At the Electronic Entertainment Exposition taking place here next week, Encore will showcase two GameCube titles - Marvel Comics' Daredevil and Grooverider: Slot Car Thunder. Here are some more details on both games.

Marvel's Daredevil Comes to Life

Gamers will scale the heights of high-action combat and adventure when they join Daredevil - "The Man Without Fear," one of Marvel Comics' most popular Super Heroes - over the rooftops and through the sewers of New York's Hell's Kitchen. Daredevil will battle Kingpin, ruler of the East Coast underworld, and Bullseye, the assassin who never misses. The game will also feature Elektra, a beautiful yet ruthless assassin, martial arts expert and Daredevil's femme fatale lover. With cool Hell's Kitchen scenery and backgrounds based on original Daredevil comic book art, unique weapons, and numerous power ups and hidden secrets, this game will bring Daredevil's comic book persona to life.

Platform: Console systems
Availability: Q4 2003
Price: Approximately $50
Expected ESRB Rating: Teen

Grooverider: Slot Car Thunder

Grooverider: Slot Car Thunder brings the nostalgia of slot car racing to console systems for the first time. Easy to pick up and play, Grooverider offers players four ultra-fast tracks in each of the five race locations, multiple race modes with up to four competitors, and speedways with 360-degree loops, booby traps and surprises. As players progressively unlock cars ranging from 1920's British race cars and American stock cars to Formula X Indy style cars, they can turn up the voltage in three difficulty modes. They can also improve their racing destiny with power-ups including charged spikes, power boosts and mines.

Platforms: Xbox video game system from Microsoft and Nintendo GameCube
Availability: Summer 2003
Price: Approximately $20
Expected ESRB Rating: Everyone