Sydney, AUSTRALIA \u2013 September 29th, 2010 \u2013 Marvel\u2019s famous web-slinger is back in action and on store shelves in Spider-Man\u2122: Shattered Dimensions from Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI).\u00a0 Activision development studio Beenox has created a unique, immersive experience allowing fans to play as four distinct versions of Spider-Man in four unique worlds \u2013 Amazing, Noir, 2099 and Ultimate \u2013 in a race to save their universes against the villainous machinations of Mysterio, Carnage, Deadpool, Vulture, Kraven and more.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe team at Beenox is giving fans an incredibly diverse Spider-Man\u2122 video game experience,\u201d said David Pokress, Head of Marketing for Licensed Properties, Activision Publishing, Inc. \u201cSpider-Man: Shattered Dimensions casts players in an epic action adventure where they battle in four different worlds, rife with classic villains re-interpreted within each world, offering a rich variety of gameplay and striking art styles in one unique storyline.\u201d<\/p>\n
Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions transports players to a variety of locations, from lush jungles and sand quarries to a futuristic NYC, and allows them to use unique gameplay styles for each Spider-Man, including stealth moves in Noir, gliding maneuvers in 2099, black-suited tendril attacks in Ultimate, and innovative web combat in Amazing.<\/p>\n
Penned by acclaimed Marvel comic book writer Dan Slott, the story takes players on a mission to restore the magical energy of the Tablet of Order and Chaos, which has been shattered and scattered across parallel universes. Gamers are challenged to battle fan-favourite villains such as the lethal Kraven and a custom, never-before-seen Noir version of Hammerhead, in a quest to restore the fabric of reality.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Each of the actors voicing Spider-Man in the game has portrayed the web-slinger in previous Spider-Man animated television series.\u00a0 Neil Patrick Harris (Amazing Spider-Man) voiced the wall-crawler in \u201cSpider-Man: The New Animated Series\u201d in 2003; Josh Keaton (Ultimate Spider-Man) was the voice of Spider-Man in \u201cThe Spectacular Spider-Man\u201d from 2008-2009; Dan Gilvezan (Spider-Man 2099) starred in \u201cSpider-Man and His Amazing Friends\u201d from 1981-1983; and Christopher Daniel Barnes (Spider-Man Noir) voiced the iconic Super Hero\u2122 in \u201cSpider-Man,\u201d the 1994 series.<\/p>\n
Additionally, legendary Spider-Man co-creator and comic book icon Stan Lee will guide players through the storyline of Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions as the game\u2019s narrator, and Emmy Award-winning composer Jim Dooley has created an original orchestral score for the game.<\/p>\n
Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions is rated \u201cM\u201d for Violence by the Australian Classification Board and is available now on the Xbox 360\u00ae video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation\u00ae3 computer entertainment system, Wii\u2122 and soon to be available on Windows PC, all developed by Beenox.\u00a0 A Nintendo DS\u2122 version, developed by Griptonite, is also now available and features a side-scrolling adventure full of unique villains, such as the first-ever appearance of Calypso Noir and two other boss characters created exclusively for this version.<\/p>\n
Please contact me for any further information or assets. Press kit assets are available for download at www.activision.com\/presscenter<\/a>.\u00a0 For more information or to join the Hero HQ VIP community, visit www.SpiderManDimensions.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n About Marvel Entertainment<\/p>\n Marvel Entertainment, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the world’s most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven library of over 5,000 characters featured in a variety of media over seventy years.\u00a0 Marvel utilizes its character franchises in entertainment, licensing and publishing.\u00a0 For more information visit www.marvel.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n About Activision Publishing, Inc.<\/p>\n Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision Publishing, Inc. is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and leisure products.<\/p>\n Activision maintains operations in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Spain, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Australia, South Korea, China and the region of Taiwan. More information about Activision and its products can be found on the company’s website, www.activision.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sydney, AUSTRALIA \u2013 September 29th, 2010 \u2013 Marvel\u2019s famous web-slinger is back in action and on store shelves in Spider-Man\u2122: Shattered Dimensions from Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI).\u00a0 Activision development studio Beenox has created a unique, immersive experience allowing fans to play as four distinct versions of Spider-Man in four unique worlds \u2013 Amazing, Noir,<\/p>\n