Amped 3

Amped® 3, like snowboarding itself, isn’t just about the sport. Sure, it all starts with riding huge mountains, finding seams through the trees in hip-deep powder, and tricking your cheeks off … which is why there’s an all-new physics engine, perfected controls, and the most authentic riding experience at some the world’s greatest winter resorts.

The soul of snowboarding, however, is all about style. So, in Amped 3, there’s incredible customization, a fat helping of boarding culture, and huge snowboxes loaded with killer gameplay. With a new ParkBuilder, insane, bone-breaking sledding, and snowmobiles for exploring, you can be who you want, go where you want, and do what you want. * Co-op Sledding: Survival crash mode while sledding. Hang on for your life and try and see how far you can make it down the hill before launching yourself into spectacular crashes that are scored based upon the anticipated medical bill. * Snowbox: The resorts are winter wonderland playgrounds now with lots of other stuff to do besides snowboard. Spend hours exploring and discovering new and secret places to test your skills. * Snowmobiles: Jump on a snowmobile for an entirely new mountain experience. Downhill or uphill it doesn’t matter—you can explore, trick and race anywhere. * Massive Mountains: Seven real resorts, three times larger than levels in Amped and Amped 2. These levels are truly living mountains, immersive with interesting character interaction, behaviors and object manipulation. You'll be able to traverse and explore these massive levels to discover a new definition of gameplay. * Backcountry: You're no longer limited to resort runs or terrain parks. Expansive and serene backcountry areas are now waiting to be explored. You’ll always get first tracks, while carving up the fresh powder and tricking off natural features. * Real-time Plantable Physics Objects: Players have the power to add and build anything from basic ramps to intricate structures that they can use to access new areas of the game, or simply set new hang-time records. * Surface Tricks: Who needs a jump or a rail to pull of a killer trick? If it’s covered with snow you can now surface trick it. Use these to chain together sick combos. * 300+ New Indie Music Tracks: Amped 3 offers up more fresh tracks to help you fully enjoy the powder experience. * Simple Controls: Simplified and easy to learn controls: Anyone on the first run can pull off big tricks, and play with all the mountain toys with a sense of satisfaction and enjoyment. * Online Leaderboards: Play Amped 3 on Xbox Live®, where every individual Snowbox challenge has its very own global leaderboard, allowing you to compare your best scores against the rest of the world.

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Microsoft.com

Amped® 3, like snowboarding itself, isn’t just about the sport. Sure, it all starts with riding huge mountains, finding seams through the trees in hip-deep powder, and tricking your cheeks off … which is why there’s an all-new physics engine, perfected controls, and the most authentic riding experience at of some the world’s greatest winter resorts. The soul of snowboarding, however, is all about style. So, in Amped® 3, there’s incredible customization, a fat helping of boarding culture, and huge snowboxes loaded with killer gameplay. With a new ParkBuilder, insane, bone-breaking sledding, and snowmobiles for exploring, you can be who you want, go where you want, and do what you want.

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www.xbox.com

Amped 3, like snowboarding itself, isn't just about the sport. Sure, it all starts with riding huge mountains, finding lines through the trees in hip-deep powder, and tricking your butt off...which is why there's an all-new physics engine, perfected controls, and the most authentic riding experience at some the world's greatest winter resorts. But the soul of snowboarding is all about style. So, in Amped 3, there's incredible customization, a fat helping of boarding culture, and huge Snowbox™ loaded with killer gameplay. With a new Park Builder, insane bone-breaking sledding, and snowmobiles for exploring, you can be who you want, go where you want, and do what you want.

• The Story

Amped 3 stays true to its roots with the most authentic trick-based snowboarding game that is played out in an incredibly cool new story that takes you on a mind-blowing trip into the snowboarding subconscious. You and crew have been saving up cash for a trip to Chile, where you all plan to keep riding until the money runs out. But when someone steals the cash and tries to pin it on you, the rest of the crew mysteriously disappears and you're on your own. Then things get REALLY weird. It's up to you to find out what the crap is goin' on as you ride some of the greatest resorts around the world and conquer your nemesis. * Massive Mountains

Amped 3 features seven new resorts, up to three times larger than levels in Amped 1 & 2. Take on hundreds of challenges around the resorts, or pull out your sled and try to hang on for dear life. Explore the entire mountain on a snowmobile, get away from it all in the back country, or find the perfect spot and build your own obstacles, rails, and jumps. * Snowbox™

The resorts are loaded with hundreds of challenges; beat them and earn upgrades, new stuff, or Coin you can use to buy a ton of swag. And these challenges aren't just about your skills on a snowboard...there's snowmobiling, sledding, and more. All your top scored runs, hang-times and crashes are automatically posted for all to see on Live™...see how you measure up against the rest of the planet and go grab the top spot. * Park Builder

Anywhere, anytime, you can plant your own jumps and rails to create a personal terrain park, add things to trick off to get better High Scores, or just make a difficult challenge a little easier. You can even create your own sessioning area. And you earn newer and crazier objects to plant as you play the game. * Coop Sled Slaughter™

Hop on a sled and just try to hang on! The longer you can rise, the greater the destruction and carnage... and the bigger your medical bills (aka high score). Or, if you want to teach your buddy a lesson, tie your sleds together and see who can do more damage to themselves. Good times! * Snow Tracks

Over 300 new indie music tracks...again Amped 3 offers up more fresh tracks than another game ever made.

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www.indiebuilt.com (Developer's website)

2K Sports Challenges Snowboarders to Take the Jump with Amped 3 for Xbox 360

NEW YORK, NY - November 2, 2005 - 2K Sports, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: TTWO), today announced AmpedTM 3 is a launch day candidate for the Xbox 360TM video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. The only snowboard game to be available for Xbox 360, Amped 3 features an all-new physics engine, enhanced controls and the world's greatest winter resorts to create the most authentic snowboarding experience. Action is interlaced with a hip storyline that encompasses the distinct snowboarder culture, style, music and attitude.

Amped 3 stays true to its roots as the most authentic trick-based snowboarding game on seven new real-world resorts. Amped 3 is three times larger than the levels in the preceding Amped games. The SnowboxTM offers hundreds of challenges at various resorts, including the option for players to test their skills snowmobiling and sledding and then have their top scored runs, hang-times and crashes automatically posted on Xbox Live® online gaming service. Given the vastness of the mountains, players explore the backcountry on snowmobile to find the perfect spots and then use the Park Builder for planting their own jumps and rails.

"With Amped 3, 2K Sports has tapped into the power of Xbox 360 to create the most authentic, customized, and unique snowboarding experience for gamers," said Greg Thomas, president of Visual Concepts, a 2K Sports studio. "Amped 3 captures the sport of snowboarding and reflects the style and attitude associated with the snowboarder culture."

Amped 3's Snow Tracks in-game soundtrack features more than 300 new independent music tracks. Select tracks are featured on the exclusive Amped 3 soundtrack CD, available as a pre-sell promotional item at major retailers and at 2K Sports events in November.

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Take 2 press release (November 02, 2005)

Fresh Tracks

Over 300 new audio tracks

Real Pros

Gigi Ruef

Marc Frank Montoya

Devun Walsh

David Benedek

Mikey LeBlanc

Travis Parker

Jeremy Jones

Willa Yii-Luoma

Nico Droz

Snowbox

Massive levels, easy controls, hundreds of challenges, snowmobiles, sleds, deep powder and tons of surprises...maybe not tons, bot lots.

Park Builder

Use Havok to plant kickers, boxes, rails, and other junk to make a personal terrain park on any resort, anytime.

Real Mountains

Northstar Snowbird, Valle Nevado, Avoriaz, Laax, Zugspitze the DC Mtn. Lab and their secret backcountry stashes

Dazzling Story

PLEASURABLE!!! UNPREDICTABLE!!! ...Like you ate a gas station burrito.

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Back of Keep Case - Xbox 360 (United States)