Previewed: October 7, 2002
Previewed by: Mark Smith

Publisher
Ubisoft

Developer
SouthEnd Interactive

Release Date: October 22, 2002
Genre: Strategy/Action
Players: 8
ESRB: Mature

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Deathrow is a brutal fighting sport where the fastest, toughest players are victorious and the slow and weak are defeated. It combines the lightning-fast gameplay of third-person action games, adrenaline rush of fighting games and the cooperative team play and gritty roughness of rugby, offering a unique gameplay experience. The object of the game is to win matches however you can, either by scoring as many points as possible before time runs out, or by severely injuring your opponents and removing them from the field of combat.

Deathrow is being published by SouthEnd Interactive and published by Ubisoft Entertainment with an expected ship date of October 22, 2002. Rated (M)ature for violence and explicit language, this game is sure to spark plenty of controversy as well as non-stop fighting action. Feel the rush as you beat the pulp out of your opponents using backbreaking holds, blood-splattering punches and fast sliding kicks to knock the competition to the floor. Team up with a friend and go for a team K.O. as you electrify the crowd by stomping your enemies and scoring goals. Earn money by winning matches, injuring your opponents and exciting the audience, to attract star players and train your current team making them stronger by any means necessary. Engage in fierce hand-to-hand combat against your friends, enemies, or highly-intelligent AI opponents that don't just get mad, they get even!

In Deathrow there are no rules and full-contact aggression is not only legal, it's required! Check out these exciting Deathrow Features:

  • Multiplayer support for up to 8 players
  • Realistic mature language
  • More than 150 unique characters
  • 140 fighting + shooting moves + dozens of holds
  • Over 800 base animations
  • Highly detailed characters, using more than 55 bones and 7000 polygons for realistic character shape and lifelike movement
  • Facial animation capable of blinking, talking, expressing pain, anger, happiness and other moods
  • More than 15 combat arenas, each with their own unique architecture and gameplay elements
  • 18 playable teams, each with their own background, special abilities, and motivation
  • Automatic victory if you remove all of your opponent's players from the field of combat
  • Team management allowing you to customize your own team
  • Build players' statistics from match to match while gaining speed and power bonuses
  • Xbox effects such as bump-mapping, specular lighting and bumped reflection mapping
  • The ability for users to import their own music
On October 22, feel the power of controlling a team made up of the most advanced martial artists ever assembled, the Black Dragons, only in Deathrow, and only on Xbox!

The Black Dragons are a team of genetically enhanced masters that use their martial arts skills to mince the competition. Implanted with the DNA of Shaolin monks by the Mitsutomo Corp, the Black Dragons are ultimate warriors that feel no pain. Their speed, agility and combat skills are unmatched and they always please the crowd with their rib-breaking punches, brutal body throws and face crushing kicks.

While we wait for more details on this exciting game, check out the amazing new screenshots in our Preview Gallery.