<s>
Tork	B-Application
:	I-Application
Prehistoric	I-Application
Punk	I-Application
is	O
a	O
platform	O
video	O
game	O
released	O
on	O
January	O
12	O
,	O
2005	O
for	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
video	B-Device
game	I-Device
console	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
is	O
a	O
shapeshifter	B-Application
who	O
travels	O
through	O
time	O
to	O
change	O
history	O
,	O
transforming	O
into	O
three	O
"	O
spirit	O
"	O
animals	O
along	O
the	O
way	O
:	O
a	O
squirrel	B-Protocol
,	O
a	O
Yeti	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
armadillo	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
and	O
resembles	O
the	O
THQ	O
video	O
game	O
series	O
,	O
Tak	B-Application
and	I-Application
the	I-Application
Power	I-Application
of	I-Application
Juju	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developed	O
by	O
Tiwak	O
,	O
a	O
group	O
founded	O
by	O
former	O
Rayman	B-Application
2	I-Application
developers	O
,	O
Tork	O
was	O
originally	O
planned	O
to	O
be	O
published	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
Studios	O
for	O
release	O
in	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
21	O
,	O
2004	O
,	O
Ubisoft	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
acquired	O
the	O
publishing	O
rights	O
from	O
Microsoft	O
(	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
purchasing	O
developer	O
Tiwak	O
and	O
merging	O
it	O
with	O
its	O
Montpellier	O
studio	O
)	O
and	O
would	O
be	O
releasing	O
Tork	B-Application
:	I-Application
Prehistoric	I-Application
Punk	I-Application
in	O
North	O
America	O
in	O
January	O
2005	O
for	O
the	O
budget	O
retail	O
price	O
of	O
$19.99	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
"	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
