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"Deadliest Catch Alaskan Storm" for Xbox 360 and PC

SEATTLE, WA--(MARKET WIRE)--Feb 26, 2008 -- Battle 40-foot waves, storms, ice and a nearly 100-percent crewmember injury rate in the dangerous hunt for undersea riches on the Bering Sea with the new video game "Deadliest Catch Alaskan Storm," to be launched on the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PC in April 2008. The game was inspired by Sig, Edgar and Norman Hansen -- three brothers who have made their living crab fishing on the Bering Sea aboard their family's fishing vessel, the Northwestern. The Hansen brothers started game development with Liquid Dragon Studios in October 2005.
Features :

* Career Mode (Realistic and challenging simulation for gamers and Deadliest Catch fans)
* Missions (Gamers experience the hard core Bering Sea life, including participation in United States Coast Guard search and rescue missions and ice flow navigation
* Arcade Mini-Games (Allows casual gamers to enjoy fun challenges, including crab boat races and skiff races)
* Five Authentic Crab Boats (including Northwestern and Cornelia Marie)
* Twenty Real Fishermen (including Edgar and Norman Hansen, Josh and Jake Harris)
* Six Authentic Captains (including Captains Sig Hansen, Phil Harris and Larry Hendricks)
* 4,500 lines of recorded character dialogue
* United States Coast Guard Search and Rescues (First time in a video game)
* Captain the 370ft. USCG Cutter Mellon
* Throw-the-Hook Mini-Game
* Skiff Racing Mini-Game
* 34,000 Miles Actual Coastline
* Four Real Bering Sea Harbors (Akutan, Dutch Harbor, King Cove and St. Paul)
* Interactive Virtual Tour Northwestern Crab Boat
* 100 Exclusive Crew Videos
* Xbox Live multiplayer

The Hansens and the Northwestern are featured on Discovery Channel's highest rated and Emmy®-nominated series -- "Deadliest Catch." The series that captivated nearly three million viewers each week returns for a fourth season this April.

Whether the gamer is a die-hard fan or someone who has never seen the Discovery Channel series, "Deadliest Catch Alaskan Storm" is an immersive and challenging experience, putting them at the helm of one the world's most dangerous jobs -- that of a crab boat captain in the icy Bering Sea.

"Deadliest Catch Alaskan Storm" lets gamers captain their own boat in the frenzied search for an undersea jackpot. Gamers select one of five real crab boats, including the Northwestern, Cornelia Marie and Sea Star -- all featured on the series, or create and customize their own boat. Gamers then recruit and lead their own crew from a roster of twenty real crab fishermen. Selecting the wrong boat or recruiting the wrong crew member can mean the difference between landing a Bering Sea jackpot or disaster. Lead your fatigued, hungry and hardworking crew in the strategic search for King Crab and Opilio Crab, while battling to secure your catch and livelihood before other captains and crews get to the crab first.

Authenticity and realism were critical to the Hansen brothers. They invited key development team members to Dutch Harbor, Alaska to personally experience life on the Northwestern. The game's realism is enhanced with four real Bering Sea harbors and 34,000 miles of real Bering Sea coastline created from the United States Geological Survey. In addition, "Deadliest Catch Alaskan Storm" is the first video game to feature United States Coast Guard vessels and helicopters.

With waves over 40 feet high, "Deadliest Catch Alaskan Storm" features the best wave effects in a video game to date. In the words of Captain Sig Hansen, "It may not be life or death, but chills went up my spine the first time I saw the Northwestern sink in the game."

Weather and fishing conditions are based on authentic weather and storm data and get progressively worse each season, increasing the challenge. The ultimate goal is to return safely each season, upgrade your boat and crew, and attempt to break Captain Sig Hansen and the Northwestern crew's actual lifetime catch of twenty million pounds.

Deadliest Catch Alaskan Storm will launch on Xbox 360 and PC in April 2008.

 

[pswii60]

Getting fed up of these casual games.

 

[The Innocent X]

Good god, that sounds awful

 

[bran]

History Channel anybody?

 

[Yoshichan]

:lol Looks weird.

 

[GenericPseudonym]

Do we have Mike Rowe narrating throughout?

 

[AceBandage]

No Mike Rowe = No buy.

Where's our Dirty jobs game?

 

[WoWcraft]

Fishing boat sim... interesting concept...

I think

 

[so_awes]

no Wii? i'm surprised.

 

[ZeroTolerance]

:lol Looks weird.

Guess am not alone. But then again...looks interesting nonetheless.

 

[Firewire]

Seriously?

I guess some might like it.

 

[Das-J]

lol, the fidelity of the water shader makes the boat look so tiny!

 

[Wollan]

Haha I said it last year. It's about time someone attempted to make a game about fishing for a living.

 

[FrankT]

Got to the part of Hansen brothers and that was all folks.

 

[FFChris]

I know I shouldn't be interested in this game.. but if I found it on the street, I think I'd actually play it. =/

 

[Das-J]

Haha I said it last year. It's about time someone attempted to make a game about fishing for a living.

Well hey, if its as addicting as fishing in Zelda I'm in! :lol

 

[C4Lukins]

That could actually be a pretty cool idea for a game. I bet the execution will suck and it will just be shovelware, but there is potential in the idea.

 

[ith3r]

Six Authentic Captains?
FIVE AUTHENTIC CRAB BOATS?

OMG GOTY IS HERE!

Also look at the water, it probably uses at least 2 cores to properly render that.

 

[BravoSuperStar]

Seems like a poorly concieved idea.

 

[dark steve]

Is "Giant Enemy Crab" bannable? Because that is what would fit in this game. Crabbing for giant enemy crabs. Racing giant enemy crabs. Racing giant enemy crab boats. Racing giant enemy crabs in giant enemy crab boats.

GAME BOUNTY ($10): Find me a complex action/strategy simulation in which Alaskan fishermen must pilot their stealth crabbing boats to dock with the massive, towering war boats of the Giant Enemy Crab Kings. The elite crabbing agents must then find and defeat the evil (terrorist?) Giant Enemy Crab forces before they steer their ships of doom towards the West Coast.

GEC is going to turn out to be bannable, isn't it? I can tell by how much I'm enjoying typing it.

 

[Zenith]

the water looks worse than Silent Hunter 4. not good seeing as that's the main focus of the game.

 

[fistfulofmetal]

I've read that the studio making this has only worked on small PC titles, but one has like "revolutionary water physics" or somesuch.

 

[Skellig Gra]

How is this not on Wii?

 

[Stitch]

no whale hunting research = no buy

 

[Great Rumbler]

Could be interesting, I guess.

 

[Nolan.]

Hahaha it looks like that harpoon game.

 

[the year 20XX]

CRAB.... BATTLE

 

[Truespeed]

I'm personally waiting for the Ice Road Truckers game. It's real time so you'll be traveling 6-8 hours each way to a diamond mine with nothing to keep you company but the sound of creaking ice just waiting to swallow your rig.

 

[Truespeed]

Hmm, the Northwestern. I can't wait to play Sig.

 

[Core407]

I actually thought of a similar idea for a game. Of course mine actually embraced the things people enjoyed in games - like online co-op, variation in fishes, RPG upgrades and so on.

 

[methane47]

"DEAD OR ALIVEEEEEEEEEE ........... IVEEEE..... IVEEEEEeeeeeeee"

They better have that song in the game..

 

[GeneralIroh]

Well hey, if its as addicting as fishing in Zelda I'm in! :lol

If its as shitty as the sailing in Zelda than im out.

 

[Manager]

In-game video!!!11
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4qhCJ9bnDo

Waves looks ok.

ahh i cant wait!

:lol

 

[ZealousD]

For people who haven't heard of "deadliest catch", it's a somewhat famous show that gets some airplay on TV (I can't remember if it was history, discovery, or what) about guys who get paid an assload of money to fish for crabs in Alaska for a few months. Very dangeous job because the waves are killer up there, not to mention how cold it is.

 

[methane47]

For people who haven't heard of "deadliest catch", it's a somewhat famous show that gets some airplay on TV (I can't remember if it was history, discovery, or what) about guys who get paid an assload of money to fish for crabs in Alaska for a few months. Very dangeous job because the waves are killer up there, not to mention how cold it is.

Also the crazy strong winds up there...

a couple people have died on the show already

 

[Mojovonio]

LOL @ USUAL SUSPECTS TRYING TO DOWNPLAY ANOTHER AAA 360 EXCLUSIVE!

Don't worry guys, I'm sure you'll get a downgraded PS3 port.




Seriously though, why release this on the 360? Its the type of game only diehard fanatics will play?

Oh well.

 

[LizardKing]

a commercial fishing sim would be awesome. but only if it was truly fleshed out in the strategy of catching fish. things like bottom contour, water temp, bait used, equipment etc. Online play would be cool. But it would still need something else to be fun. Some type of gameplay that you used in your strategy. Not sure what that would be. Maybe it would be better to have a charter boat captain sim where you can still have all these variables, but then also catch the fish with hook and line as the interactive gameplay.

 

[Ryuuga]

The Deadliest catch... something about crabs...then jokes about STDs ensued.

 

[Mojovonio]

The live play may be interesting, but what I really want is a good Fishing MMO.

Like, everyone is on the same area of ocean or bay, and some people have better boats or gear that allow them to get the bigger catches...

I can't wait for this season.

 

[SyNapSe]

This show is awesome, I'd be tempted to try out a PC demo of this game. Not real high hopes though

 

[thebagofsand]

hmm this might be good. Water effects look alright.

 

[Truespeed]

I'm confused. Do I Jump In or Jump Off?

 

[BravoSuperStar]

I can't wait for this season.

Agreed. I really like the show, but this game seems like a quick cash-in. Also that avatar rocks. Jennifer Connely FTW.

 

[Mojovonio]

Agreed. I really like the show, but this game seems like a quick cash-in. Also that avatar rocks. Jennifer Connely FTW.

No no, not the show, fishing season.

I was considering David Bowie, but I know some people have fears of him.

 

[Shamrock]

You know I actually really like the show. If this game is fun I might get it.


However what Live really needs is a online fishing game where people fish the same lake or friends can share a boat, with like 16 player tourneys etc..

 

[VALIS]

Five Authentic Crab Boats

Best game feature ever. GTAIV better have some authentic crab boats. And no less than six. The bar's been raised.

 

[ItAintEasyBeinCheesy]

I've seen a lot of documentaries about WWII of late, i demand a WWII game!!!!

 

[KLoNe]

Looks fucking shit, but the show was alright

 

[so1337]

Wait, this is about the crab fishers on Discovery Channel? So sold.

 

[Busty]

If this was up on XBLA or PSN for as reasonable price then I'd absolutely jump. But why is it on disc?

It seems to me the download services on all platforms are ideal for a game like this to be a success.

Great show by the way.