For the few of you who actually enjoyed the Doom movie, there's an added bonus for you on the DVD which comes out this week. Activision is including a demo of the Xbox version of Doom 3 on every copy of the Unrated Extended "We might have actually made the movie entertaining" version of the DVD. The demo contains two single player and two multiplayer levels. Not a bad deal if you wanted to try the game out and if you have a Karl Urban/The Rock fetish.
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DOOM 3 XBOX DEMO FEATURED IN DOOM MOVIE DVD
Mesquite, TX –
Feb. 8, 2006 – DOOM®
fans, brace yourselves for another barrage of Hell’s most heinous
horrors! id Software and Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) have teamed
with Universal Studios Home Entertainment to include a playable demo of DOOM 3â„¢ for
Xbox® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft as bonus content
on the Unrated Extended Edition DVD release of Doom. The DOOM 3 demo includes
two single-player and two multi-player levels, featuring both Co-Op and
Deathmatch Xbox Live® online game service enabled modes.
DOOM 3, a Microsoft Platinum Hits
award-winning title, draws gamers into the most terrifying and riveting 3D
gaming experience ever created as players fight their way to Hell and back in
an epic clash against pure evil. The title was co-developed by id Software and
Vicarious Visions, and is currently available nationwide for a suggested retail
price of $29.99 and is rated “M†(Mature) by the ESRB.
About
id Software
id – Freud's
primal part of the human psyche and one of the hottest game shops on Earth
– has been rocking the gaming world from Mesquite, Texas
since 1991. As a renowned leader in the industry, id Software forged such
frenetic titles as Wolfenstein 3D®, DOOM®, DOOM II™, QUAKE®
and QUAKE IIâ„¢. With intense graphics and mind-blowing action,
id’s games have helped redefine the modern video game, continually
setting industry standards for technology and gameplay. And, in keeping
with tradition, id Software has amplified the world of adrenaline pumping 3-D
gaming with the release of their latest action titles, QUAKE III Arenaâ„¢,
QUAKE III: Team Arenaâ„¢, and Return to Castle Wolfensteinâ„¢.
id’s advanced DOOM 3 engine is leading the next revolution in 3-D
interactive games. Check out more about id Software at
www.idsoftware.com.
About
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Universal Studios Home
Entertainment is a unit of Universal Pictures, a division of Universal Studios
(http://www.universalstudios.com). Universal Studios is a part of NBC
Universal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies in the
development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information
to a global audience. Formed in May 2004 through the combining of NBC and
Vivendi Universal Entertainment, NBC Universal owns and operates a valuable
portfolio of news and Entertainment networks, a premier motion picture company,
significant television production operations, a leading television stations
group, and world-renowned theme parks. NBC Universal is 80%-owned by
General Electric, with 20% controlled by Vivendi Universal.
About
Activision, Inc.
Headquartered in Santa
Monica, California, Activision, Inc. is a leading worldwide developer, publisher
and distributor of interactive entertainment and leisure products.
Founded in 1979, Activision posted net revenues of $1.4 billion for the fiscal
year ended March 31, 2005.
Activision maintains
operations in the U.S., Canada, the United
Kingdom, France,
Germany, Italy, Japan,
Australia, Scandinavia,
Spain and the Netherlands.
More information about Activision and its products can be found on the
company's World Wide Web site, which is located at www.activision.com.
