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News Releases -- May 17, 2001
Microsoft Unveils Blockbuster Games Lineup for Xbox, PC and Zone.com at Electronic Entertainment Expo 2001
(Note: The following is an abbreviated form of the news release. For the complete release and a list of all Xbox titles for 2001, go to http://www.microsoft.com/PressPass/press/2001/May01/05-17BlockbusterGamesPr.asp)
LOS ANGELES - May 17, 2001 - With the goal of offering console, PC and online game players the most powerful games experiences available, Microsoft Corp. will showcase great action-adventure, strategy, sports, sci-fi, fantasy and simulation games this week at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) 2001 in Los Angeles.
"We're committed to creating world-class PC and XboxTM video game system games that excite the imaginations of all game players," said Ed Fries, vice president of the games division at Microsoft. "Xbox will revolutionize video games in living rooms around the globe, and the PC will continue to be the hotbed of innovative gameplay experiences."
At this year's show, Microsoft is exhibiting some of its most anticipated Xbox games for 2001 -- all Xbox exclusives.
Xbox
Unleashing the creativity of the world's top games artists, Microsoft's future-generation video game system will deliver some of the most powerful game experiences that blur the lines between fantasy and reality like never before. Some of the first Microsoft® games to be published for Xbox include the following:
..."Sigma: The Adventures of Rex Chance." Set in the 1930s, this
3-D real-time strategy game pits players against an evil madman in a fast-paced campaign across a chain of remote and diverse islands. More than 50 familiar animals can be combined into a huge number of mutant creatures, which together create a formidable army. A variety of ecosystems determines which animals are available and the performance of the units deployed in each environment. With more than 15 missions, single or multiple players can engage in unprecedented, streamlined and intense gameplay. Scheduled availability is fall 2001.
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