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E3 2005: Activisions E3 Line-up

Activision line-up includes titles based on popular entertainment brands like Marvel's Spider-Man, Fantastic 4 and X-Men, as well as Shrek , new installments in Activision's Tony Hawk and Call of Duty franchises, and innovative offerings from some of the industry's top development houses including id Software's QUAKE 4 and The Movies from Peter Molyneux's Lionhead Studios.

Descriptions

Call of Duty 2 (PC, Xbox 360)
The sequel offers more gameplay freedom than ever before, allowing players to choose to fight in historic battles chronologically or experience one of four individual soldier's stories all the way through. Vast, open battlefields also allow gamers the option to select multiple ways to complete their objectives, while an all-new battle chatter system provides authentic in-combat dialogue, delivering the ultimate WWII experience.

Call of Duty 2: Big Red One (PS2, Xbox, GC)
Call of Duty 2: Big Red One unites players in the chaos of battle fighting as part of a squad in the legendary and decorated "Big Red One," the American 1st Infantry Division. As part of the famed "Fighting First," players are drafted into a variety of historic Big Red One missions that take them across land, sea and air from the invasion of North Africa, through the battle for Sicily, and all the way to D-Day in one continuous storyline.

Fantastic 4 (PS2, Xbox, GC, GBA, PC)
the game follows the Fantastic 4 film's storyline and expands the adventures by letting players use their Fantastic 4 powers to stretch, control fire and use invisibility and brute force to defeat evil Super Villains in new environments and familiar comic book locales.

The Movies (PC)
The Movies lets gamers become Hollywood players, by creating unique movies and releasing them from the studios they build, starring the actors they discover and develop. Players select scripts, dress sets, choose costumes, determine the intensity of the action, dub voice-overs, score music, and write their own subtitles to create movie masterpieces that they can share online with friends.

QUAKE 4 (PC, Xbox 360)
Earth is under siege by the Strogg, a barbaric alien race moving through the universe consuming, recycling and annihilating any civilization in their path. In a desperate attempt to survive, an armada of Earth's finest warriors is sent to take the battle to the Strogg home planet. You are Matthew Kane, an elite member of Rhino Squad and Earth's valiant invasion force. Fight alone, with your squad, and in hover tanks and mechanized walkers as you engage in a heroic mission into the heart of the Strogg war machine.

Shrek SuperSlam (PS2, Xbox, GC, GBA, DS)
Ogre-sized brawling action collides with the hilarious Shrek universe in Shrek SuperSlam, the ultimate four-player melee game. Set in fully destructible 3D environments that parody legendary fairytales and pop culture, gamers can choose to play as 20 characters from the Shrek universe and well-known fables and unleash power slams, taunts and signature attacks including Donkey's "Juggle-Punt," juggling foes on his mighty hooves; the swashbuckling swordplay of Puss-in-Boots ; Princess Fiona's devastating "Fists of Fury"; and Shrek's gaseous "Green Storm."

Tony Hawk's American Wasteland (PS2, Xbox, Xbox 360, GC, GBA, DS)
In a plot-twisting story that pays homage to the roots of skateboarding and 80's punk style, gamers play a young rebel skater who makes his way to the mecca of skateboarding where he must prove himself to Tony Hawk, local pros, and legendary skaters and participate in the construction of the ultimate, trick-filled skate park. The new game features new multiplayer modes including a two-player co-op classic mode and online functionality for the PS2 Online and for the first time ever, Xbox Live .

Ultimate Spider-Man (PS2, Xbox, GC, GBA, DS, PC)
Set in a massive free-roaming environment, the game delivers the deepest Spider-Man adventure with a variety of challenging missions, diverse gameplay and a new combat system that allows players to face off against the largest number of villains from the Spider-Man universe ever assembled in one video game.

X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse (PS2, Xbox, GC, PSP, PC)
is an all new action-RPG that lets players create, customize and control teams of four mutants from 16 all-time favorite X-Men and classic Brotherhood villains from the Marvel Universe. With the X-Men and Brotherhood fighting side by side for the first time, players switch instantly between teammates wielding many more super powers and skills than X-Men Legends, as they overcome obstacles, solve puzzles and defeat more than 100 types of enemies including Lady Deathstrike and the notorious Four Horsemen of Apocalypse.

Downloads
Call of Duty 2 Screens
Fantastic 4 Screens
Shrek SuperSlam Screens
The Movies Screens
X-Men Legends II Screens

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