28.10.03
Innovative
TV tournament FightBox comes to PC, PlayStation 2, and Game Boy
Advance
BBC
Multimedia is set to launch FightBox as a multi-format gaming title
on February 6, 2004.
Based
on the TV series currently airing on BBC Three, and set to run on
BBC Two from November 2003, FightBox brings together computer gaming,
Internet and TV technology to create a new entertainment format.
Taking
the best FightBox warriors, created by members of the public for
the first televised tournament, plus the 'in-house' Sentient characters,
the computer games offer players the unique opportunity to recreate
the FightBox experience on home PC, or via Sony PlayStation 2, or
even on the move with the Nintendo Game Boy Advance version.
Each
product will lead players through the tournament structure, where
competitors design and build their personalized humanoid Warrior;
enter the FightBox arena to face a variety of challenges of strength,
endurance and dexterity; and face the power of the immortal Sentients.
Published
by BBC Multimedia, the FightBox titles have been developed by the
company's in-house development studio Gamezlab, which created the
software for the innovative FightBox BBC television production.
Dave
Lee, BBC Worldwide's Director of Multimedia, said: "FightBox
is unique. There's nothing like it on television, and it also represents
a unique gaming concept. We hope that these products will not only
enhance the experience for fans of the TV show, but also entertain
the wider, growing, gaming community."
About
FightBox
See the BBC
Press Kit for FightBox.
See
the FightBox website.
About
BBC Multimedia
BBC Multimedia, the software publishing division of BBC Worldwide,
publishes console and PC games, as well as interactive entertainment
products for mobile and other platforms. In addition, BBC Multimedia
creates children's and reference titles for PC and consoles. All
the company's interactive products are developed with an emphasis
on innovation, entertainment, creativity, learning and the quality
the BBC is renowned for. You can find out more about its catalogue
of titles on the BBC Multimedia
website.
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