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8 November 2004
DREAMCATCHER’S PAINKILLER: BATTLE
OUT OF HELL GOES GOLD
Hell for the Holidays...
Paris, France - November 8, 2004 - DreamCatcher
Games today announced Painkiller: Battle
Out Of Hell has reached gold status.
The Expansion Pack for the award-winning
Windows® FPS, Painkiller, will begin
shipping to North American retailers
on November 11th and will begin releasing
across Europe on November 24th.
Picking up where the game's story left
off, Painkiller: Battle Out Of Hell
offers multiple features to extend enjoyment
of this spectacular shooter. Using code
from the 1.5 update, the Expansion Pack
includes an additional single-player
chapter with 10 levels, as well as new
multiplayer modes, maps and models.
It will also offer an amplified arsenal
of un-deadly weapons, bigger and badder
bosses and the map editor Software Development
Kit.
"Painkiller fans are going to
be very happy with Battle Out Of Hell,"
said Richard Wah Kan, DreamCatcher's
CEO and President. "The levels
are bigger, the gameplay is more intense,
and if you can believe it, the monsters
are even more terrifying."
A shooter in its purest form, Painkiller
boasts truly inspired graphics and some
of the most intimidating level bosses
ever seen. Utilizing the Havok 2.0 physics
engine, the game continues to achieve
new heights of physics-based game play
while the latest version of the "PAIN
Engine" cranks out an unbelievably
high polygon count, and exciting new
features like heat and haze distortion,
light blooms, spectacular pixel mapping,
new shader effects, tweaks for the latest
video cards and an improved networking
core.
Developed by People Can Fly, Painkiller:
Battle out of Hell is rated 'M' for
Mature in North America and has a "16+
PEGI" rating in Europe. Players
will need the original version of Painkiller
to play Painkiller: Battle Out of Hell.
Download the Painkiller demo at www.PainkillerGame.com.
Painkiller is the Official tournament
game of the CPL $1,000,000 2005 World
Tour.
Title: Painkiller: Battle Out of Hell
Date of release: 26 November
Platform: PC
FEATURES - Painkiller: Battle
Out of Hell
Sneak peek on 4 levels
You know the feeling: you're a couple
hours deep into the latest shooter and
you get that sinking feeling of déjà
vu… you've been down this corridor
before, you've laid waste to dozens
of identical monsters and it's all getting
pretty repetitive. Yawn-time.
If that sounds like something that's
happened to you, you haven't played
Painkiller.
Painkiller is famous for its lightning-fast
gameplay, incredibly varied environments
and amazing monsters. The base game
sports 24 totally unique levels ranging
from a rundown prison to a gothic opera
house to a landlocked monastery to the
most original rendition of Hell ever
seen in a computer game. Each level
features totally different monsters,
and the boss battles are some of the
most intense you'll ever face.
The upcoming expansion pack, Painkiller:
Battle Out Of Hell, builds on more of
the same. Along with improved visual
effects and new multiplayer modes (including
a hellish mutation on Capture the Flag!),
the expansion pack delivers a brand
new 10-level single-player chapter.
In keeping with the Painkiller tradition,
every level of this new chapter is totally
different from the one before it, and
each level is haunted by its own specific
demons.
Read on for a sneak peek at just some
of the levels and the creeps who will
be trying to stop you in Painkiller:
Battle Out Of Hell!
ORPHANAGE
This hellish orphanage plays home to
the most tortured of souls, dead orphaned
children. Their souls condemned to wander
purgatory for eternity, the denizens
of Painkiller's Orphanage will pose
a particular threat.
Evil Girl: Possessed from birth, the
Evil Girl discovered her evil powers
at a very young age. She has the ability
to set her surroundings on fire.
Nun Ghost: Who knows what earthly sins
damned the Nun Ghost to this horrid
place? Her primary attack is an auto-aiming
ball of fire.
Pinokio: Is it a real boy, or just
a demonic toy? This possessed wooden
toy comes alive when touched or hurt.
LOONYPARK
It may look like a place of fun and
merriment, but there's no joy in Loonypark.
Here, you'll come across some of the
most twisted demons in the Painkiller
universe. This is definitely an E-ticket
ride!
Clown: This nasty villain is the reason
why many children have deathly fears
of clowns. Watch out for the small explosives
he throws.
Corn: Looking like some bizarre mix
of a man and popcorn, Corn attacks you
by throwing small poisonous balls.
DEAD CITY
It may appear to be a simple, modern
metropolitan city, but in Painkiller,
nothing is ever as it seems. The buildings
in this city look as normal as can be,
but Dead City is home to the creepiest,
weirdest monsters you'll face.
Preacher: If this is the Preacher,
you can only imagine what his congregation
must look like! This well-fed gentleman
carries a giant axe and wears cut-off
feet as a trophy necklace. Among other
things, he can throw a car at the player…
Panzer Spider: This weird, giant cyberspider
has many different attacks (ice breath,
earthquake, etc.). Watch out for this
one!
LENINGRAD
Leningrad was the site of one of the
hardest fought battles in human history.
It's no wonder then that in Purgatory,
the war has never quite ended. The buildings
here burn with the fires of hell, smoking
ash floats through the air, and the
sky is black from an eternity of conflict.
Russian Soldier: This soldier might
be dead, but he still packs a punch
armed with Russian firearms and grenades.
German Soldier: Tenacious, the German
Soldier won't back down from any fight.
He's armed with demonic versions of
German firearms and grenades.
Russian Officer: Burned in the fires
of eternal war, this horribly disfigured
commanding officer has a number of attacks
to watch out for. Most devastatingly,
he can call an devilish airstrike to
bomb an entire area!
Deto: This chubby fellow is a detonations
expert. He'll drop mines to trap you,
but be careful of his explosive kamikaze
attack.
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