Midway Games Inc. has shipped the eagerly awaited video game AREA 51, starring the voices of David Duchovny (The X-Files, Evolution), Powers Boothe (Deadwood, Sin City) and Goth rocker Marilyn Manson. The first-person sci-fi/action thriller is beaming down to retail outlets nationwide for PlayStation 2 and Xbox, and will be available for PC on May 23.
Duchovny stars as Ethan Cole, a special forces soldier specializing in hazardous materials investigations, while Boothe provides the voice of Major Bridges and Manson plays Edgar, the gray alien.
As the game starts, players learn that the U.S. Army has received a distress signal from Area 51, where a viral outbreak has just shut down the research facility and the automated quarantine procedures have locked all scientific and military personnel inside. As Cole, gamers will delve into the confines of the famed military outpost, discovering a deadly mind-control side effect of the virus, as well as an ancient alien colony buried beneath the facility. Cole must solve the enigma of Area 51 before the viral mutagen is released and irrevocably mutates all life on Earth.
Area 51 features online capabilities for up to 16 players on PlayStation 2 and Xbox with game modes such as Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, and Humans vs. Alien Mutant Team Deathmatch.
Paramount Pictures has acquired worldwide film rights to the game. Producer Christine Peters (How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days) will collaborate with Midway to produce the action-packed big-screen thriller. There is no word yet as to whether or not Duchovny, Boothe and Manson will reprise their roles for the movie, should it survive the development process.
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