News for Jun. 24, 2005

'King Kong' looks like a monster hit

6/24/05, 9:15 pm EST - Xoanon

Several months ago, Ubisoft announced it was working with director Peter Jackson to create the official video game of his upcoming film, "King Kong." "Peter Jackson's King Kong" is primarily a first-person shooter starring Jack Driscoll, the character played by Adrien Brody in the film. The E3 demo emphasized cooperation between the player and two AI characters, who would perform actions like opening gates while Jack protected from angry natives and tossing the player spears during a frantic whitewater river chase. [More]