05.12.2007 13:30:00
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Activision Rocks in the Holiday Season with a Stellar Game Line-Up for Gamers of All Ages
Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq:ATVI) is making wishes come true this holiday
season with games for kids of all ages and interests from the top brands
in interactive entertainment including Call of Duty®
4: Modern Warfare™ and Guitar
Hero® III: Legends of Rock to games
based on such blockbuster movie hits as "TRANSFORMERS,”
Sony Pictures Entertainment’s Columbia
Pictures' and Marvel Studios’ "Spider-Man
3,” and DreamWorks Animation’s
"Bee Movie™”
and "Shrek the Third™.” Titles Based on Top Brands in
Interactive Entertainment: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare -- The new
action-thriller from the award-winning team at Infinity Ward, the
creators of the Call of Duty® series,
delivers the most intense and cinematic action experience ever. Call
of Duty 4: Modern Warfare arms gamers with an arsenal of
advanced and powerful modern day firepower and transports them to the
most treacherous hotspots around the globe to take on a rogue enemy
group threatening the world. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
is available for the Xbox 360™ video game and
entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION®3
computer entertainment system and Windows® PC
and is rated "M”
for Mature.
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock -- Fire up the fretboard,
crank up the amp and get ready to rock like never before. Guitar
Hero III: Legends of Rock offers the ultimate rock experience
with new wireless guitars, freshly added content and features including
a multiplayer action-inspired battle mode, grueling boss battles, a host
of exclusive unlockable content and visually stunning rock venues.
Expanded online multiplayer modes allow axe-shredders worldwide to
compete head-to-head for true rock status as they riff through a
star-studded soundtrack including master tracks by legendary artists
such as Aerosmith, Guns ‘N’
Roses, The Rolling Stones, Beastie Boys, Rage Against the Machine and
Pearl Jam, as well as original songs by guitar icons Slash and
Tom Morello. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock is now
available for the Xbox 360®
video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, Wii™
home video game system from Nintendo, PLAYSTATION®3
computer entertainment system, and PlayStation®2
computer entertainment system, and is rated "T”
for Teen by the ESRB.
Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground
-- In the largest and deepest Tony Hawk game yet, gamers are now in
total control of their skating destiny in Tony Hawk’s
Proving Ground. Set in the streets of Baltimore, Philadelphia
and Washington, D.C., the title empowers players with the freedom to
define their character, story and style based on the choices they make,
the paths they select and the style of skating they want. Tony Hawk’s
Proving Ground is available for the Xbox 360™
video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION®3
computer entertainment system, Wii™,
PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system
and the Nintendo DS™ and is rated "T”
for Teen.
Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars™ --
Set within the expansive QUAKE universe in the year 2065, id
Software’s Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars
offers the ultimate in objective-based multiplayer action, either online
or offline with computer controlled players. Up to 24 gamers can play
online, electing to play as the human GDF or alien Strogg in one of five
unique character classes, and employ an arsenal of weapons, vehicles and
deployable armaments for an action-packed test of skill and coordinated
teamwork through a series of combat objectives. Enemy Territory:
QUAKE Wars is available for Windows PC and is rated "T”
for Teen.
Titles Based on Blockbuster Movies: Bee Movie™ Game -- Based on
DreamWorks Animation’s hit movie from creator
Jerry Seinfeld, Bee Movie Game allows players to race,
chase, fly and blast their way through the adrenaline-fueled world from
the feature film and beyond. As the witty and courageous Barry B.
Benson, gamers are propelled on an exciting adventure to save the bee’s
right to produce honey. Bee Movie Game is available for
the Xbox 360™ video game system from
Microsoft, PlayStation®2 computer
entertainment system, Nintendo Wii™ and DS™
and Games for Windows®. The game is rated "E”
for Everyone.
Shrek the Third™ -- In the
Shrek the Third video game, players adventure as Shrek®
and friends to save Far Far Away in a hilariously twisted fairy tale
from the movie and beyond. Gamers assume the role of their favorite
characters from the film - Shrek, Donkey, Puss-in-Boots, Fiona, Artie
and Sleeping Beauty - and embark on an all-new adventure to save the
land from the evil clutches of Prince Charming. Shrek the Third
is available for the Xbox 360™ video game
system from Microsoft, Nintendo Wii™,
PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system,
PSP® (PlayStation®
Portable) system and Windows® PC and is rated "E10+”
for Everyone 10 and older. The Nintendo DS™
and Game Boy® Advance versions of the game
are rated "E” for
Everyone.
Shrek®: Ogres and Dronkeys™
-- Shrek: Ogres and Dronkeys gives handheld gamers the chance to
train, play and explore with Shrek and Fiona’s
adorable triplets and Donkey and Dragon’s
playful offspring, the Dronkeys. Once ready, players use the mischievous
youngsters’ newly learned skills and talents
to embark on an exciting journey of puzzle solving and mini-game mayhem
throughout the hilarious world of Shrek. The game is
available for the Nintendo DS™ and is rated "E”
for Everyone.
Spider-Man™ 3 -- Based on Sony
Pictures Entertainment’s Columbia Pictures’
blockbuster feature film, Spider-Man 3 allows players to
experience the actions of heroic red-suited Spider-Man and, for the
first time ever, his darker, more mysterious black-suited persona. Set
in a larger, dynamic, free-roaming New York City, the game gives players
the freedom to choose their own gameplay experience through multiple
movie-based and original storylines, fully integrated city missions and
performance rewards including improved speed, combat maneuvers and
agility. Spider-Man 3 is available for the Xbox 360™
video game system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION®3
computer entertainment system, Windows® PC,
Nintendo Wii™, PlayStation®2
computer entertainment system, and PSP® and
is rated "T” for
Teen. The Nintendo DS™ and Game Boy®
Advance versions are rated "E10+”
for Everyone 10 and older.
Spider-Man™: Friend or Foe --
Inspired by the Spider-Man film trilogy and the classic Spider-Man™
comics, Spider-Man: Friend or Foe was designed for younger
Spider-Man fans and challenges them to defeat and then join forces with
notorious movie nemeses including Doc Ock, Green Goblin, Venom and
Sandman, as they embark on an epic quest to overcome a worldwide evil
threat. Spider-Man: Friend or Foe is available for the
Xbox 360™ video game system from Microsoft,
Nintendo Wii™, PlayStation®2
computer entertainment system, Nintendo DS™,
PSP® and Windows®
PC and is rated "E10+”
for Everyone 10 and older.
TRANSFORMERS: The Game -- Based on Hasbro’s
TRANSFORMERS property and the blockbuster live-action feature film from
DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures, TRANSFORMERS: The Game
lets gamers control the outcome in the battle for Earth as they choose
to protect it as AUTOBOTS or destroy it as DECEPTICONS. The game is
available for the Xbox 360™ video game
system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION®3
computer entertainment system, Nintendo Wii™,
PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system,
and Windows® PC and is rated "T”
for Teen. The Nintendo DS™ and PSP®
games are rated "E10+”
for Everyone 10 and older.
About Spider-Man Merchandising, L.P.
Spider-Man Merchandising, L.P. is a 50/50 limited partnership comprised
of Marvel Entertainment, Inc. and Sony Pictures Consumer Products, Inc.
The partnership oversees all of the licensing and merchandising
activities for the Columbia Pictures Spider-Man™
feature films as well as the Sony Pictures Television’s
animated series entitled "The Spectacular
Spider-Man,” all based on the Marvel
characters.
About HPG
HPG, the licensing division of Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE:HAS), translates one
of the industry’s richest portfolios of
brands into a world of fun and excitement for children and adults
globally. Through a host of publishing, digital media, lifestyle and
entertainment platforms, HPG is able to surround fans worldwide with
consumer products that expand Hasbro’s core
brands, such as TRANSFORMERS, LITTLEST PET SHOP, MY LITTLE PONY,
MONOPOLY, G.I. JOE, TONKA and PLAYSKOOL.
About HASBRO
Hasbro (NYSE:HAS) is a worldwide leader in children’s
and family leisure time entertainment products and services, including
the design, manufacture and marketing of games and toys ranging from
traditional to high-tech. Both internationally and in the U.S., its
PLAYSKOOL, TONKA, MILTON BRADLEY, PARKER BROTHERS, TIGER and WIZARDS OF
THE COAST brands and products provide the highest quality and most
recognizable play experiences in the world.
About id Software
id – defined by Freud as the primal section
of the human psyche; id Software, located in Mesquite, Texas, was
founded in 1991. From inception to present day, id Software has
relentlessly provided technical, design and artistic leadership as an
independent game developer and technology provider. Transcending the
games industry, id’s iconic brands such as Wolfenstein,
DOOM, QUAKE and Enemy Territory
have become staples of popular culture for generations of gamers. More
information on id Software can be found at www.idsoftware.com.
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 $1.5 billion for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007.
Activision maintains operations in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom,
France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Spain, the Netherlands,
Australia, Japan and South Korea. More information about Activision and
its products can be found on the company's World Wide Web site, which is
located at www.activision.com.
Cautionary Note Regarding
Forward-looking Statements: Information in this press release
that involves Activision’s expectations,
plans, intentions or strategies regarding the future are forward-looking
statements that are not facts and involve a number of risks and
uncertainties. In this release they are identified by references to
dates after the date of this release and words such as "will,” "will be,” "remains,” "to be,” "plans,” "believes,” "may,” "expects,” "intends,”
and similar expressions. These risks and uncertainties include, but are
not limited to, sales of Activision’s
titles, shifts in consumer spending trends, the seasonal and cyclical
nature of the interactive game market, Activision’s
ability to predict consumer preferences among competing hardware
platforms (including next-generation hardware), declines in software
pricing, product returns and price protection, product delays, retail
acceptance of Activision’s products,
adoption rate and availability of new hardware and related software,
industry competition, rapid changes in technology and industry
standards, protection of proprietary rights, maintenance of
relationships with key personnel, customers, vendors and third-party
developers, international economic and political conditions, integration
of recently acquired subsidiaries and identification of suitable future
acquisition opportunities, limitations on our ability to issue stock and
options and foreign exchange rate changes. Other factors that could
cause Activision’s actual future results to
differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements
set forth in this release include, without limitation, the further
implementation, acceptance and effectiveness of the remedial measures
recommended or adopted by the special sub-committee of independent
directors established in July 2006 to review Activision’s
historical stock option granting practices, the board and Activision;
the outcome of the SEC’s formal
investigation and the derivative litigation filed in July 2006 against
certain current and former directors and officers of Activision relating
to Activision’s stock option granting
practices, the possibility that additional claims and proceedings will
be commenced, including additional stockholder litigation, employee
litigation, and additional action by the SEC and/or other regulatory
agencies, other litigation (unrelated to stock option granting
practices), and the risks identified in Activision’s
most recent annual report on Form 10-K and recent reports on Form 8-K.
The forward-looking statements in this release are based upon
information available to Activision as of the date of this release, and
Activision assumes no obligations to update any such forward-looking
statement. Forward-looking statements believed to be true when made may
ultimately prove to be incorrect. These statements are not guarantees of
future performance and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other
factors, some of which are beyond our control and may cause actual
results to differ materially from our current expectations.
Xbox 360, Xbox LIVE, and Games for Windows are either registered
trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
"PlayStation", "PLAYSTATION" and "PS" Family logo are registered
trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
Wii, Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS are trademarks of Nintendo.
Bee Movie ™ & ©
2007 DreamWorks Animation L.L.C.
Shrek is a registered trademark of DreamWorks Animation L.L.C.
Shrek The Third ™ & ©
2007 DreamWorks Animation L.L.C.
Spider-Man and related characters: TM & ©
Marvel Characters, Inc.
Spider-Man 3, the Movie: © 2007 Columbia
Pictures Industries, Inc. All rights reserved.
TRANSFORMERS and all related characters are trademarks of Hasbro and are
used with permission. © 2007 Hasbro. All
Rights Reserved.
Tony Hawk is a registered trademark of Tony Hawk, Inc.
Activision, Guitar Hero, Call of Duty, Modern Warfare are trademarks of
Activision Publishing, Inc.
All other trademarks and trade names are the property of their
respective owners.
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