San Jose, Ca., (November 6, 2003) – Leading video games publisher Namco Hometek Inc. announced today that its highly anticipated, 3rd person action adventure title, Spawn®: Armageddon, has gone gold.  Coming to the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, the Nintendo GameCube^TM and the Xbox® video game system from Microsoft, Namco’s newest bad boy on the block video game is scheduled to “Spawn” on November 21, 2003.

“We’re confident that Spawn®: Armageddon is about to raise a lot of eyebrows when it hits store shelves in late-November,” said Glen Cureton, Producer at Namco Hometek Inc.  “The close working relationship between the game’s development team and Todd McFarlane Productions has ensured that Spawn®: Armageddon not only lives up to the already successful Spawn comic franchise, but that it exceeds those high quality expectations in a way that only today’s high-tech video game technology is capable of doing…get ready to see Spawn in a light never before seen.”

Spawn®: Armageddon, based on Todd McFarlane’s best-selling comic book character, is a 3-D action/adventure game which positions the main character, Spawn, in a personal conflict caught between factions in the battle of Good vs. Evil.  Players will encounter a variety of enemies through more than 30 interactive and destructible environments, as Spawn struggles to break free of the controlling forces of Heaven and Hell.  The game will feature Spawn’s many distinctive abilities including superhuman strength, hand-to-hand combat techniques, an arsenal of weaponry, Hell Powers, and his living symbiotic costume.

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About Spawn

Spawn is comic book first published by McFarlane and friends who spun off from the mainstream comic publishing industry in 1992.

Spawn is a dark hero, troubled with the dual aspects of good and evil found in all people. With an appeal to adults, Spawn broke the mold in American comics, selling 1.7 million in its first issue. Published on a monthly basis, Spawn has continuously gained new fans, and is now read by people in 80 countries around the world, translated into 30 languages. It has established the surprising record of a total of 24 million sales in the US.

Aspiring to bring this character to perfection as a toy, Todd McFarlane started up a toy manufacturer in 1994 and began selling Spawn figures. Featuring details not found on any other toy, Spawn toys became a huge hit, igniting a global boom in figures. A total of 2.8 million figures have been sold around the globe, with new products coming out one after the other.

Spawn also developed into a television animated series, broadcast on American cable networks, and was made into a Hollywood film in 1997. Announcements have been made for a theatrical movie at the end of 2004.

About Namco Hometek Inc.
Namco Hometek Inc. is the U.S. consumer division of Namco Limited, a Tokyo-based world leader in the high-tech entertainment industry. Based in San Jose, CA, Namco Hometek Inc. is an award-winning video games publisher for the next generation game consoles. Namco has created some of the industry's greatest video game franchises: Tekken®, SOULCALIBUR®, Dead to Rights®,
Pac-Man World^TM, Ridge Racer®, Time Crisis® and Ace Combat®. For more information about Namco and its products log onto www.namco.com.

Spawn®, and its logo are registered trademarks of Todd McFarlane Productions, Inc., as are many of its characters and symbols.
Comic Spawn ©2003 Todd McFarlane Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Video Game Spawn is developed by Namco Limited under license from Todd McFarlane Productions, Inc.
Video Game Spawn ©2003 NAMCO LTD., All Rights Reserved.
SOULCALIBUR®II&© NAMCO LTD., ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Necrid":Character ©2003 NAMCO LTD. /Illustration ©2003 TMP,Inc.

TEKKEN®, SOULCALIBUR®, PAC-MAN WORLD^TM, Ridge Racer®, Time Crisis® and ACECOMBAT® are the trademarks or registered trademarks of Namco Limited in the United States and/or other countries.
Dead to Rights® is the registered trademark of Namco Hometek Inc. in the United States and/or other countries.
© NAMCO LTD.

TM, ® and Nintendo GameCube are trademarks of Nintendo. © 2001 Nintendo.
Xbox is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
“PlayStation” and the “PS” Family logo are registered trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.

 

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