NFL BLITZ PRO<br>
The new direction of NFL Blitz was designed with the sports fan in mind and is based on feedback from both hardcore and casual sports enthusiasts. Nationwide focus testing of sports videogamers produced a clear message: gamers applaud Midway Sports trademark arcade-style gameplay and intense action but also want to experience their favorite teams, players, and stadiums in an authentic professional sports context. Midway Sports answered the call by taking NFL Blitz in a new direction.
<p>Officially licensed by NFL Properties and PLAYERS INC, NFL Blitz Pro will showcase authentic 11-on-11 gameplay with real NFL teams, players and stadiums, while still providing the well-known Midway Sports “edge.” With a solid reputation for delivering the best multiplayer sports games, NFL Blitz Pro continues this Midway Sports tradition with superlative new online play for the Playstation 2, including a unique tournament system, leaderboards, fast head-to-head matchups, downloadable roster updates and up-to-the minute real-time weather effects - everything from snow in Buffalo to sunshine in Miami - to enhance the realistic experience. Along with the advent of the 11-on-11 gameplay format comes the first-ever Blitz-style running game that includes traditional moves such as handoffs, pitches, reverses, and up-the-gut runs, as well as more aggressive trick plays that the pros have yet to attempt. Midway also signed an exclusive deal with Terrell Owens, Pro Bowl wide receiver of the San Francisco 49ers, to appear on the package cover, in advertising materials, and to design plays and provide audio capture for the game. NFL Blitz Pro is scheduled to ship in summer 2003 for the PlayStation2, Xbox and Nintendo GameCube™.
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NHL HITZ PRO<br>
NHL Hitz has been reinvented, without leaving behind the edginess that has made Midway Sports the leader and only year-on-year successful publisher of extreme-style league-licensed sports videogames. Officially licensed by the NHL and the NHLPA and featuring real NHL teams and athletes, NHL Hitz Pro retains the well-known Midway Sports “edge,” but with a new emphasis on realistic NHL features, and will showcase 5-on-5 gameplay, game rules and penalties, and for the first time, live online head-to-head gameplay on Playstation 2. NHL Hitz Pro also includes NHL legitimate, 23-man player rosters that bring together pro players and authentic team lines with real offensive and defensive team formations in precise correlation with each NHL team. Alongside the other exciting additional content that hockey fans will adore, new context-sensitive plays such as wraparounds will set a new benchmark for sports games. Midway has signed an exclusive deal with Nicklas Lidstrom, star defenseman of the Detroit Red Wings, to appear on the packaging and cover art for the game, and he also brings his big hits to NHL Hitz Pro's DVD section. Regarded as one of the top defensemen in the NHL, Lidstrom is a four-time finalist and recipient of the coveted Norris Trophy and member of the 2003 Western Conference All-Star team, leading all players in fan votes. NHL Hitz Pro is scheduled to ship in fall 2003 for the PlayStation2, Xbox and Nintendo GameCube™.
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NBA BALLERS<br>
Officially licensed by the NBA and NBA Legends, NBA Ballers is the only basketball videogame to deliver the pure essence of basketball by highlighting the excitement and intensity of the one-on-one confrontation, set within the alluring fantasy lifestyle of the NBA superstars. Featuring online play for the PlayStation2, 60 current and 24 all-time player legends, NBA Ballers takes the game out of the arenas and into some of the most lavish NBA player fantasy “cribs” for an up-close and personal one-on-one experience. Gamers no longer have to debate who is the best NBA player of all time - now the greatest ballers can be matched up in elaborate settings; holding it down at some of the finest private courts in the league. NBA Ballers features current NBA stars such as Tracy McGrady, Chris Webber and Kobe Bryant, and NBA Legends including George Gervin, Magic Johnson and Wilt Chamberlain. NBA Ballers' online capabilities for the PlayStation2 enable gamers to take on the world in online tournaments and ladder challenges.
By focusing on the one-on-one matchups, Midway Sports Asylum is able to build each and every NBA baller and legend with his specific skill set in mind. Shaq will bang in the paint, Larry Bird will be raining three-pointers and Iverson will be breaking ankles with his killer cross-over. With more then 5,000 polygons per player and facial motion-capture technology, no basketball videogame has ever given the gamer more realistic looking players. NBA Ballers is scheduled to ship fall 2003 for the PlayStation2, Xbox and Nintendo GameCube™.
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FREESTYLE METALX<br>
Freestyle MetalX™ unleashes anarchy, giving gamers the freedom to do what they want, when they want, in a one-of-a-kind freestyle motocross game that features the best physics, a seemingly unlimited stunt system and truly daring sub-games that rebel against the establishment. Riding it hard, fast and anywhere, Freestyle MetalX is a totally unique offering that caters to the action sport and mass-market gamer with diverse, lawless freestyle motocross mayhem. Gamers and motocross fanatics can “be sick all over” as they experience firsthand the extreme thrills and spills of the first true freestyle motocross videogame. Featuring expansive worlds, eight insane game modes and sub-games, Freestyle MetalX lets players cancan and rodeo their way through vast environments as they interact with and trick-off everything from swimming pools to skyscrapers. Freestyle MetalX also features nine of the sickest riders pulling endless eye-popping tricks in stunning open environments. Pro rider legends include: Clifford “The Flyin' Hawaiian” Adoptonte, Jeff Tilton, Nate “Destroyer” Adams, Jeremy “Twitch” Stenberg, Trevor Vines, “Mad” Mike Jones, Kris “The Rock” Rourke, Doug Parsons and Ronnie “Kung Fu” Faisst. Freestyle MetalX is scheduled to ship June 2003 for the PlayStation2, Xbox and Nintendo GameCube™. |
