.hack//Infection: Part 1

You're in their WORLD now! Who is Aura? What is the Book of Twilight? Why did your friend, Orca, fall into a mysterious coma? As the outlaw player, Kite, you're on a mission of truth. Take a journey into a virtual world where anything is possible, and nothing is as it appears. Fight your way through contaminated levels of cyberspace as you take on and eliminate enemies, and unlock codes that will allow you to gate travel to even more environments - all in a desperate attempt to discover who or what's behind The World. Embark on an epic journey to unlock the truth lurking behind The World.

.hack ranks among the top 9 RPGs for 2003! "... .hack is light-years ahead of most cliché-riddled RPGs."

-- Official PlayStation Magazine

"You thought EverQuest was adictive?"

-- GamePro Magazine

"... .hack reeks of mystery and conspiracy."

-- Extended Play

- Simulated MMORPG: no Internet connection required! - Dual Voiceover: choose either English or Japanese for a totally immersive experience - Multiple Quests with detailed environments that transform in real time - Combine Keywords to generate customized fields From the creators of GHOST IN THE SHELL and EVANGELION! Includes a separate DVD containing an exclusive 45 minute original Anime movie! Watch it and uncover clues to solve the mystery of .hack.

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US PS2 back cover

From the creators of GHOST IN THE SHELL and EVANGELION!

Simulated MMORPG: no internet Connection Required! Dual voiceover: choose either English or Japanese for a totally immersive experience Multiple Quests with detailed environments that transform in real time Combine keyworks to generate customized fields Includes an exclusive DVD containing a 45 minute original Anime movie! Watch it and uncover clues on how to solve the mystery of .hack!

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www.bandaigames.com

You’re in their WORLD now!

Who is Aura? What is the Book of Twilight? Why did your friend, Orca, fall into

a mysterious coma? As the outlaw player, Kite, you’re on a mission of truth.

Take a journey into a virtual world where anything is possible, and nothing

is as it appears. Fight your way through contaminated levels of cyberspace

as you take on and eliminate enemies, and unlock codes that will allow

you to gate travel to even more environments – all in a desperate

attempt to discover who or what’s behind the World.

**Embark on an epic journey to unlock the truth

lurking behind The World.** * Simulated MMORPG: no internet connection required! * Voiceover bonus: choose Japanese for a totally immersive experience * Multiple Quests with detailed environments that transform in real time * Combine Keywords to generate customised fields

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Back of Keep Case - (Finland, Portugal, Sweden, UK)

Atari and Bandai team up to bring you the first instalment of a multimedia anime epic

.hack//INFECTION Part 1 is the rather strange name of the first in a four-part RPG series that offers an innovative twist: it simulates a Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG) without the need to actually go online. What's more, the game is actually one component of a multimedia tale that also takes in a 26-part TV series, an original video animation series that runs concurrent to each instalment of the game, and even a comic book series.

The .hack story begins with the 26 episode TV series .hack//SIGN, which introduces the .hack universe prior to the events in INFECTION and leads up directly to the beginning of the game. The year is 2007. A network game called 'The World' has taken the gaming community by storm thanks to its limitless possibilities, but in actuality the game is being used to feed a new, highly advanced form of AI with information.

INFECTION centres on teenagers Kite and Orca, two players of The World who discover that there's much more to its virtual universe than meets the eye when they're completely absorbed into it and attacked by a monster. As a result, Orca falls into a coma in the real world and it's up to Kite to investigate The World and find a way to revive his friend.

As Kite, you'll fight through numerous contaminated levels of cyberspace, unlocking codes that'll grant you access to new environments and embarking on a multitude of quests. Each part of the game also comes bundled with a bonus DVD featuring episodes from .hack//LIMINALITY, an animated series that shows the events that occur in the real world as Kite embarks on his honourable online quest.

• Experience the MMORPG experience without a Network Adaptor
• Bonus animated feature shows events occurring in the 'real' world
• Features design and direction from some of the biggest names in anime and manga

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uk.playstation.com