Namco to bring some key console titles to PC
by VGLN Staff

Wednesday, September 17, 2003

Namco will enlist the help of Hip Interactive.

Namco Hometek announced today that it has expanded its relationship with Hip Interactive to license several of Namco’s key video game properties for the PC. Hip Interactive will develop and distribute PC versions of kill.switch, Extreme Force: Grant City Anti-Crime (working title) and PAC-MAN WORLD 2 in North America and Europe in 2004. As previously announced, Hip Interactive will be releasing another top Namco franchise, Dead to Rights for PC in North America and Europe in fall 2003.

Game Info:

Kill.switch is Namco Hometek Inc.’s newest internal development project. This 3rd person action/adventure game features a unique Offensive Cover System, allowing the player to engage the enemy from various cover positions. Six war-themed missions are spread out across 18 different levels and feature environments from Middle Eastern deserts to an underground submarine base. The game also utilizes Blindfire, enabling the player to launch a frontal assault technique against the enemy without being exposed to counter-fire.

Extreme Force: Grant City Anti-Crime is a 3rd person action/adventure game that takes place on the deadly streets of Grant City – a well-known setting from Namco’s blockbuster, Dead to Rights. As a member of Grant City’s elite GAC Squad, the player will be submerged into the crime-fighting world of special weapons and covert tactics.

PAC-MAN WORLD 2 offers gamers non-stop action with their favorite arcade characters. Players explore Ghost Island and help Pac-Man save his friends through six unique worlds. In the Maze Mode, there are mazes galore to fulfill gamers’ cravings to chase Pinky, Inky, Blinky and Clyde in a variety of 3D puzzle environments. There is even a Classic Mode for the nostalgic-at-heart to play the original arcade legend.

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