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Activision Rings in the Holiday Season With Video Games for the Entire Family
Tony Hawk's Underground, Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure, True Crime(TM):
Streets of L.A.(TM) Top Wish Lists Worldwide
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Activision, Inc. is
shining a spotlight on the 2003 holiday season with a comprehensive lineup of
games for the entire family. The slate includes film inspired titles such as
Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure, groundbreaking action sports games like Tony
Hawk's Underground, titles targeted toward the action gamer including True
Crime(TM): Streets of L.A.(TM) and Call of Duty(TM), as well as a historical
real-time strategy game of epic scope and breadth, Empires: Dawn of the Modern
World(TM).
"This holiday season, Activision will showcase a strong lineup of high-quality
games that includes both original titles and games based on high-profile
Hollywood licenses," states Kathy Vrabeck, executive vice president of global
publishing and brand management for Activision. "Spanning multiple gaming
genres and hardware platforms, our diverse holiday slate will offer hours of fun
to both enthusiast and casual gamers around the world."
The company's holiday lineup includes:
Call of Duty -- Nominated for both "Best Action Game" and "Best PC Game," as
well as featured in more than one-half dozen computer and video game magazines'
"best of" lists following this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo 2003, Call
of Duty allows gamers to experience the cinematic intensity and chaos of battle,
through the eyes of ordinary soldiers fighting together, in this gritty and epic
WWII first-person action game. As different soldiers from multiple sides of the
Allied forces, players join their squads to take on missions as a U.S.
paratrooper, then a British commando and finally a Russian infantryman, all in
the pursuit of toppling the evil aspirations of Nazi Germany. Call of Duty
features explosive, epic battlefield confrontations taking the heart-pumping
action from the Russian Front to the American assault on D-Day and other
historic European battles, all the way to the siege of Berlin. The game is
being developed for the PC by Infinity Ward, a newly formed studio composed of
22 of the individuals who developed the critically acclaimed, best selling title
Medal of Honor(R) Allied Assault, and has been rated "T" (for "Teen") by the
ESRB.
Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure -- Skate through the large and imaginative
worlds of Walt Disney Pictures' presentation of a Pixar Animation Studios' film
"Toy Story 2," Disney's "Tarzan(R)" and Disney's "The Lion King" along with the
most memorable characters from each film. Using cutting-edge technology from
Activision's Tony Hawk's Pro Skater(R) 4 game engine, Disney's Extreme Skate
Adventure lets players perform fun and unique skating tricks as their favorite
movie characters, "Extreme Skate Crew" member or unique Create-A-Skater
creations. Both "Extreme Skate Crew" members and Create-A-Skater characters can
skate through real world locales, as well as be magically transported to
environments from the films where they skate on bamboo rafts, frying pans and
hover-boards, solving puzzles as they go. The game is being developed by Toys
for Bob for the PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox(R) video
game system from Microsoft, Nintendo GameCube(TM) and by Vicarious Visions(R)
for the Game Boy(R) Advance. The title has been rated "E" (for "Everyone") by
the ESRB.
Empires: Dawn of the Modern World -- For the first time in a historically based
real-time strategy game, players can command completely unique, historically
based civilizations in a bid to dominate the world. In a game that spans from
the Medieval Age to World War II, players forge mighty empires with their chosen
nation taking advantage of the unique civilizations, units such as Tiger Tanks,
Storm Troopers, Spitfires, and stealthy submarines and combat strategies over
land, sea and air. The game is being developed for the PC by designer Rick
Goodman and Stainless Steel Studios, Inc. and has been rated "T" (for "Teen") by
the ESRB.
Tony Hawk's Underground -- Crowned the "Best Sports Game" at the Electronic
Entertainment Expo 2003, the highly anticipated Tony Hawk's Underground is a
totally new breed of the Tony Hawk experience. Delivering innovative new
features, this time it's all about the player -- complete challenges and unveil
the plot-twisting, true-to-life story that takes a player from unknown local
skate punk to fame and fortune as the most popular skater in the world. Along
the way, gamers will get off their boards and explore expansive new levels on
foot or in vehicles. From putting their own faces into the game to inventing
their own tricks and challenging their friends with unique player-created goals,
this will be the most customizable console game ever made. In this game, there
are no rules...it's all about the underground. The game, developed by Neversoft
Entertainment, will be available on PlayStation 2, Xbox and Nintendo GameCube
and has been rated "T" (for "Teen") by the ESRB. The Game Boy Advance version,
developed by Vicarious Visions, Inc., has been rated "E" (for "Everyone") by the
ESRB.
True Crime(TM): Streets of L.A.(TM) -- FHM magazine raves, "Vice City fans take
note: True Crime has faster cars, snazzier graphics (and) kung-fu craziness..."
True Crime: Streets of L.A. has gamers assume the role of rogue Elite Operations
Division operative Nick Kang, a no-holds-barred badass, whose brutal reputation
and lethal skills have landed him the nasty task of taking down the Chinese
Triad and Russian Mafia cartel that has turned the City of Angels into a war
zone. Take part in explosive gun battles with double fisted firepower,
devastating martial arts brawls, and high-speed shootouts across 240 square
miles of accurately recreated L.A. In car or on-foot, the unique branching
missions include locating hostile witnesses, infiltrating criminal-infested
locations, taking out evasive informants and busting the heavily armed and
deadly bad guys. The game is being developed by Luxoflux for the PlayStation 2,
Xbox and Nintendo GameCube and has been rated "M" (for "Mature") by the ESRB.
About Disney Interactive
Disney Interactive is the award-winning publishing label of Buena Vista Games,
Inc. The label produces high quality children's and family-oriented interactive
video games and CD-ROMs based on Disney properties. Buena Vista Games, Inc. is
the interactive entertainment arm of The Walt Disney Company's Consumer Products
business unit. For more information on Disney Interactive's products, visit
http://www.disneyinteractive.com/ .
About Pixar Animation Studios
Pixar Animation Studios (NASDAQ:PIXRNASDAQ:http://www.pixar.com) combines
creative and technical artistry to create original stories in the medium of
computer animation. Pixar has created five of the most successful and beloved
animated films of all time: Academy Award(R)-winning Toy Story (1995); A Bug's
Life (1998); Golden Globe-winner Toy Story 2 (1999); the Academy
Award(R)-winning Monsters, Inc. (2001); and Finding Nemo (2003). Pixar's five
films have earned more than $2.1 billion at the worldwide box office to date.
The Northern California studio's next two film releases are The Incredibles
(November 5, 2004) and Cars (holiday 2005). Pixar's films are released by Walt
Disney Pictures.
About Activision, Inc.
Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision, Inc. is a leading
worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and
leisure products. Founded in 1979, Activision posted net revenues of $864
million for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003.
Activision maintains operations in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, France,
Germany, Japan, Australia, Scandinavia and the Netherlands. More information
about Activision and its products can be found on the company's World Wide Web
site, which is located at http://www.activision.com/ .
The statements contained in this release that are not historical facts are
"forward-looking statements." The Company cautions readers of this press
release that a number of important factors could cause Activision's actual
future results to differ materially from those expressed in any such
forward-looking statements. These important factors, and other factors that
could affect Activision, are described in Activision's Annual Report on Form
10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, which was filed with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission. Readers of this press release are
referred to such filings.
Disney's The Lion King: (c) Disney. Disney's Tarzan (TM): Copyright (c) 2003
Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. and Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Tarzan (TM) Owned by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. and Used by Permission. Toy
Story & Beyond (C)Disney/Pixar. WALT DISNEY PICTURES PRESENTS A PIXAR ANIMATION
STUDIOS FILM. Tony Hawk is a trademark of Tony Hawk. Distributed and published
by Activision, Inc. Activision and Pro Skater are registered trademarks of
Activision, Inc. and its affiliates.ADE IN JAPAN
Xbox is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States
and/or other countries.
TM, (R), Game Boy Advance and the Nintendo GameCube are trademarks of Nintendo.
Activision is a registered trademark of Activision, Inc. and its affiliates.
All other trademarks and trade names are the property of their respective
owners.
DATASOURCE: Activision, Inc.
CONTACT: Jill Hara, +1-310-559-7746, , for
Activision, Inc.; or Michelle Nino Schroder, Director, Corp. Communications of
Activision, Inc., +1-310-255-2508,
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