Wu-Tang Rumbles on the PlayStation

Are you ready for hip-hop fighting-game action? Activision has announced that it is teaming up with hip-hop act Wu-Tang Clan to create Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style, an arena-based fighting game for the PlayStation. Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style marks the first time an original video-game property has been designed specifically for a rap group. The game will feature three exclusive never-before-heard music tracks from the Clan.

"The urban/Asian influences we use in our music will provide an original look and feel for a video game, especially a hard-core fighting game like Wu-Tang," said RZA, the creative force behind the Wu-Tang Clan. "We are huge video-game fans and are excited to be working with Activision to help us take our style to a whole new dimension. This game is going to be off the hook."

Inspired by the Wu-Tang Clan's affinity for kung-fu films, Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style is a fighting game that lets players assume the role of one of the nine Wu-Tang Clan members, including RZA, Method Man, and Ol' Dirty Bastard. The game's action-packed storyline challenges players to master the art of fighting as they attack, block, and counterattack menacing enemies in ten realistic urban and ancient arenas modeled after New York and China. Wu-Tang's Shaolin martial arts philosophy is incorporated into the game's story mode, which features 36 chambers that correspond to the 36 death points found on the human body. Players must complete each chamber to unlock secret doors and gain additional special moves. Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style gives gamers the option to team with or against each other with its two- to four-person multiplayer mode. The game will also include a practice mode where players can learn their character's unique moves.

Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style is scheduled for a release this fall.