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Codemasters Confirms Heatseeker for Wii

by Steven Rodriguez - November 9, 2006, 6:57 pm EST
Total comments: 3 Source: Press Release

Blow stuff up in slow-motion? I'm interested.

CODEMASTERS' HEATSEEKER SET TO BLOW GAMERS AWAY

Heatseeker's Impact Cam™ Delivers the Thrill of Watching Expensive Military

Machinery Blown to Bits ­ All in Slow Motion

Burbank, CA ­ Thursday, November 9, 2006 ­ There's no question that

explosions are good. However, watching state-of-the-art military machines

explode into blazing fireballs of fuel and molten metal in cinematic slow

motion is even better. Yes it's been done on the ground, but now it's time

to take it into the stratosphere with Codemasters' upcoming, arcade-style

jet combat game Heatseeker, planned to take off for the Wii™, PlayStation®2

computer entertainment system and the PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system in

spring 2007.

Heatseeker's unique Impact Cam™ enables players to get up-close-and-personal

with their kills in bullet-time. Lock-on to a target and fire; hit the

target correctly and the Impact Cam will reward gamers with the spoils of

war ­ watching the destruction with cinematic, flyby camera shots of the

enemy militant disintegrating into flaming pieces of junk.

Heatseeker's camera action puts players right in the combat zone with all

the intense face melting speed that comes from extreme close-quarters flight

combat. Jump in the cockpit, get the enemy in your sight, fire your weapons

and experience what it feels like to be an angry missile screaming towards

its ill-fated target at over a 1000mph.

"We want to give gamers the same explosive experience and special camera

effects that make people want to go watch movies," said Andrew Wensley,

Heatseeker's Senior Producer, Codemasters, Inc. "The Impact Cam delivers

the thrilling sensations that are usually reserved for big budget movies,

and I think Hollywood would be proud of Heatseeker."

Throughout the game players will face a seemingly insurmountable number of

enemy air, land and sea defenses, all with a weak spot for an explosive

payload. Heatseeker's target-rich terrains will deform, blacken and

ultimately fall apart as missile after missile detonates with laser guided

accuracy. Just make sure not to take out any friendlies!

Heatseeker is planned to launch for the Wii, PlayStation 2 system and PSP

system in spring 2007, and is currently rated "RP" (Rating Pending) by the

ESRB. Be sure to take a look at the full arsenal online by visiting the

official website at www.codemasters.com/heatseeker.

Talkback

KDR_11kNovember 10, 2006

Because having the game show enemies exploding in slow motion is JUST what we needed...

ArbokNovember 10, 2006

Impact Cam™... don't want people stealing it after all, but I love how they simply sum it up by calling it "bullet time" after that.

cmoneyNovember 12, 2006

Burnout

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