XIII

Posted: July 19th, 2003.

Adam West & David Duchovny join cast for highly-anticipated videogame

Adam West – The Classic Batman Assumes New Cartoon Role as General Carrington

Ubi Soft Entertainment, one of the world’s top game publishers, added to itsAAA cast of voice talent for its highly anticipated action-shooter,XIII, by signing Adam West as General Carrington. West joinsactress/musician Eve, starring as Major Jones, and David Duchonvy, as XIII, inthe cast. XIII is an epic, conspiracy-driven thriller set in a highly stylizedgraphic-novel world and is scheduled to release on all game consoles as wellas the PC, in Fall 2003.

“XIII’s visual style is extremely eye-catching,” said West.“The game’s comic text and pop-up windows are similar to elements we usedwith the Batman series to stay true to the comic. In XIII, it builds thisgraphic-novel world to the last detail.”

XIII features a unique visual style utilizing cel-shaded graphics to showcasethe game’s comic roots. Based on a popular graphic novel, XIII employs variouscomic elements, including pop-up windows and cartoon text to make thegraphic-novel world come to life. Adam West, who played one of the cartoonworld’s famed heroes, Batman, plays the role of General Carrington – a hard-nosed military general leading an independent inquiry into the presidentialassassination. Carrington is the only one who can help XIII find out his realidentity and the truth behind who killed the president.

West is famous for his portrayal as the caped crusader in the hit 60stelevision series Batman, and has starred and appeared in more than 50 motionpicture, television, and stage projects throughout his career. He has alsolent his voice talents to several animated characters for well-known showsincluding The Rugrats, Family Guy, Batman, and Johnny Bravo. West alsoauthored two books, Back to the Batcave and Climbing the Walls, and starredand served as creative consultant for the recent CBS Movie of the Week,Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam & Burt.In July, West will host a series called Achieving the Glow on G4©, theComCast-owned TV network all about videogames and the gamer lifestyle.

David Duchovny Takes On Role of Secret Agent with Complete Amnesia

No stranger to the themes of government conspiracy, Duchovny starred in thehit television series about government cover-ups and conspiracy theories, TheX-Files. Duchovny won a Golden Globe award for Best Actor in a Drama Series forhis work on The X-Files. He also appeared in many hit motion pictures,including EVOLUTION, Return to Me, and Zoolander. Duchovny is currentlyshooting Connie & Carla Do L.A. opposite Nia Vardalos and Toni Collette.