The Warriors Is In Stores Now

Available Now for Xbox and Playstation 2.

October 19, 2005 - Come out to play, indeed. Rockstar's highly anticipated videogame adaptation of the 1979 Paramount Pictures cult classic film, The Warriors, has finally arrived for Xbox® and PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system. A dream-come-true opportunity to step into the shoes of The Warriors and duke it out with the likes of the Baseball Furies, the Hi-Hats, the Orphans, the rollerskating Punks of Union Square and many more... To run for your life from the careening death bus of the Turnbull ACs in the North Bronx... To fight, punch, kick, and bludgeon your way through an epic journey from Coney Island's home turf, to the Riffs summit in Van Courtlandt Park - and back.

Rockstar is proud to bring you this rare cinematic adaptation - a glorious return to quintessential street brawler beat-em-up gameplay...

The early critical word has arrived...

NEW YORK TIMES "The Warriors is a dark urban fantasy set in a dystopian city dominated by gangs...an adoring re-creation of New York City in the late 1970's: the tortured metropolis of graffiti, blackouts and the Son of Sam. The game's environments are rendered in rich detail and just about anything that can be picked up - whether a television set, garbage can or toilet - can be used as a weapon. It is unlikely that any game this fall will have more visual style and pop culture panache than Rockstar's The Warriors."

PLAY MAGAZINE "Cinematic and immersive, Warriors succeeds because it wholly engrosses players. Its New York becomes the most violent playground on Earth, with turf to be divided, rumbles fought, and brutal challenges won or lost. A combination of splendid art direction, game structure, and storyline combine to make this possible... In sinking to the depths of gang violence, Warriors soars. It's a shining example of how to do a game based on a movie; it pays proper respect without adhering slavishly to the source material. And man, is it fun to play. Bravo."

IGN.COM, EDITORS' CHOICE AWARD "Finally! A modern day brawler that has just as much punch as it does panache. Rockstar Toronto has taken a cult favorite license...and turned it into something that's truly worth playing...a true step forward in the brawling genre. Rockstar's The Warriors is a heavyweight game...the Toronto studio has added depth, surprise, and meat where other beat-'em-ups and brawlers have fallen flat. The more you play The Warriors, the more you realize what a powerful homage this truly is to the original games of its kind."

Visit www.rockstargames.com/thewarriors  to delve into the world of The Warriors with a wealth of info, trailers, screens, clips and more

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