney Company’s Consumer
Products business unit. The label publishes, markets and distributes a broad
portfolio of multi-platform video games based on the diverse businesses within
The Walt Disney Company. The company also licenses properties and works directly
with third-party interactive game publishers to bring products for all ages to
market.
