ECKS VS. SEVER EXPLODES ONTO PLAYSTATION®
2 THIS FALL
BAM! Entertainment’s Critically Acclaimed
Action Game Coming To Sony®’s Gaming Console
San Jose, Calif.–(March 19, 2002) BAM!
Entertainment (Nasdaq: BFUN) today announced that it is bringing Ecks vs. Sever
to the PlayStation 2. Based on the upcoming Franchise Pictures movie of the same
name, Ecks vs. Sever PlayStation 2 is being developed by Seattle-based Zombie
Studios. The movie, due in theatres this November, stars Antonio Banderas and
Lucy Liu. Building on the release of last fall’s critically acclaimed Ecks vs.
Sever for Game Boy Advance®, Ecks vs. Sever PlayStation 2 is anticipated to be
available this November shortly after the release of the movie.
"The action and intrigue of Franchise
Pictures’ upcoming film made it a property we felt would translate well onto a
console," said Alain Tascan, Vice President of Worldwide Product Development for
BAM! Entertainment. "The quality of Ecks vs. Sever Game Boy Advance and the
excitement over the upcoming film means that players are already invested in
these intriguing characters and their world of government conspiracies, and
Zombie Studios is the perfect choice as a developer to bring Ecks vs. Sever to
life on the PlayStation 2."
The movie stars Antonio Banderas as FBI agent
Jonathan Ecks, and Lucy Liu as National Security Agency Operative, Sever. The
game will follow the movie’s storyline pitting the two spies against each other
in a deadly game of cat and mouse. Jonathan Ecks, the FBI agent is hunting
Sever, a rogue NSA agent. However, while battling each other, Ecks and Sever
learn that they might be fighting the wrong enemy. Faced with a threat greater
to each other than themselves, their non-stop battles take place in locations
from construction sites and sewer systems, to back alleys, highways, train yards
and more.
In the game, players will be entrenched in
fast-paced action as they can play as either Ecks or Sever. Ecks and Sever will
each have different missions, different strengths and different weaknesses
including unique armor, health ratios, and ammunition. With locations modeled
after the actual sets seen in the movie, the game offers more than 20
single-player missions, custom multiplayer levels for up to four players, highly
sophisticated enemies to battle, and a host of weapons to choose from. Ecks vs.
Sever for PlayStation 2 is based on the Lithtec game engine, which is the same
technology that drives the well-known PC game No One Lives Forever(tm).
Written by Alan McElroy, the film is being
produced by Elie Samaha, Andrew Stevens, Chris Lee and Kaos with Kaos also
directing. The film is due in theatres this November. For more information about
BAM! Entertainment, Ecks vs. Sever PlayStation 2 or Game Boy Advance, or any of
BAM! Entertainment’s products visit
www.bam4fun.com.
About Zombie Studios
Seattle based Zombie Studios is an
industry-leading independent developer of games, websites, animations and
location based entertainment. Zombie’s design skills span a wide range of
product genres, including action, action-puzzle, adventure, strategy, and
simulation. Some of Zombie’s previous titles include Rainbow Six: Covert Ops
Essentials, Atlantis, SPEC OPS: Rangers Lead the Way, Alcatraz: Prison Break and
more.
About Franchise Pictures LLC.
Franchise is an independent motion picture
production and distribution company founded by Elie Samaha and Andrew Stevens,
two of the more prolific producers in the entertainment industry. Since its
inception in 1998, Franchise has produced and delivered a number of high profile
pictures to the marketplace. Among them have been Heist starring Gene Hackman
and Danny Devito and directed by David Mamet, City By The Sea starring Robert De
Niro, The Whole Nine Yards starring Bruce Willis and Matthew Perry, Driven
starring Sylvester Stallone, Kip Pardue and Estella Warren, Angel Eyes starring
Jennifer Lopez and Jim Caviezel, Art of War starring Wesley Snipes and Donald
Sutherland and Sean Penn’s The Pledge starring three-time Academy Award-winner
Jack Nicholson.
About BAM! Entertainment, Inc.
Founded in 1999 and based in San Jose,
California, BAM! Entertainment, Inc. is a developer, publisher and marketer of
interactive entertainment software in North America and Europe. The company
develops, obtains, or licenses properties from a wide variety of sources,
including global entertainment and media companies, and publishes software for
video game systems, wireless devices, and personal computers. The company’s
common stock is publicly traded on Nasdaq under the symbol BFUN. More
information about BAM! and its products can be found at the company’s web site
located at
www.bam4fun.com.
This release contains statements that are
"forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on current estimates
and projections about BAM! Entertainment’s business, which are derived in part
on assumptions of its management, and are not guarantees of BAM! Entertainment’s
future performance, as such performance is difficult to predict. Therefore,
actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or
forecasted in such forward-looking statements due to numerous factors. Such
factors include, but are not limited to those described in the final prospectus
dated November 14, 2001 relating to the initial public offering of BAM!
Entertainment, which was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Readers of the release are referred to this filing. BAM! Entertainment does not
intend to update any of these forward-looking statements after the date of this
release.
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