Celebrity Deathmatch
Based on MTV's claymation animation show Celebrity Deathmatch. You play a series of wrestling matches, much in the style of other wrestling games. The twist being, that you play one of various celebrities…
Celebrity Deathmatch is a fighting developed by Big Ape Productions, released 14 October 2003 on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox and PlayStation.
What Celebrity Deathmatch is
Celebrity Deathmatch is a fighting game developed by Big Ape Productions and released in 2003. It was published by Gotham Games. It is available on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, PlayStation and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Based on MTV's claymation animation show Celebrity Deathmatch. You play a series of wrestling matches, much in the style of other wrestling games. The twist being, that you play one of various celebrities, such as Marilyn Manson and Carmen Electra. Various weapons appear in the ring during play, such as a chainsaw and crossbow. The game is set out in 6 "episodes" of 3 matches each, and you can play either of the celebrities in each match.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the MTV series
Celebrity Deathmatch is the 11th of 13 entries we hold in the MTV series. It arrived 3 years after MTV Sports: Pure Ride. The next entry was MTV Music Generator 3: This is the Remix in 2004. Its critic score of 59 is 9 points below the series average of 68. The highest-rated entry is MTV Music Generator 3: This is the Remix at 81.
How it was received
Celebrity Deathmatch holds a critic score of 59 out of 100. That places it above 20% of the 981 rated fighting games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2003 averaged 69, so it scored 10 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Celebrity Deathmatch launched on 14 October 2003, within three weeks of Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, Call of Duty, SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom and Jak II. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, Call of Duty, SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom, Jak II.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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