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EIDOS ANNOUNCES
FREE RUNNING GAME
Copyright 2005 Eidos plc
[ May 12th 2005 ]
Eidos
announces Free Running, the world's first ever
video game based on the urban phenomenon of parkour.
Developed by Core Design, Free Running will be
released worldwide on PSP in autumn 2005.
Parkour,
the art of movement, is less a sport and more
a way of life. Its participants, known as Free
Runners or Traceurs, view the environment and
its obstacles, urban or natural, as a series of
challenges to be overcome. To the Traceurs, parkour
has a philosophical appeal: they feel transformed
by the experience, free from the grind of city
life. Since its inception in Paris during the
mid-1980s, it has spread across the globe and
now has an international army of exponents and
enthusiasts.
In Free
Running, the concrete jungle becomes your urban
playground as you run, vault, jump or climb over
obstacles in the most fluid and flowing manner
possible. Test the boundaries of human ability
as you perform death-defying leaps and jaw-dropping
trips across inner-city rooftops. To be crowned
King of Parkour, you must master over 50 moves,
tricks and stunts including 'Kong Vaults', 'Pharaoh
Climbs', 'Rail Split Vaults' and 'Vertical Wall
Runs' in a variety of game modes while racing
against human or computer-controlled competitors.
Free
Running has been developed in association with
Sebastien Foucan, one of the French founders of
the movement, and the UK's foremost Parkour collection,
Urban Freeflow. To aid your progress, Sébastien
appears in the game as your mentor, teaching you
new moves and tricks. Members of Urban Freeflow
also make an appearance as unlockable playable
characters.
Matt
Sansom, executive producer at Core Design says:
"After seeing these guys perform their amazing
moves, we just knew we had to make it into a game.
Working with Sébastien, Urban Freeflow and the
other traceurs has been an amazing experience
and hopefully people will feel the same buzz when
playing the game. Free Running offers authentic,
intense excitement which is true to the spirit
and art of parkour."
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