TH*Q Brings Brawlers to a New Level

In order to diversify their lineup of titles, TH*Q today announced that it would be introducing its first original fighting game on the PlayStation this fall: "Vs." The game uses state of the art motion capture techniques and 3-D polygon action at 60 frames per second. Additionally, TH*Q has signed emerging alternative names like Razed in Black, Los Infernos, Suicide Machines, and Pigs in Space to provide the game's soundtrack.

The game's characters have been designed by Kurtis Fujita, formerly of Marvel Comics. Work on the game's motion capture and programming is being done by Polygon Magic's Tokyo studios. Like most fighting game developers, TH*Q is putting an emphasis on quick response and lightning-fast moves. Each character in the game is out to protect his own turf, whether that is the beach or deep in the 'hood.

"We wanted to design a fighting game with American characters, familiar locales, and today's music," said TH*Q's senior vice president, Michael Haller. "Other fighting games feature mostly esoteric and ancient Asian martial arts characters. This game brings the genre to the streets of America with the feel of a contemporary movie or music video." Currently the majority of the more popular fighting games comes either from Japanese developers or is created with an arcade gaming audience in mind.

Check out the art from Vs., and look for the game to be on retail shelves sometime this fall.