Activision To Destroy Press With E3 Lineup
It really isn't fair. Really. Come inside to see the massive list of games that we'll foolishly try to see.
Published: May 17, 2002
Too... Many... Games... But hey, why spend hours rewriting what's already been written when you can just make minor edits and get it to you, the cherished reader, faster? Game titles are in bold, platforms they'll be appearing on are below the description. So, without further adieu, behold the madness that is Activision's E3 lineup, straight from their massive press release:
[O2 - Sports]
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 continues to build on the success of the renowned franchise by reinventing the skateboarding genre with an all-new career mode, levels and goals.
|PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Game Boy Advance|
Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX 2 continues the tradition of the popular BMX game by delivering an over-the-top gaming experience that lets players perform hundreds of tricks and combos using a new trick tweaking system as they embark on three modes of play -- the immersive Road Trip, Single Session and Free Ride and multiple two-player modes.
|PlayStation 2, Xbox, Game Boy Advance|
Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer lets players ride like six-time world champion Kelly Slater or as one of eight of the most accomplished pro surfers of all time as they search for the perfect wave. Featuring ultra-realistic wave and ocean conditions, real-world breaks, detailed graphics and intuitive controls, the game delivers the adrenaline action of surfing and the rush surfers feel when dropping in on a wave.
|PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Game Boy Advance|
Shaun Murray's Pro Wakeboarder will introduce this popular water sport to video games. Featuring two-time world champion wakeboarder Shaun Murray and seven other pros, the game challenges players to catch big air off the wake as they perform acrobatic feats such as Front Flips, Whirlybirds and Tantrums.
|PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Game Boy Advance|
[Comics]
X-Men: Next Dimension is the only fighting game for the next-generation consoles that re-creates the epic super heroes battles from comic books and films. Players expand their combat beyond the traditional arena and battle across expansive 3-D levels using advanced fighting combos, aerial combat and dynamic interactive environments to wreak havoc on foes.
|Next-generation consoles|
X-Men: Wolverine's Revenge is the only action-adventure game that lets players take on the persona of Wolverine as they explore the mysterious past and deadly future of the most popular X-Men character.
|PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Game Boy Advance|
Blade 2 is the only game that lets players take on the role of the baddest of the vampire slayers. Players must make maximum use of Blade's special abilities, weapons and martial arts moves to stop the vampire nation's quest to create an all-new form of super-vampires known as Reapers.
|PlayStation 2, Xbox|
[Driving]
WRECKLESS: The Yakuza Missions is a mission-based driving game set in the streets of Hong Kong that lets players choose one of two roles -- an elite anti-Yakuza squad member taking on the vicious mafia or a high-level secret agent trying to uncover corrupt ties between the mafia and the police.
|PlayStation 2|
True Crime: Streets of L.A. blends high-speed, mission-based driving action, full-impact martial arts fighting and daring shootouts in a world that puts players in the role of a rogue cop in L.A. who must take down the mafia.
|PlayStation 2, Xbox|
Rally Fusion: Race of Champions is a visually explosive, all-action racing game set across 20 interactive environments. Players must compete in a series of races against the top drivers in 20 of the hottest licensed cars with the ultimate goal of becoming the "champion of champions."
|PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube|
[Licenses]
Minority Report lets players assume the role of the movie's hero, pre-crime officer John Anderton, the head of an elite police squad that predicts and apprehends murderers before the crimes can be committed. When Anderton is accused of a pre-crime murder, he's forced to elude the law to prove his innocence, while attempting to uncover an insidious conspiracy.
|PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Game Boy Advance|
Star Trek Elite Force II After the triumphant return of Voyager to the alpha quadrant, the Hazard Team is assigned its deadliest mission yet -- duty onboard the Federation's renowned flagship, the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC 1701-E. As returning character Ensign Monro, players will travel to the far reaches of the universe to unravel the mystery behind two new alien races and a lost civilization.
|PC|
Star Trek Starfleet Command III is the first game in the series to take place in "The Next Generation" timeline. The game surrounds the events of a new Federation/Klingon space station and a Romulan conspiracy designed to drive a wedge between the two great empires.
|PC|
Stuart Little 2 puts players in the role of the loveable can-do star, Stuart, and challenges them to run, dodge, jump, drive, skateboard and fly as they solve the disappearances of Stuart's new best friend, Margalo, and Mrs. Little's wedding ring.
|Game Boy Advance|
Tarzan: Return to the Jungle for the Game Boy Advance is the action-adventure sequel to the wildly successful "Tarzan" Game Boy Color game. Once again, players take on the role of Tarzan as both a young boy and an adult, adapting to the ways of the jungle and overcoming its most dangerous perils.
|Game Boy Advance|
[Everything Else]
id Software's DOOM III is the latest installment in one of the most successful franchises in PC gaming history. Built on id's revolutionary new 3-D graphics engine, DOOM III draws players into the most frightening and gripping 3-D gaming experience ever created.
|PC|
Set against the backdrop of WWII, id Software's Return to Castle Wolfenstein plunges console players into a maelstrom of action, espionage and covert operations, as an American soldier tasked with infiltrating the heart of Nazi Germany and stopping the darkest plans of the Third Reich.
|PlayStation 2|
Tenchu 3: Wrath of Heaven is the first sequel to the original Tenchu video game. Set in the shadowy world of feudal Japan, the game immerses players in the role of a ninja warrior seeking to serve justice against an evil overlord.
|PlayStation 2|
Street Hoops is a gritty, "in your face" street-style basketball game that encompasses the look, speed, energy and attitude of park/playground blacktop competition.
|PlayStation 2, Xbox|
As the sequel to the highly acclaimed Shogun: Total War, Medieval: Total War challenges players to reshape the history of the Middle Ages through a combination of epic real-time 3-D battles and turn-based empire building.
|PC|
[O2 - Sports]
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 continues to build on the success of the renowned franchise by reinventing the skateboarding genre with an all-new career mode, levels and goals.
|PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Game Boy Advance|
Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX 2 continues the tradition of the popular BMX game by delivering an over-the-top gaming experience that lets players perform hundreds of tricks and combos using a new trick tweaking system as they embark on three modes of play -- the immersive Road Trip, Single Session and Free Ride and multiple two-player modes.
|PlayStation 2, Xbox, Game Boy Advance|
Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer lets players ride like six-time world champion Kelly Slater or as one of eight of the most accomplished pro surfers of all time as they search for the perfect wave. Featuring ultra-realistic wave and ocean conditions, real-world breaks, detailed graphics and intuitive controls, the game delivers the adrenaline action of surfing and the rush surfers feel when dropping in on a wave.
|PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Game Boy Advance|
Shaun Murray's Pro Wakeboarder will introduce this popular water sport to video games. Featuring two-time world champion wakeboarder Shaun Murray and seven other pros, the game challenges players to catch big air off the wake as they perform acrobatic feats such as Front Flips, Whirlybirds and Tantrums.
|PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Game Boy Advance|
[Comics]
X-Men: Next Dimension is the only fighting game for the next-generation consoles that re-creates the epic super heroes battles from comic books and films. Players expand their combat beyond the traditional arena and battle across expansive 3-D levels using advanced fighting combos, aerial combat and dynamic interactive environments to wreak havoc on foes.
|Next-generation consoles|
X-Men: Wolverine's Revenge is the only action-adventure game that lets players take on the persona of Wolverine as they explore the mysterious past and deadly future of the most popular X-Men character.
|PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Game Boy Advance|
Blade 2 is the only game that lets players take on the role of the baddest of the vampire slayers. Players must make maximum use of Blade's special abilities, weapons and martial arts moves to stop the vampire nation's quest to create an all-new form of super-vampires known as Reapers.
|PlayStation 2, Xbox|
[Driving]
WRECKLESS: The Yakuza Missions is a mission-based driving game set in the streets of Hong Kong that lets players choose one of two roles -- an elite anti-Yakuza squad member taking on the vicious mafia or a high-level secret agent trying to uncover corrupt ties between the mafia and the police.
|PlayStation 2|
True Crime: Streets of L.A. blends high-speed, mission-based driving action, full-impact martial arts fighting and daring shootouts in a world that puts players in the role of a rogue cop in L.A. who must take down the mafia.
|PlayStation 2, Xbox|
Rally Fusion: Race of Champions is a visually explosive, all-action racing game set across 20 interactive environments. Players must compete in a series of races against the top drivers in 20 of the hottest licensed cars with the ultimate goal of becoming the "champion of champions."
|PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube|
[Licenses]
Minority Report lets players assume the role of the movie's hero, pre-crime officer John Anderton, the head of an elite police squad that predicts and apprehends murderers before the crimes can be committed. When Anderton is accused of a pre-crime murder, he's forced to elude the law to prove his innocence, while attempting to uncover an insidious conspiracy.
|PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Game Boy Advance|
Star Trek Elite Force II After the triumphant return of Voyager to the alpha quadrant, the Hazard Team is assigned its deadliest mission yet -- duty onboard the Federation's renowned flagship, the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC 1701-E. As returning character Ensign Monro, players will travel to the far reaches of the universe to unravel the mystery behind two new alien races and a lost civilization.
|PC|
Star Trek Starfleet Command III is the first game in the series to take place in "The Next Generation" timeline. The game surrounds the events of a new Federation/Klingon space station and a Romulan conspiracy designed to drive a wedge between the two great empires.
|PC|
Stuart Little 2 puts players in the role of the loveable can-do star, Stuart, and challenges them to run, dodge, jump, drive, skateboard and fly as they solve the disappearances of Stuart's new best friend, Margalo, and Mrs. Little's wedding ring.
|Game Boy Advance|
Tarzan: Return to the Jungle for the Game Boy Advance is the action-adventure sequel to the wildly successful "Tarzan" Game Boy Color game. Once again, players take on the role of Tarzan as both a young boy and an adult, adapting to the ways of the jungle and overcoming its most dangerous perils.
|Game Boy Advance|
[Everything Else]
id Software's DOOM III is the latest installment in one of the most successful franchises in PC gaming history. Built on id's revolutionary new 3-D graphics engine, DOOM III draws players into the most frightening and gripping 3-D gaming experience ever created.
|PC|
Set against the backdrop of WWII, id Software's Return to Castle Wolfenstein plunges console players into a maelstrom of action, espionage and covert operations, as an American soldier tasked with infiltrating the heart of Nazi Germany and stopping the darkest plans of the Third Reich.
|PlayStation 2|
Tenchu 3: Wrath of Heaven is the first sequel to the original Tenchu video game. Set in the shadowy world of feudal Japan, the game immerses players in the role of a ninja warrior seeking to serve justice against an evil overlord.
|PlayStation 2|
Street Hoops is a gritty, "in your face" street-style basketball game that encompasses the look, speed, energy and attitude of park/playground blacktop competition.
|PlayStation 2, Xbox|
As the sequel to the highly acclaimed Shogun: Total War, Medieval: Total War challenges players to reshape the history of the Middle Ages through a combination of epic real-time 3-D battles and turn-based empire building.
|PC|
