Get ready to witness the "matrix" concept!

Bandai has joined forces with the most renowned anime and game producer talent in the world to create this masterpiece series. Pronounced "dot hack," .hack boasts character designs by Yoshiyuki
Sadamoto, famous character designer of Evangelion, and an engaging and immersive storyline scripted by the Kazunori Ito, acclaimed writer of "Ghost in the Shell" and "Patlabor."

.hack is a first:

a perfect fusion of entrancing Action/RPG gameplay, and beautifully produced anime, offered together in one game package!

<b>The Game</b>

A fourteen year old boy named Kite is invited by his schoolmate, Orca, to play the online game The World. While playing the game both Kite and his friend are attacked by an unknown monster. As a
result, Orca becomes comatose in the real world. Despite his friend's condition, Kite continues to play The World believing he’ll find a way to revive Orca. While playing The World, Kite accepts The
Twilight from Aura, a mysterious girl in white. Kite is transformed into an Outlaw player within the game wielding the very same power responsible for Orca’s condition.

<b>Original Video Animation</b>

While paying the online game The World, two junior high school game club friends, Mai Minase and Tomonari Kasumi both lose consciousness. Mai recovers but Tomonari remains in a coma.

Although CC Corporation, the maker of The World, insist there is no relationship with the strange events and the game. A mysterious man named Junichro Tokuoka approaches Mai and suggests they both set out to investigate the CC Corporation and the reasons behind the phenomenon taking place throughout the world…


<b>Features:</b>


<li>Includes a separate disc containing 40 minutes of Original Animation available only inside the .hack game package! Watch it for clues on how to solve the game’s mystery!
<li>A Virtual MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online RPG)
<li>Real time data evolution: Environments transform in real time
<li>Full Voice Over RPG for a totally immersive experience. Dual voice over: Choose between English or Japanese!
<li>The world first game within a game within a game: an exciting and engrossing concept!


Look for additional highlights to forward as we take a first-hand look at E3 next week!