Celebrity Deathmatch (video game)

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Celebrity Deathmatch
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Developer(s)Big Ape Productions
Coresoft (PS)
Publisher(s)Gotham Games
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Xbox
Release
  • NA: October 14, 2003
  • NA: October 21, 2003 (PS)
  • EU: October 31, 2003
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Celebrity Deathmatch is a professional wrestling video game by American studio Big Ape Productions to Mortal Kombat style based on the MTV series of the same name. It was available for PlayStation, as well as Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2 and Xbox. The game features celebrities and movie monsters as playable characters.

Gameplay[]

In this fighting game, the player needs to hit their opponent several times until the opponent's life meter flashes red. With this, a text will show Kill! on the HUD, the winning player then needs to fill up the MTV meter to full, in order to make it rise faster, players can taunt the audience. When in the proper momentum, the player can finish the opponent off by performing their special moves, totally decimating the opponent.

Within the match, several boxes containing various power-ups and weapons can be picked up by the players.

Reception[]

The PC, PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions received "unfavorable" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[24][25][23]

References[]

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  25. ^ a b "MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch Critic Reviews for Xbox". Metacritic. Retrieved 2014-05-15.

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