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Deadly Creatures Descends on the University of Advancing Technology
| Source: University of Advancing Technology
TEMPE, AZ--(Marketwire - February 6, 2009) - The University of Advancing Technology (UAT) is
hosting a release party for video game publisher THQ's newest game title
Deadly Creatures, Feb. 10 on the university campus. Four UAT alumni --
Trapper McFerron, Holly Meyer, Josh Stribling and Justin Walsh -- worked on
the exclusive Nintendo Wii action-adventure game for Phoenix-based
developer Rainbow Studios.
The event will start with a presentation of the game, highlighting its
journey from concept to completion followed with game play on Nintendo Wii
developer systems.
The alumni made significant contributions to Deadly Creatures' development.
McFerron, a senior software engineer, and Stribling and Walsh, both
associate software engineers, directed attention on implementation of
gameplay systems, including basic game functions, artificial intelligence
and user interface. Meyer, an associate environmental artist, collaborated
on creation of gameplay locations -- from urban areas to desert locales --
using her knowledge of 2D and 3D art.
Deadly Creatures, which has its official release on February 9th, stars two
antiheroes, an armored scorpion and a tarantula spider, as they battle
dangerous Southwestern environments and its inhabitants -- from Gila
monsters to wasps and black widow spiders. A parallel story of selfishness
and murder between two humans, played by actors Dennis Hopper and Billy Bob
Thornton, gas station owner Struggs, and bar-dweller Wade, intertwines with
your characters in the game's climax.
About UAT: The University of Advancing Technology is a unique, private
college that serves its student body by fostering knowledge, creation and
academic excellence in an environment that embraces the young technophiles
of the world. With three centers of research and a suite of
technology-centered undergraduate and graduate degrees, the University is a
recognized leader in technology education.
For more information please visit:
www.uat.edu
www.deadlycreaturesgame.com