To: Return to Sender who wrote (32891 ) 6/20/2001 10:16:25 PM From: Johnny Canuck Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 69886 Is this a new platform for EIDSY? If, so it looks like there may be more life in this old franchise than the analysts were aware of. ************************** Wednesday June 20, 8:33 am Eastern Time Press Release SOURCE: Activision, Inc. Activision Signs Tomb Raider: Curse of the Sword for Worldwide Distribution Latest Lara Croft Adventure for Nintendo's Game Boy(R) Color Timed to Ship the Week of June 25 SANTA MONICA, Calif., June 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Coinciding with Lara Croft's feature film debut, Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI - news) will launch Tomb Raider®: Curse of The Sword(TM) for Game Boy® Color the week of June 25. The game challenges players to take control of the first lady of adventure in a globe-hopping quest to recover a cursed artifact. ``Tomb Raider is undeniably one of the hottest properties in interactive entertainment today,'' states Kathy Vrabeck, executive vice president, Activision Global Publishing and Brand Management. ``As the leading third- party publisher of Game Boy Color titles we're thrilled to bring Lara's latest adventure to the hand held video game system.'' Tomb Raider: Curse of the Sword takes players from New York rooftops to New Orleans swamplands as they run, jump, climb and fight to uncover the mystery behind a sacred sword. Throughout the game, players will explore a variety of action-packed locations including abandoned subways, swampy jungles and even an underwater submarine. Additionally, Tomb Raider: Curse of the Sword comes to life with amazing animation effects and a variety of puzzles such as reactivating generators to access elevators and firing a cannon to clear a room. ``Eidos is thrilled to have a Tomb Raider product on shelves during the run of the 'Tomb Raider' feature film,'' said Paul Baldwin vice president of marketing, Eidos Interactive, Inc. ``In addition, the Game Boy Color game taps into a new market for the franchise.'' About Eidos Interactive Inc. Eidos Interactive, Inc. is a leading developer and publisher of interactive entertainment products for the PC, PlayStation® game console, PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, Sega Dreamcast(TM), Game Boy® Color handheld video game system and the Xbox(TM) video game system from Microsoft. Eidos Interactive is part of London-based Eidos plc with additional offices in San Francisco, Paris, Hamburg, Tokyo and Singapore. For more information on Eidos Interactive's product line visit eidos.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 revenues of $620 million for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2001. Activision maintains operations in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan, Australia, 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 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, 2000, which was filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Readers of this press release are referred to such filings. SOURCE: Activision, Inc.