NEWS - Tuesday, October 21, 2003
Grabbed by the Ghoulies Now on Store Shelves
Put down the candy and pick up your controller, because Microsoft Game Studios and Rare today announced that Grabbed by the Ghoulies for Xbox® has shipped to stores in North America for an estimated retail price of $39.99 (U.S.). This first Xbox game from legendary game developer Rare is coming just in time for Halloween! It’s time to duke it out against more than 25 types of dirty fightin’ ghoulies, including vampires, zombies, mummies, haunted furniture and more. Watch out or you could be electrocuted, kicked, tossed around... or burned! Rated E for all audiences, Grabbed by the Ghoulies is a humorous beat-’em-up action-adventure game that takes place in a haunted house full of crazed ghoulies. Gamers take the role of Cooper, a kid on a mission to rescue his girlfriend, who has been "grabbed by the ghoulies.” Players will venture through more than 50 rooms and 100 levels within haunted and ominous Ghoulhaven Hall, battling it out with a variety of monsters while trying to escape the many tricks, traps and shocks awaiting them along the way. Grabbed by the Ghoulies features an ensemble of outrageous characters, super-scary surprises and tons of hilarious weapons to keep the baddies at bay, and is certain to provide gamers with hours of frightfully addictive gameplay. For more information, please visit http://www.xbox.com/en-US/ghoulies. United Kingdom-based Rare Ltd., one of the world’s leading video game developers, was founded in 1985 by Chris and Tim Stamper. Rare has been the mastermind behind some of the most popular video games in history, including such global, multimillion sellers as GoldenEye 007, Perfect Dark, Banjo-Kazooie and Donkey Kong Country.Source: http://www.xbox.com/
