Today's Hottest New School Rap Tracks Invade America's Living Rooms in Eidos' Get On Da Mic
September 29 2004 - 2:17PM
PR Newswire (US)
Today's Hottest New School Rap Tracks Invade America's Living Rooms
in Eidos' Get On Da Mic Revolutionary Rap Video Game Names Platinum
Recording Artist Jadakiss as Product Spokesperson and Music News
Celebrity Sway as In-Game Host SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 29
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Eidos(R) (NASDAQ:EIDSY), one of the
world's leading publishers and developers of entertainment
software, today announced details of the new school tracks featured
in its upcoming rap game Get On Da Mic. The game is the first true
music performance game where players use a microphone or headset to
rap along to songs by their favorite MC's. Get on Da Mic is in
development by Artificial Mind & Movement (A2M) in partnership
with Highway 1 Productions. Get on Da Mic boasts a robust
soundtrack including 40 tracks originally made popular by the
hottest names in hip hop. Get On Da Mic will be available for the
PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system in North America on
October 5th and in Europe in late October. "Get On Da Mic is the
first pure rap game to feature both songs from old school legends
and tracks from today's hottest artists. The new school line- up
includes rhymes originally made famous by Missy Elliot, MOP, DMX,
and Kanye West among others making Get On Da Mic a must have for
players that love hip hop music," says Chip Blundell, Global Brand
Director at Eidos Inc. The Get On Da Mic soundtrack will feature a
deep set of tracks to choose from. Players can get loose with
tracks originally made famous by the current era of mega stars such
as Notorious BIG and Snoop Dogg, then lay down rhymes to classic
rap tracks from the Sugar Hill Gang, Public Enemy and Sir Mix A Lot
or enter the "G-Funk" era with tracks previously performed by
artists such as Dr. Dre and Tupac. Following are some of the new
school tracks available in Get On Da Mic. 1. "Hypnotize" originally
made popular by The Notorious BIG 2. "Beautiful" originally made
popular by Snoop Dogg 3. "The Jump Off" originally made popular by
Lil Kim featuring Mr Cheeks 4. "Beware of the Boyz" originally made
popular by Panjabi featuring Jay Z 5. "Get Your Freak On"
originally made popular by Missy Elliot 6. "Hey Mama" originally
made popular by Black Eyed Peas 7. "Jesus Walks" originally made
popular by Kanye West 8. "Get By" originally made popular by Talib
Kweli 9. "Fix Up" originally made popular by Dizee Rascal 10.
"Crank it Up" originally made popular by David Banner Get On Da Mic
also features some well known names in hip hop. Celebrity news
reporter Sway from MTV News will star as the host of Get On Da Mic,
while The Evil Genius, Hot 97's own DJ Green Lantern, rocks the
turntables throughout the game. And finally Jadakiss, considered
one of the top lyricists in the rap game and now a certified
platinum artist with his latest release "The Kiss of Death", is
featured in the game's advertising, packaging and public relations
efforts as the official product spokesperson. About Eidos Eidos(R)
plc is one of the world's leading publishers and developers of
entertainment software with a diverse mix of titles for the PC,
PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system, Nintendo
GameCube(TM) and the Xbox(R) video game system from Microsoft. For
more information on Eidos and its products visit
http://www.eidos.com/ About Artificial Mind and Movement Artificial
Mind and Movement (A2M) is Montreal's foremost independent video
game developer with over 150 employees. A2M has achieved high
praise by developing blockbuster licensed titles as well as its own
original properties for game consoles (PlayStation(R)2 computer
entertainment system, Nintendo GameCube(TM), Xbox(R) game system
from Microsoft, GameBoy Advance(TM), and PSP(R)). For more
information, please go to http://www.a2m.com/. About Hwy 1
Productions, Inc. Hwy 1 Productions, Inc. is the interactive
entertainment industry's premier independent production company,
specializing in design and management of high-quality video game
titles for publishers in the console and online gaming market. More
information on Hwy 1 Productions can be found at
http://www.hwy1productions.com/. NOTE: "PlayStation" and the "PS"
Family logo are registered trademarks of Sony Computer
Entertainment Inc. DATASOURCE: Eidos plc CONTACT: Michelle Seebach
Curran, Kjell Vistad, Denny Chiu, or Loretta Stevens, all of
Eidos(R) Inc. North America, +1-415-547-1200, or Web site:
http://www.hwy1productions.com/ Web site: http://www.a2m.com/ Web
site: http://www.eidos.com/
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