Pursuit Force: A New Type of Cop
For immediate release
Press information
Jump between moving vehicles!
Get to grips with the Vixens gang
Race motorbikes, fight from helicopters!
E3, LOS ANGELES, 17 May 2005: Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) is pleased to announce today the forthcoming release of Pursuit ForceTM developed exclusively for the PSPTM. A thrilling new adrenaline fuelled title from the Bigbig Studios team, Pursuit Force is an arcade-action tour-de-force. Leap between cars and motorbikes at speeds of over 150mph employing an entirely new and original game-play mechanic, even take to the skies in the exclusive Pursuit Force helicopter!
Pursuit Force sees a time where rising crime and mounting gang tensions make Capital City's streets a dangerous place. Meeting the hardened criminals with force is the job of a new type of cop working for the Pursuit Force team, an elite police division where the ends justify the means. Set across five districts controlled by violent criminals, Pursuit Force features more than 30 cases to crack in a non-stop festival of speed. The action takes place across an entire fictional American state, as the law gets tough on a new breed of gangs.
As a young, cocky and street tough cop, the player is tasked with bringing to justice five of the State's most infamous gangs, including 'The Vixens', a foxy group of ex-stunt girls who chose a life of crime to pay for their daring Hollywood lifestyles and outfits. Trained in martial arts, weapons design and death-defying stunts, The Vixens are hell-bent on living the high-life that Hollywood denied them. Led by 'Whiplash' and 'The Fox', the sexy Vixens are a deadly combination of strategy and style.
Assisted by the old-school, short-tempered Chief of the Pursuit Force who likes to play by the book, players find themselves immersed in an adrenaline fuelled, high speed chase across 400km of city streets, freeways and off-road tracks, in their battle to outsmart the bad guys and rid the state of crime.
When ground assaults are unfeasible, take to the skies and man the Pursuit Force chopper, a prototype assault. Housing the latest Mini Gun technology and capable of firing 600 rounds per minute, shredding targets to devastating effect, this machine is specially designed for effective urban warfare. Combining the latest carbon fibre armour technology with high speed and excellent maneuverability, the helicopter team's remit is to provide support to the cop on the ground and in the air.
Whether jumping between high speed cars and helicopters or chasing down the foxy Vixens, Killer 66 or other hardened criminals, Pursuit Force takes justice into its own hands, setting a new standard for action, gameplay and graphics on the PSP.
-Ends-
Notes to Editors
For more information about SCEE's PSP catalogue, please contact your local PR Manager.
About PlayStation PortableTM
PlayStation Portable is a new handheld entertainment system that allows users to enjoy 3D games, with high-quality full-motion video, and high-fidelity stereo audio. With graphics rendering capability comparable to that of PlayStation®2, PlayStation Portable features a 4.3 inch widescreen, high-resolution TFT display. PlayStation Portable also adopts a newly developed compact but high-capacity (1.8GB) optical disc, Universal Media Disc (UMD), as its storage medium. With a wide range of accessories and connectivity options, including Memory Stick DuoTM, USB 2.0, IR port and Wireless LAN.
About Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd.
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE), based in London, is responsible for the distribution, marketing and sales of PS one®, PlayStation®2 and PlayStation Portable® software and hardware in 102 territories across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Oceania. SCEE also develops, publishes, markets and distributes games software for the three formats, and manages the third party licensing programs for these platforms in the PAL territories. At the end of March 2005, over 40 million PlayStation® units had been shipped across these PAL territories, over 102 million worldwide. Between its European debut on 24 November 2000 and the end of March 2005, over 31 million PlayStation®2 units have been shipped across the PAL territories, over 87 million world-wide, making it one of the most successful consumer electronic products in history.
More information about PlayStation products can be found at http://www.scee.com and www.playstation.com.