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Contact: David Swofford or Eileen McKeon Butt
ORIGIN Media Relations
The Space Epic Continues with
Wing Commander IV
(AUSTIN, TX)_The best is about to get even better. The
PC interactive movie that was called "the new benchmark
against which all interactive entertainment will be
compared," by PC Gamer magazine is preparing for its next
ground-breaking act. Wing Commander IV, currently in
production by ORIGIN Systems, is slated for release on PCCD
in the coming winter. It follows on the heels of the
awarding-winning Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger,
named Action Game of the Year and Game of the Year by
several gaming publications and featured in Entertainment
Weekly, Playboy, USA Today, NBC's Today Show, Entertainment
Tonight, CNN, VH-1 and the Sci-Fi Channel.
Like its predecessor, Wing Commander IV will incorporate
several hours of live-action video and will feature many
talented actors from the cast of Wing Commander III: Malcolm
McDowell (A Clockwork Orange, Star Trek: Generations), Mark
Hamill (Star Wars) and Tom Wilson (Back to the Future I, II
and III). A seven-week shooting schedule is planned for Wing
Commander IV at Ren-Mar Studios in Hollywood starting the
end of May. Executive Producer Chris Roberts, the creator
of the Wing Commander line, will be back in the director's
chair.
The story, once again, comes from veteran Hollywood
screenwriters Terry Borst and Frank DePalma, who wrote the
script for Wing Commander III. In Wing Commander IV, you
again play the role of Col. Christopher Blair (Hamill). The
bloody war between the humans and the cat-like Kilrathi is
over. But problems are beginning to crop up on a new front
and this time it's in your own back yard. Civil wars and
unrest have broken out in the Border Worlds. Blair is
recalled to help the Terran government stamp out the growing
fires. It won't be easy. Signs of decay are becoming
impossible to ignore. The Confederation is beginning to
splinter under the new pressures and you must determine how
to save it_or if it should be saved at all.
Wing Commander IV will sport moving camera shots and
real movie sets, giving a more authentic feel to the
cinematics. The graphics will explode in Super VGA color and
will be much improved with photo-realistic textures on
fighters. Player interactivity will be enhanced both in and
out of the cockpit with even greater control of missions and
drama. And Wing Commander IV will feature a fully-digitized
interactive musical score.
It's an ORIGIN Interactive Movie experience. Once
again, the fate of the human race hangs in the balance, but
remember, in this movie, you're making the calls.
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ORIGIN Systems develops and publishes state-of-the-art
entertainment software. To date, the company has released
more than 45 titles, including the award-winning Ultimar and
Commander series of games. ORIGIN is based in Austin, Texas,
and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:
ERTS).
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