May 14th, 2003

GAME ON!
T3 VIDEO GAME LAUNCH PREMIERE

At 7:00 p.m on Monday, May 12, 2003, Schwarzenegger.com was on the scene at Stage 14 of Raleigh Studios in Hollywood, CA for the exclusive launch party for Atari’s Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines video game. In the popping flashes of paparazzi cameras, Nick Stahl, Kristanna Loken, Jonathan Mostow, Claire Danes and Arnold himself answered questions and posed for shots with the new T-1 vehicles from the film.

The T-1 vehicles were designed by Terminator franchise veteran Stan Winston, who stopped to talk about how much input the Stan Winston Studio had in the creature designs for the game.

“My studio realized the original T-800, which is Arnold, but that was Jim Cameron design”, remembered Winston, “The T-X was designed in our studio. We have designed the meanest Terminator of all time... We had to wait 3 movies to realize the baddest of all is going be a female.” The wait will undoubtedly be worth it.

Claire Danes, who plays Kate Brewster, talked about working on the film with Arnold, “I really had fun. It was a surprisingly fulfilling experience.”

Inside the elaborately decorated studio, guests were surrounded by demolished cars, metal netting, and a fully stocked bar and buffet. Lights and sounds put everyone in a scene from the film and the game. From atop a corrugated metal tower overlooking the giant set, Christopher Lawrence, the DJ for the evening, lifted everyone’s spirits with energetic music.

At 8:00 Terminator 3 film producers Andy Vajna and Mario Kassar and president and CEO of Atari Games Bruno Bonnell gave a welcome speech and introduced Arnold. After Arnold made some brief remarks about his excitement for the game, Bruno introduced the game trailer, which was shown on a giant screen.

The Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines videogame storyline will weave in and out of the movie script as players face enemies from the present in which the War of the Machines looms on the horizon, to the apocalyptic future where the War itself is waged on all fronts. While following the feature film’s plot closely, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines will go one step further by providing fans of the Terminator series with a deeper look into the movie’s universe and the role of the Terminator, a futuristic fighting machine reprogrammed to save humanity from the SkyNet holocaust.

As the Terminator, players will face all comers in first-person action from the wastelands of the future to present-day Los Angeles. Military bases, laboratories and downtown Los Angeles are just a few of the more than 20 unique locations found in the game, which have been taken straight from the current Terminator timeline of events. In addition, more than 20 futuristic and modern-day weapons will be at the player’s disposal for use in terminating any enemy in the most efficient manner possible, including the SkyNet Arc-Laser, Tech-Com Micro Rocket Launcher and the AR-15 Assault Rifle with M202 Grenade Launcher.

Much like the feature film, when Terminators clash in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines all heck is sure to break loose. Terminators are designed to utilize the most readily and efficient means available to eliminate any particular foe -- when that enemy is a Terminator this leads to absolutely brutal hand-to-hand combat. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines will allow player’s to engage in true movie-like Terminator combat as they repeatedly face the ultimate killing machine, the T-X, throughout the single-player game. Smashing opponents into walls, massive two-handed chops and crushing kicks are just a few of the dozens of moves in the Terminator’s arsenal.

A unique twist in the Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines story will also allow players to operate the Terminator before it was reprogrammed in the future to save John Connor. As a result, players will be able to test their terminating skills against battle-hardened Tech Com Special Forces from the future as they fight alongside and utilize SkyNet’s advanced weaponry, including Future Killer tanks and flyers, fixed gun emplacements as well as other Terminators in an effort to crush the last remnants of mankind.

Developed by Black Ops Entertainment, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines will make its debut on all major console gaming systems in fall 2003. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines is the first video game in history where you can play as Arnold. The game will be available on Sony’s Playstation 2, Microsoft’s Xbox, Nintendo’s GameCube and GameBoy Advance.