THE ANIMORPHS INVADE THE PLAYSTATION GAME CONSOLE AND PC AS GT INTERACTIVE AND SCHOLASTIC ENTERTAINMENT PRESENT
ANIMORPHS: SHATTERED REALITY
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ANIMORPHS: KNOW THE SECRET
Two Unique Games To Hit Stores This August, Based On Scholastic's Best-Selling Book Series And Popular TV Show
New York, NY -- The interactive invasion has begun! GT Interactive and Scholastic Entertainment Inc. have joined forces to bring the Animorphs phenomenon to the PlayStation game console with Animorphs: Shattered Reality and to the PC with Animorphs: Know The Secret. Based on Scholastic's best-selling book series by K.A. Applegate, with more than 32 million copies in print, and the hit TV show airing on Nickelodeon, both interactive adventures enable players to become their favorite Animorphs -- Jake, Rachel, Marco or Cassie -- and save the world from the evil Yeerks. The players are empowered by the ability to transform the Animorphs into the animals they touch to help thwart the Yeerks diabolical plans of world domination, while eluding Human-Controllers and other aliens along the way. Animorphs: Shattered Reality and Animorphs: Know The Secret are expected to ship this August.
Both games have unique and distinctive features that truly capture the essence of the book series, including mysterious storylines and a never-before-seen proprietary technology that incredibly morphs each of the on-screen teenage heroines into various animals. An exciting combination of exploration and action, Animorphs: Shattered Reality for the PlayStation finds the Animorphs caught in a time warp. The player's mission is to gather the shards of the Time Matrix Crystal and restore the timeline back to normal so the Animorphs can return home. Animorphs: Know The Secret for the PC requires more strategic thinking as the player tries to discover why controller activities seemed to have slowed down over the past month. Animorphs: Know The Secret also features a special journal that keeps track of the player's adventure as it unfolds, creating their very own Animorphs story.
Game Description and Features:
Animorphs: Know the Secret for PC
The Story:
In the game, controller activities seemed to have slowed down over the past month and the Animorphs wonder why. Is this the silence before the storm, or have the Yeerks reached the limit of their current resources? Jake and the gang decide that they need some information and the Animorphs embark on a dangerous mission to try and get information from Chapman while his Yeerk Controller is bathing in the Yeerk pool. They believe that while Chapman may be tortured as a result (since the returning Yeerk will know immediately of the breach) the information they will gather about the Yeerk's plans will be invaluable. The mission ends in complete and utter failure and the Animorphs barely make it out alive. On their return, the team sees a flyer announcing the opening of a Community Center. They are ambivalent about it but agree that it's worth a closer look. And so the story goes and the plot thickens.
Features:
Control the entire squad at all times -- Players will be able to switch characters (Jake, Rachel, Cassie and Marco) throughout the game. Tobias -- who is stuck in a morph as a hawk -- acts as a helper, giving clues as the player proceeds on their adventure.
Includes 16 total Morphs using proprietary morphing technology -- Watch as your favorite character morphs into animal form right before your eyes. Each character has the ability to morph into a specific animal: Jake (Tiger, Rhino, Gorgonopsid), Rachel (Gorilla, Grizzly Bear, Hork-Bajir), Cassie (Wolf, Owl), and Marco (Polar Bear, Bat).
Over 9 huge and detailed 3D environments to explore -- As the player progresses, they will encounter new 3D worlds and locations (Forests, Caverns, Buildings, Mineshafts) filled with different enemies, clues and surroundings.
Multiple fast-paced action sequences -- Fly, swim, run and jump past obstacles in morph mode to complete the challenges.
Character voices add reality and excitement to the adventure -- Characters will talk and interact with other characters to gather and share important information.
As the player progresses through the game a journal will keep track of their Animorphs adventure as it unfolds!
Scholastic Entertainment Inc. (SEI) is a leading producer of quality, family-oriented television programming, feature films and videos, and a major licensor and marketer of children's properties worldwide. Scholastic Entertainment produces: Scholastic's The Magic School Bus, the top-rated, Emmy and Annenberg award winning series starring Lily Tomlin (Fox Kids); Scholastic's Clifford the Big Red Dog, to debut on PBS KIDS in fall 2000; Dear America, the critically-acclaimed series on HBO; Animorphs, the live-action kids adventure series on Nickelodeon; Goosebumps, the award-winning, top-rated children's TV series; and the critically-acclaimed feature films, The Baby-sitters Club, The Indian in the Cupboard, and The Mighty. SEI is the entertainment and media division of Scholastic Inc., the global children's publishing and media company which creates and distributes innovative and quality educational materials for use in school -- children's books, textbooks, magazines, technology and teacher materials -- and engaging and appropriate products for use at home -- magazines, software, television programming, videos, and toys. For more information see Scholastic's website at www.scholastic.com.
Headquartered in New York, GT Interactive Software Corp. (Nasdaq: GTIS) is a leading global developer, publisher and distributor of interactive consumer software. The company maintains four divisions: Children's Publishing, Leisure Publishing, Frontline Publishing and Distribution. The company has publishing operations throughout the world with offices in the US, Canada, UK, Germany, France, Holland and Australia. GT Interactive also has seven internal development studios: Humongous Entertainment, SingleTrac, WizardWorks, Oddworld, Legend Entertainment and Reflections. GT Interactive's e-commerce system provides secure online transactions through each of the studios' Web sites and www.gtstore.com. GT Interactive can be found on the Internet at www.gtgames.com.
