Janice, are you somehow involved?
Kingpin: Life of Crime Hits #1 in the
U.K.; Interplay's Controversial New
Title Tops the Charts
IRVINE, Calif., July 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Interplay Entertainment Corp. (Nasdaq: IPLY - news) announced today their newly released 3D action game, Kingpin: Life of Crime(TM) has become the #1 selling title in the U.K., according to reports from U.K. based ChartTrack. The hotly anticipated title skyrocketed to the top of retail charts last week when it began shipping to stores over the July
fourth holiday. In just three weeks the game has also reached #1 in selected U.S. mall-based retail outlets.
Developed by Xatrix Entertainment, Kingpin is set in a fictional retro- tech urban world, where players are invited into a game of deep dark adventure of organized crime and revolutionary game technology. Based on an enhanced version of the Quake II engine, Kingpin allows players an ability to explore
storylines and subplots, and prepare for confrontation before exploding into all-out warfare. With its film-noir style, superlative graphic detail and sinister soundtrack, from multi-platinum recording artists ''Cypress Hill,'' Kingpin is sure to find that crossover audience gaming's been waiting for.
With a team of hired bodyguards, players find their way through 27 levels and six varied episodes while a multi-player game invites up to 16 people over an online Internet server. Powered by the enhanced
Quake II engine, Kingpin delivers some of the most unbelievably realistic graphics as seen on the PC. Specific enhancements include 32-bit color, full alpha transparencies, goraud lighting of characters, neural net-based AI and a myriad of other advanced special effects including motion capture technology.
Interplay Entertainment Corp. is a leading developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment software for both core gamers and the mass market. Interplay currently balances its development efforts by publishing for personal computers and current generation video game consoles. Interplay releases products through Interplay, Shiny Entertainment, Tantrum, Black Isle Studios,
Interplay Sports, 14 Degrees East, its distribution partners and its wholly owned subsidiary Interplay OEM, Inc. More comprehensive information on Interplay and its products is available through its
worldwide web site at interplay.com. |
