May 13, 2003
Highly Anticipated Xbox Games Make Rare Appearance at E3
“Grabbed
by the Ghoulies”,” Conker: Live and Uncut” and “Kameo™: Elements of Power”
debut at Xbox Booth
The wait is over! Microsoft Games
Studios™ today unveiled the first three Xbox® games in development by
Rare, Ltd., the UK-based development company. “Grabbed by the Ghoulies,”
“Kameo™: Elements of Power” and Xbox Live-enabled "Conker: Live
and Uncut” are expected to draw an eager crowd to the Xbox booth.
Attendees will finally be able to see and play the Xbox games that have
spurred so much anticipation since the September 2002 acquisition was
announced at Microsoft’s X02 event in Seville, Spain.
The first Rare game expected to appear on Xbox is “Grabbed by the
Ghoulies,” a humorous beat-’em-up action/adventure game that takes place
in a haunted house full of crazed dirty fighting ghoulies. Gamers play
the role of Cooper, a kid on a mission to rescue his girlfriend, who has
been “grabbed by the ghoulies.” Players will venture through the haunted
and ominous Ghoulhaven Hall, battling it out with a variety of monsters
while trying to escape the many tricks, traps and shocks awaiting them
along the way. Packed with action, “Grabbed by the Ghoulies” is filled
with unexpected surprises, and all who fail to get through Ghoulhaven
Hall are imprisoned within and never seen again.
“Conker: Live and Uncut” is an all-new
Xbox Live™-enabled team-based shooter that features the
irreverent world of Conker, a cartoon rodent with a penchant for booze,
wild women and lewd conduct. Gamers will experience a wide variety of
customizable multiplayer scenarios, each with its own objectives, rules,
environment and back story that provide hilarious gameplay and wacky
entertainment. Also included is the original, critically acclaimed
single-player game, “Conker’s Bad Fur Day,” with never-before-seen,
uncensored content and completely revamped, only-on-Xbox graphics and
sound.
Rare fans will also enjoy “Kameo:
Elements of Power,” an action/adventure game packed with combat and
exploration set in a magnificent Kingdom of monsters and magic. Players
assume the role of Kameo, who is on a mission to rescue her three
Elemental Ancestors from the Dark Troll King who threatens the planet
and its wildlife. Kameo and her “dragon-with-an attitude” sidekick
Meepo, must capture, grow and command monsters whose powers she can use
to safely explore the vast Kingdom and ultimately unleash to combat the
evil that threatens the planet and its population of monsters.
United Kingdom-based Rare Ltd., one of the world’s leading video game
developers, was founded in 1985 by Chris and Tim Stamper. Rare has been
the mastermind behind some of the most popular video games in history,
including such global, multimillion sellers as “GoldenEye 007,” “Perfect
Dark,” “Banjo-Kazooie” and “Donkey Kong 64.”
Xbox (http://www.xbox.com/)
is Microsoft’s future-generation video game system that delivers the
most powerful games experiences ever. Xbox empowers game artists by
giving them the technology to fulfill their creative visions as never
before, creating games that blur the lines between fantasy and reality.
Xbox is now available in North America, Japan, Europe and Australia.