SANTA CLARA, Calif., (Sept. 3, 2010) - Leading video game publisher and developer
NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc., today announced that ENSLAVED(tm): Odyssey to the
West(tm) has gone gold for the Xbox 360(r) video game and entertainment system from
Microsoft and PlayStation(r)3 computer entertainment system. Featuring influences
and contributions from top music and film industry talent, ENSLAVED combines
beautifully rendered graphics and captivating music with seamless animation and
engrossing gameplay. Developed by Ninja Theory Ltd., the post-apocalyptic
action-adventure will be released throughout North America on October 5, 2010.
Set 150 years in the future, ENSLAVED takes place in an unrecognizable America,
where war and destruction have ravaged the population leaving few human survivors
and a world reclaimed by nature. Mysterious slave ships roam the land, capturing the
dwindling population for unknown purposes and taking them out west, never to return.
Technologically savvy young Trip and strong brutish Monkey are two survivors who
have both been imprisoned by one of these slave ships. Trip manages to escape by
using her mental prowess while Monkey, uses his raw physical power to tear through
his confines. Trip knows that she can not make it safely back home on her own, but
believes that Monkey is her only chance to survive. She hacks into a slave headband
and fits it on Monkey to link them together - if she dies, he dies... Her journey
has now become his.
Together Monkey and Trip form an unlikely, but complementary team whose respective
strengths will be critical in their journey. In ENSLAVED, players take direct
control of Monkey, with gameplay revolving around combat, strategy and environmental
traversal. Monkey attacks and defends using his trusty staff weapon to deliver
punishing melee attacks and combos, ranged stun and plasma blasts, blocks, and
intense finishing takedowns. Players must survey each environment and work closely
with AI partner Trip to ensure both make it through each area's dangers and progress
safely onwards. Trip provides vital support with her cerebral talents, offering
Monkey invaluable intel on enemies, identifying optimal routes, upgrading Monkey's
abilities and more.
A selection of exclusive incentive items is available to customers who purchase the
game from several participating retailers, ranging from downloadable content (DLC)
to limited quantity retail packs that come bundled with the game and bonus item.
Additional premium post-launch DLC will also be available and details will be
released in the coming months.
ENSLAVED is rated "T" for Teen by the ESRB and will have an MSRP of $59.99. For more
information about ENSLAVED, please visit
www.enslaved-thegame.com<http://www.enslaved-thegame.com/> or
www.namcobandaigames.com<http://www.namcobandaigames.com/>.
Founder/ Worth Your Universe Creator/Presenter Dan is a Classic Gamer, as well as a Indie game lover. He plays mostly Retro/indie games on Twitch(DanVanDam). You can catch him daily there.
