13:00 (BST), 03/04/2008
Emergency Mayhem
Press Release PROVIDED BY GAMES PRESS
New video reveals most accident-prone city of all time in meltdown!
– Putting the urgency into emergency, Codemasters® today announced that has gone gold and is set to ship to U.S. retail stores on April 15th with the European/PAL launch on April 18th. Coming exclusively to , catch the chaos in the new gameplay video now available to view or download from www.codemasters.com/emergency
In , Crisis City is living up to its name and its citizens are panicking. Fires rage, bombs are ticking, monkeys have taken over the supermarket and everyone's calling 999…
As the city teeters on the edge of collapse, players take charge of the emergency services and attempt to bring order to the mad metropolis. As instructions from HQ crackle in through the Wii Remote speaker, players take to the wheel of a fire truck, ambulance or police patrol car and race, against the clock, through the bustling city streets, dodging traffic and driving down shortcuts to reach the incident scene.
On reaching an emergency, play switches to one of over and the Wii Remote is used in a huge range of wild ways to save the day; ranging from putting out fires, restraining prisoners, practicing CPR, to hurling bananas at out of control monkeys or herding escaped penguins to safety!
No area of Crisis City is spared the mayhem. From the fairground at the beach to the sky-scrapers of downtown, players will be delivering city dwellers to safety in four precincts across eight diverse environments.
In addition to a massive single-player game, also packs a fantastic multiplayer mode with mini-game challenges for up to four players. Prepare to save the citizens of the city from all manner of crazy catastrophes when arrives later this month April, exclusively on Wii™. For the latest movie and monkey-adorned wallpapers, visit www.codemasters.com/emergency
Rob Burman
UK PR Manager
rob.burman@codemasters.com
01926 816051
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Codemasters is a leading developer and publisher of best-selling interactive entertainment products for a global audience across multiple gaming platforms and channels. Established in 1986, the company's dominant brands include Colin McRae DiRT, Overlord, Clive Barker's Jericho, Race Driver GRID and Operation Flashpoint. Codemasters is headquartered in Warwickshire UK, with North American operations based in Universal City, Calif. The company also maintains operations in Germany, France, Spain, Benelux and Malaysia. Codemasters receives over two million visitors to its web site every month, discover why at www.codemasters.com
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