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  FightBox Limited   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
FightBox leads the way in bringing together the web, computer games and TV audiences in a new entertainment format.
New studio and gaming technology means that FightBox will be a unique gladiatorial contest combining virtual characters in a live arena with the audience determining the content of the programme.
Using the FightBox software, available via the BBCi website www.bbc.co.uk/fightbox, contestants will be able to design and build their own virtual warriors on their PCs from hundreds of specified components.
www.fightboxlimited.co.uk   (79 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Technology | TV appeal for virtual warriors
FightBox is a joint TV and internet project which challenges UK gamers to design the perfect fighting machine.
The top warriors from the website will be entered into the TV show where, using new studio technology, the virtual warriors - controlled by their makers - will slug it out in a huge arena, surrounded by a live studio audience.
The ultimate winner will become the FightBox Champion and their warrior will be immortalised and join the six house Sentients.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/technology/2987340.stm   (499 words)

  
 FightBox - UKGameshows   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
FightBox is the BBC's latest attempt to replace Robot Wars after stupidly letting it go to Five.
This is achieved by creating a warrior via the (admittedly awesome) Fightkit, training it up and then entering it into the qualification contests.
The top ranking qualifiers get their warriors into the Fightbox, a slightly understated gladiatorial arena.
www.ukgameshows.com /page/index.php?title=FightBox&printable=yes   (751 words)

  
 First Impressions - FightBox // PC /// Eurogamer
As opposed to offering actual gaming coverage though, FightBox is the corporation's attempt at fusing gaming, TV and web technologies in the guise of a kind of future gladiatorial sport.
To start with, would-be competitors sign up and download FightKit software from the FightBox website, and get to work on creating their virtual warrior.
Each warrior is made up of separate components; hands, arms, torsos, heads, legs and feet are all interchangeable and skinnable should you be unhappy with the prefabricated warriors or one of their body parts in particular.
www.eurogamer.net /article.php?article_id=52264   (965 words)

  
 News: FightBox Coming to E3 - GamersHell.com
The FightBox concept, which premiers on BBC Television in the UK later this year, will be brought to the PC, PlayStation 2 and Game Boy Advance/SP, following the TV show's transmission.
FightBox is already drawing interest from broadcasters around the world, and we now look to bring the project's gaming element to key territories."
FightBox fuses game and studio technology to bring a futuristic new gladiatorial sport to life.
www.gamershell.com /news/7176.html   (733 words)

  
 MiLeC's Fightbox - Gaming Universe Forums
Fightbox Is again getting better tourney I have few ideas to make it better.
Clan that won the title of Winner Deathmatch Clan Of The Fightbox will of course remain it's title, but as said before, this is kind of a seperated tournament of the FB, which means that every clans can decide their home settings(3 different home mods).
There was First Fightbox fights, there was compete feeling in the air and that was what i was looking for.
forums.thegaminguniverse.com /showthread.php?t=23793   (1944 words)

  
 GameSpy: FightBox
An interactive fighting game that allows players to design, create, and train their own humanoid warriors, FightBox is essentially a game show utility that allows players to compete in a BBC television show of the same name.
Artificial Warriors pit their strengths against each other in a bid to be the champion of FightBox.
Created from the elements, the Warriors' Components are assembled, forged and moulded to create a being that will attempt to win the FightBox contest and the ultimate prize of immortality.
pc.gamespy.com /pc/fightbox   (176 words)

  
 FightBox Website - The Show
FightBox: The TV Tournament is aired on BBC Three and BBC Two, with the first series airing in the autumn of 2003.
Thousands of people signed up on the game, and attempted to qualify for the TV tournament, but only 60 of the very best managed to make it to the tournament.
The Show is a blend of the graphics of computer games, the nasty dismissals of The Weakest Link, an arena similar to Robot Wars, and cheerleaders of many popular American sports.
www.global-centre.com /channels/fightbox/index.php?fightbox=show   (192 words)

  
 IGN: Enter: FightBox
January 8, 2004 - It was announced today that the popular BBC television series known as FightBox has just become the latest boob tube program to be given the videogame treatment.
Already available in a more limited form on The Official FightBox Website, the design kit allows players from all over the UK to create their own characters for use on the game show program to compete for various prizes and money.
Check The Official FightBox Website for more details and look for it to hit retailers on February 6.
ps2.ign.com /articles/461/461625p1.html   (366 words)

  
 FightBox - Virtual and actual reality lighting
FightBox is a collaboration between website specialists Bomb and TV production company Ricochet Digital.
The TV series element is being developed in Studio 1 of the BBC Television Centre in Wood Lane, West London.
The TV show is staged in an elliptical arena in front of a live audience with a full moving and generic lighting rig.
www.avolites.org.uk /avonews/press/2003/fightbox.htm   (563 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Fightbox (GBA): PC & Video Games   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
It takes place in the FightBox Arena--an arena of deadly skill and supreme combat where fear is an unknown concept.
The Sentients are artificially immortal guardians who have achieved sentience--become self aware--and whose job is to guard the FightBox traditions and put all challengers through their paces!
In the arena of battle, surrounded by the baying masses, the Warriors stand face to face, and, using their deadly array of weapons, skills and rules of combat, fight the Sentients and each other in order to pass through to the next round.
www.amazon.co.uk /BBC-Multimedia-Fightbox-GBA/dp/B0000CBBX2   (386 words)

  
 News: BBC's FightBox: the game
FightBox is the BBC3 gameshow that features real-life contestants fighting one another using virtual characters.
Despite a suspect beginning on BBC 3, on BBC2 since November the show has been pulling in up to 1.8 million on a Friday evening, so the BBC informs us.
The FightBox game is currently in development at Gamezlab, BBC Multimedia's development studio.
www.computerandvideogames.com /stories/gba/bbcs_fightbox_the_game.html   (297 words)

  
 BBC3's Fightbox on the ropes - Satellites TV
The BBC spent fours years and an estimated £3m-£4m developing Fightbox - but after three weeks on air the show has an average audience of just 22,000 viewers.
Assuming each episode of the 20-part Fightbox series cost at least £150,000 to make, it amounts to a cost of £136 per viewer per episode.
Fightbox has been broadcast each weekday evening at 7.30pm since Monday October 13, hitting a high of 56,000 viewers last Thursday, followed by a low of just 6,000 the following night, a figure that it perilously close to a zero rating in the BARB audience measurement system.
www.satellites.co.uk /php-bin/forum/showthread.php?t=7240   (350 words)

  
 News - BBC plans FightBox game // None /// Eurogamer
BBC Multimedia is planning to launch a multi-format game based on the much maligned FightBox TV/game crossover programme, showcasing the best of the FightBox warriors created by members of the public and recreating its tournament structure on PC, PS2 and Game Boy Advance.
Due out on February 6th, the game, developed by the BBC's in-house studio Gamezlab, allows competitors to design and build a personalised warrior, enter the FightBox arena and face off against deadly Sentients, and a variety of challenges testing the limits of strength, endurance, dexterity and collision detection.
With the show allegedly costing the BBC a whopping amount of money each time they run it, bosses will be hoping this videogame recreation is a success.
www.eurogamer.net /article.php?article_id=54195   (137 words)

  
 Ad-Blurbs for Fightbox
This is your chance to re-live the FightBox TV experience… Build and nurture a warrior to take on your opponents, including the mighty Sentients in a battle of skill, strength and agility!
BBC Multimedia has today announced that a game based on its innovative FightBox TV show will be released for the PC, PlayStation 2, and Game Boy Advance in Europe on February 6.
In the FightBox TV show, members of the public are invited to pit their own computer-generated warriors against one another in a variety of arena-based challenges.
www.mobygames.com /game/ps2/fightbox/adblurbs   (357 words)

  
 WORTHPLAYING - - All about games !
Taking the best FightBox warriors, created by members of the public for the first televised tournament, plus the 'in-house' Sentient characters, the computer games offer players the unique opportunity to recreate the FightBox experience on home PC, PS2, or even GBA.
Each product will lead players through the tournament structure, where competitors design and build their personalized humanoid Warrior; enter the FightBox arena to face a variety of challenges of strength, endurance and dexterity; and face the power of the immortal Sentients.
Published by BBC Multimedia, the FightBox titles have been developed by the company's in-house development studio Gamezlab, which created the software for the innovative FightBox BBC television production.
www.worthplaying.com /article.php?sid=15353   (260 words)

  
 PlayStation Pro 2.0 - News - Import Alert: FightBox announced
BBC has announced that its popular sitcom, FightBox, will be translated into video game format for the PlayStation 2, PC, and Game Boy Advance.
The title will be developed by BBC owned Gamezlab, the developer for the software on the show.
FightBox will be released to the European gaming public on February 6, 2004.
www.playstationpro2.com /news/2004/01082.html   (195 words)

  
 The origins of Durell Games, from Durell Software to the BBC, and back.
Shortly after the BBC's Fightbox project was finished the Gamezlab studio was closed and Mike was in a quandry as to what to do next.
"The Fightbox project should have been really exciting, but I never really felt part of it as I was located so far away from the main studio (the studio being located in Yorkshire and me being in Somerset).
I really felt the need to be more involved in my own projects, like back in the old Durell days.
www.durellgames.com /origins.shtml   (531 words)

  
 FightBox - Sony PlayStation United Kingdom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Based on the popular BBC TV series, FightBox allows you to design and build your very own custom Warrior, and then challenges you to enter your creation into the FightBox arena.
As you attempt to battle your way through FightBox's testing minigames, you'll be challenged by other customised opponents - up to eight players can take it in turns to compete in two-player competition - and the Sentients.
Sentients are former FightBox champions who have earned freedom from their creators, and now they want to ensure that only the best Warriors will join their ranks and help them to defend the FightBox arena.
uk.playstation.com /metagen/en_GB/game/game_1053793.html   (293 words)

  
 Computer Buyer: News: Updated: BBC's FightBox: the game
FightBox is the BBC gameshow that features real-life contestants fighting one another using virtual characters.
Four years in development, and at a cost of between £3-4 million to produce, ratings suggest the show attracted an average BBC3 audience of just 22,000 viewers.
Nevertheless, the Beeb has deemed the show worthy of a videogame spin-off for PC, PS2 and GBA.
www.pcpro.co.uk /buyer/news/52086/updated-bbcs-fightbox-the-game.html   (300 words)

  
 Planet GameCube News Article: Fight Box is Coming to GBA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The BBC is turning their hit franchise into a set of games for PC, PS2, and GBA.
Innovative TV tournament FightBox comes to PC, PlayStation 2, and Game Boy Advance BBC Multimedia is set to launch FightBox as a multi-format gaming title on February 6, 2004.
Taking the best FightBox warriors, created by members of the public for the first televised tournament, plus the 'in-house' Sentient characters, the computer games offer players the unique opportunity to recreate the FightBox experience on home PC, or via Sony PlayStation 2, or even on the move with the Nintendo Game Boy Advance version.
www.planetgamecube.com /newsArt.cfm?artid=9305   (343 words)

  
 Fightbox - Xbox-Scene Online Web Community
Warriors will pit their wits against the Sentients and each other in the FightBox Arena, competing for the title of FightBox Champion and for the greatest prize of all: Freedom.
They can then train their Warriors and enter them in Qualification to try and win a place on the televised FightBox Tournament.
The FightBox Tournament takes place in the intimidating atmosphere of the Arena, where Warriors will go head-to-head, but also go up against the awesome Sentients - former supreme FightBox Champions.
forums.xbox-scene.com /index.php?showtopic=54426   (474 words)

  
 FightBox for PS2 - FightBox Playstation 2 - FightBox PS2 Game
FightBox for PS2 - FightBox Playstation 2 - FightBox PS2 Game
Buy It This gladiatorial action game is closely based on the BBC television show of the same name.
Bandai brings this 3rd person, mission based action title to the PS2.
www.gamespot.com /ps2/action/fightbox/index.html   (101 words)

  
 Fightbox on GameBoy Advance (GBA) from Gameseek.co.uk - The Webs Favourite Gamestore
Fightbox on GameBoy Advance (GBA) from Gameseek.co.uk - The Webs Favourite Gamestore
Based on the pre-teen adventure drama series aired in 17 countries, a third person action adventure comprising of platform-based progression, puzzle solving and tactical combat across a range of themed environments.
There are no reviews for Fightbox (GBA) yet!
www.gameseek.co.uk /pd/GBAbh309h7kfx7h1wsn   (184 words)

  
 FightBox Website - Homepage
Welcome to FightBox Website - The UK's first Fightbox Fansite!
Fightbox is the next-generation entertainment concept, which brings TV, the Internet and Gaming together in a way never seen before.
The futuristic gladiatorial sport features digitally created warriors and the immortal sentients, in battles of skill and agility.
www.global-centre.com /channels/fightbox/index.php?fightbox=home   (111 words)

  
 Fightbox - IC-Games
An imitation shiny doughnut or something to scare the birds off farmer’s fields?
— Nope, I just can’t think of a use for this Fightbox disk.
Ladies and gentlemen, would you please be upstanding for our winner in the ‘most truly awful game of the year’ competition.
www.ic-games.co.uk /forums/showthread.php?p=1444   (130 words)

  
 PC: FightBox
Game Boy Advance: BBC's FightBox: the game - 8 Jan 2004
News: FightBox is the BBC3 gameshow that features real-life contestants fighting one another using virtual characters.
The mega drive, mega batsman revived for all modern formats...
www.computerandvideogames.com /games/pc/fightbox.html   (50 words)

  
 News: FightBox Coming Next Month - GamersHell.com
BBC Multimedia today announced that FightBox will be released in the UK on PC, PlayStation 2, and Game Boy Advance on February 6, 2004.
Based on the TV series airing on BBC Two, FightBox - developed by the company's in-house development studio Gamezlab - brings together computer gaming, Internet and TV technology to create a new entertainment format.
Innovative TV tournament FightBox comes to PC, PlayStation 2, and Game Boy Advance
www.gamershell.com /news/11106.html   (398 words)

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