28.10.03
Innovative TV tournament FightBox comes to PC, PlayStation 2, and Game Boy Advance
BBC Multimedia is set to launch FightBox as a multi-format gaming title on February 6, 2004.
Based on the TV series currently airing on BBC Three, and set to run on BBC Two from November 2003, FightBox brings together computer gaming, Internet and TV technology to create a new entertainment format.
Taking the best FightBox warriors, created by members of the public for the first televised tournament, plus the 'in-house' Sentient characters, the computer games offer players the unique opportunity to recreate the FightBox experience on home PC, or via Sony PlayStation 2, or even on the move with the Nintendo Game Boy Advance version.
Each product will lead players through the tournament structure, where competitors design and build their personalized humanoid Warrior; enter the FightBox arena to face a variety of challenges of strength, endurance and dexterity; and face the power of the immortal Sentients.
Published by BBC Multimedia, the FightBox titles have been developed by the company's in-house development studio Gamezlab, which created the software for the innovative FightBox BBC television production.
Dave Lee, BBC Worldwide's Director of Multimedia, said: "FightBox is unique. There's nothing like it on television, and it also represents a unique gaming concept. We hope that these products will not only enhance the experience for fans of the TV show, but also entertain the wider, growing, gaming community."
About FightBox
See the BBC Press Kit for FightBox.
See the FightBox website.
About BBC Multimedia
BBC Multimedia, the software publishing division of BBC Worldwide, publishes console and PC games, as well as interactive entertainment products for mobile and other platforms. In addition, BBC Multimedia creates children's and reference titles for PC and consoles. All the company's interactive products are developed with an emphasis on innovation, entertainment, creativity, learning and the quality the BBC is renowned for. You can find out more about its catalogue of titles on the BBC Multimedia website.
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