Activision's Minority Report has shipped
Posted by uruk on Friday, November 22 2002

Console gamers are on the run with the announcement that the Minority Report video game from Activision, Inc. is now available in retail stores nationwide. Based on Steven Spielberg's futuristic thriller, Minority Report takes gamers on an amazing ride into an third-person cinematic action/adventure that includes advanced weapons, devices, and environments straight out of the movie.

"Fans of the movie and action gamers alike will be blown away by Minority Report's non-stop action, incredible environments, and cinematic sequences," said Larry Goldberg, executive vice president of Activision Worldwide Studios. "Players will relive the movie experience in an all new adventure as they take on enemies in hand-to-hand combat, battle hunter spyderbots, and soar through environments using the movie's signature jetpacks."

In Minority Report, players take the role of the movie's hero Precrime officer John Anderton, head on an elite police force in the year 2054. As commander of the team, gamers are on the hunt to stop criminals before they can commit their crimes. However, when the tables are turned and Anderton becomes a wanted man, players are thrown into the adventure of their life against one-time allies in a quest to clear their name and stop an even greater conspiracy before it's too late.

Minority Report propels players through more than 40 levels, as they battle human and robotic enemies with hand-to-hand combat moves and an huge arsenal of weapons, including riot shotguns, concussion rifles, and electro-pulse guns. With a full range of cinematic action abilities and a hyper-realistic rigid-body physics system, players can vault over barricades, throw enemies through plate glass windows and don Jetpacks to fly through environments and avoid pursuers.