<s>
Malice	B-Application
is	O
a	O
platform	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Argonaut	O
Games	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Mud	O
Duck	O
Productions	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
and	O
Evolved	O
Games	O
in	O
Europe	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2004	O
for	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
and	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Malice	B-Application
was	O
met	O
with	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
Argonaut	O
's	O
last	O
title	O
released	O
before	O
the	O
company	O
filed	O
for	O
administration	O
that	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
about	O
the	O
return	O
of	O
a	O
goddess	O
named	O
Malice	B-Application
,	O
who	O
attempts	O
to	O
defeat	O
the	O
evil	O
Dog	O
God	O
with	O
the	O
help	O
of	O
the	O
Metal	O
Guardian	O
;	O
the	O
Keeper	O
of	O
Universe	O
,	O
who	O
needs	O
to	O
find	O
eight	O
Logic	O
Keys	O
to	O
locate	O
the	O
Dog	O
God	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Malice	B-Application
is	O
a	O
redheaded	O
goddess	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Malice	B-Application
tried	O
to	O
save	O
her	O
world	O
from	O
the	O
Dog	O
God	O
,	O
an	O
evil	O
villain	O
that	O
seeks	O
to	O
destroy	O
world	O
after	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Malice	B-Application
failed	O
,	O
dying	O
after	O
having	O
her	O
head	O
bitten	O
off	O
by	O
the	O
Dog	O
God	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
afterlife	O
,	O
Malice	B-Application
meets	O
Death	O
,	O
who	O
promptly	O
kicks	O
her	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
underworld	O
,	O
telling	O
her	O
that	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
room	O
for	O
a	O
goddess	O
in	O
the	O
afterlife	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Back	O
to	O
life	O
,	O
Malice	B-Application
then	O
meets	O
the	O
Metal	O
Guardian	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
finally	O
gives	O
Malice	B-Application
a	O
giant	O
club	O
before	O
sending	O
her	O
off	O
on	O
her	O
quest	O
spanning	O
twenty	O
different	O
worlds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Metal	O
Guardian	O
is	O
a	O
giant	O
clock	O
who	O
sends	O
the	O
newly	O
resurrected	O
Malice	B-Application
on	O
her	O
quest	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
asks	O
Malice	B-Application
to	O
find	O
these	O
logic	O
keys	O
so	O
he	O
can	O
track	O
down	O
Dog	O
God	O
,	O
which	O
in	O
turn	O
would	O
help	O
Malice	B-Application
exact	O
her	O
revenge	O
and	O
save	O
the	O
universe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Much	O
later	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
Guardian	O
admits	O
that	O
he	O
made	O
a	O
bet	O
with	O
the	O
Siren	O
Tree	O
that	O
Malice	B-Application
would	O
only	O
get	O
four	O
of	O
the	O
eight	O
logic	O
keys	O
,	O
only	O
to	O
be	O
proven	O
wrong	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Metal	O
Guardian	O
gives	O
Malice	B-Application
her	O
club	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
offers	O
weapon	O
upgrades	O
and	O
bonus	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Death	O
appears	O
in	O
the	O
beginning	O
cutscene	O
,	O
finding	O
the	O
recently	O
deceased	O
Malice	B-Application
in	O
the	O
underworld	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
informs	O
the	O
amnesiac	O
Malice	B-Application
that	O
she	O
was	O
a	O
goddess	O
,	O
and	O
as	O
a	O
goddess	O
may	O
not	O
be	O
in	O
the	O
underworld	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Death	O
appears	O
if	O
Malice	B-Application
loses	O
all	O
of	O
her	O
hit	O
points	O
,	O
becoming	O
a	O
ghost	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Dog	O
God	O
is	O
Malice	B-Application
's	O
archenemy	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
primary	O
antagonist	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
first	O
appears	O
in	O
the	O
beginning	O
cutscene	O
,	O
where	O
he	O
bites	O
off	O
Malice	B-Application
's	O
head	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
originally	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
title	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
but	O
was	O
moved	O
to	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
as	O
an	O
exclusive	O
on	O
July	O
14	O
,	O
2000	O
,	O
with	O
no	O
date	O
or	O
publisher	O
announced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2001	O
,	O
Argonaut	O
announced	O
that	O
Vivendi	O
Universal	O
Interactive	O
Publishing	O
would	O
publish	O
the	O
game	O
through	O
their	O
subsidiary	O
Sierra	O
On-Line	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
a	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
version	O
would	O
also	O
be	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2002	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
band	O
members	O
from	O
No	O
Doubt	O
would	O
be	O
doing	O
various	O
voice-overs	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
with	O
singer	O
Gwen	O
Stefani	O
doing	O
the	O
voice	O
for	O
Malice	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
silently	O
released	O
in	O
June	O
2004	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States.	O
,	O
and	O
would	O
eventually	O
be	O
Argonaut	O
's	O
final	O
title	O
released	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
company	O
went	O
out	O
of	O
business	O
two	O
months	O
after	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
version	O
came	O
out	O
in	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
version	O
of	O
Malice	B-Application
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
"	O
reviews	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
version	O
received	O
"	O
generally	O
unfavorable	O
reviews	O
"	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
