Press Release
ACTIVISION ANNOUNCES HIGH CALIBER HOLLYWOOD TALENT
FOR FORTHCOMING ACTION GAME GUN™
Santa Monica, CA – September 28, 2005 – Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq:
ATVI) has rounded up some of Hollywood’s top talent to lend
their voices to its upcoming action adventure game GUN™.
Developed by Neversoft Entertainment, GUN takes gamers to the
untamed West of the late-1800s where greed, lust and murder are
rampant. Legendary actors include leading man Thomas Jane as
vengeful gunslinger Colton White; Kris Kristofferson as Colton’s
mountain man father, Ned; Tom Skerritt as Resistance Fighter
Clay Allison; Brad Dourif as evil preacher Josiah Reed; Ron
Perlman as Mayor Hoodoo Brown of Empire, New Mexico; and Lance
Henriksen as the obsessive tyrant Thomas MacGruder.
“This amazing cast of renowned, talented Hollywood actors brings
the rich storyline of GUN to life,” said Dusty Welch, vice
president of global brand management for Activision Publishing.
“Players this fall will get to experience the brutality that was
the American West and through this voice talent feel like they
are part of the action.”
In addition to its extraordinary voice talent, GUN boasts top
screenwriting and musical scores. Hollywood screenwriter Randall
Jahnson (Mask of Zorro, The Doors) penned the engrossing
storyline and plot progression that will transport players back
in time to the lawless West. Videogame soundtrack veteran
Christopher Lennertz produced and composed the score for GUN.
The music was performed by the Northwest Sinfonia using an 80
piece orchestra.
As Colton White, players must straddle the line between good and
evil as they showdown against corrupt lawmen, a murderous
preacher, renegade army psychopaths, merciless outlaws and
unforgiving Native Americans, while waging war on horseback,
collecting bounties, and commandeering trains. Players travel
through an action-packed landscape of high mountain wilderness,
deserts and bustling territorial towns in an epic story of
betrayal, greed, and revenge.
GUN is slated for release this fall for the PlayStation®2
computer entertainment system, Xbox 360™ video game and
entertainment system from Microsoft, Xbox® video game system
from Microsoft, Nintendo GameCube™, and Windows® PC. The game is
rated “M” (“Mature” – Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Sexual
Themes, Strong Language, Use of Alcohol) by the ESRB.
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.
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