GET READY TO EXPERIENCE KUNG FU “AWESOMENESS” WITH THE RELEASE OF ACTIVISION’S KUNG FU PANDATM VIDEO GAME

Santa Monica, CA – June 3, 2008 – Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) is bringing a unique blend of humor and action to gamers with the release of Kung Fu Panda™, the video game based on DreamWorks Animation’s highly anticipated feature film. In order to become the Dragon Warrior and defeat the ultimate enemy, Tai Lung, players engage in kung fu moves and master the unique fighting style of unlikely hero Po the Panda and experience the legendary moves of Shifu, Po’s Teacher, and the Furious Five – Monkey, Tigress, Viper, Mantis and Crane.

“Kung Fu Panda gives kids the chance to experience first hand their favorite movie moments, as well as new levels and hilarious situations created specifically for the game,” said Kim Salzer, vice president of Global Brand Management, Activision Publishing. “The humor, lovable characters and non-stop action will deliver hours of fun that they can enjoy on their own or with parents and friends.”

Kung Fu Panda offers a distinct and exciting gameplay experience as players develop acrobatic kung fu combo attacks to defeat a number of villainous enemies, including the Great Gorilla, the Wu Sisters and the dark-hearted Tai Lung. Gamers will work to overcome dangerous obstacles and solve challenging puzzles as they navigate through diverse environments spanning air, water and land. By mastering the art of kung fu, players will utilize and upgrade the unique fighting skills of their favorite movie characters, unlocking new moves as well as a host of multiplayer characters and games. Additionally, players can team up or battle head-to-head in arena, puzzle or casual games, making the Kung Fu Panda video game an epic experience gamers of all ages will enjoy.

The console and Games for Windows versions are rated “PG” by the BBFC and the DS version is rated “7+” by PEGI .

For more information on Kung Fu Panda and to download the demo, please visit www.KungFuPandaGame.com.

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A NEW TEAM OF SUPERSPIES ROCKS WiiTM WITH CAPCOMS SPYBORGSTM
Saturday Morning Cartoons Explode to Life in This Revolutionary Wii Title
SAN MATEO, Calif. — June 3, 2008 — Capcom® Entertainment, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, today announced Spyborgs™, a new action game coming exclusively to the Wii™ home video game system from Nintendo. In Spyborgs, players take on the role of a diverse team of five bionic superspies in a fight to save the world from a group of dastardly villains. Wii gamers will be set to save the world when the game launches in 2009.

The first title developed by Bionic Games™, a newly-formed development team comprised of former Insomniac Games and High Impact developers known for their work on hugely popular franchises Ratchet and Clank™ and Resistance: Fall of Man™, Spyborgs is a unique action-adventure game set in a stylish world that resembles a Saturday morning cartoon. Engaging players in team-based challenges designed to utilize 2-player co-op play, Spyborgs takes the theme of “team” to a whole new level of fun. In Single-player mode the “team” theme continues as players jump from one member of the superspies’ team to the next, rapidly tackling different challenges designed around each character’s unique abilities. Fast, addictive gameplay, unique controls offered by the Wii Remote™, and a storyline that refuses to take itself too seriously, Spyborgs will provide players with a dynamic and fresh gaming experience like no other.

“Our goal is to maximize the potential of the innovative Wii Remote while delivering a new paradigm in cooperative game play,” said Michael Haller, president, Bionic Games, “We also wanted to bring a lot of humor to the game which we feel we have accomplished. This game will make you laugh — for all the right reasons.”

Players jump between the identities of a team of five bionic superspies to combat a rogue squad of wacky, dysfunctional super villains. Each character has unique powers to match their super-spy skills, such as heavy firepower, martial arts, bladed weaponry, acrobatic skateboarding skills or pure robotic destruction. This cast of characters may make a misfit group individually, but by utilizing them as a team, the Spyborgs will have the power to save the world – if they don’t blow themselves up first! Spyborgs’ tongue-in-cheek action and compelling interactive cartoon theme keeps players engaged from the first episode to the last with one of the most fun and entertaining games to be developed for the Wii system.

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CAPCOM® AND NEOPETS® PARTNER TO INTRODUCE NEW MULTI-PLATFORM PUZZLE ADVENTURE GAME
Neopets® Puzzle Adventure Coming for Nintendo® Platforms and PC This Winter
SAN MATEO, Calif. and LOS ANGELES— June 3, 2008– Capcom® Entertainment, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, and Nickelodeon® Kids and Family Group’s Neopets®, the most engaging tween virtual world on the internet (http://www.neopets.com), announced today a partnership to develop a new multi-platform puzzle adventure game, Neopets Puzzle Adventure (working title), for the Wii™, Nintendo DS™ and PC this holiday season. Based on the deep storylines of Neopets, Neopets Puzzle Adventure is a new puzzle game being developed by Capcom and Infinite Interactive, developers of Puzzle Quest™.

“As part of Neopets’ strategy to extend the property into a multiplatform brand, we are continuously giving our audiences new ways to play on and off of the site,” said Kyra Reppen, Senior vice president and general manager, Neopets. “Our partnership with Capcom provides a new form of game play for Neopets that is relevant to the platforms our audience is using, and that complements the game play on the site.”

“Capcom is working to expand the breadth of our catalog to gamers of all ages in North America and Neopets is a perfect brand for us to bring to casual and family gamers,” said Germaine Gioia, senior vice president, licensing, Capcom Entertainment. “Combining Capcom’s experience, the rich world of Neopets, and Infinite Interactive’s skills in the puzzle/adventure genre makes a perfect match.”

Set to launch on the three systems this holiday season, Neopets Puzzle Adventure takes puzzle solving skills to new levels with a unique Neopets spin. Based on the classic board game, “Reversi”, Neopets Puzzle Adventure, is a robust and fully integrated Neopets experience as it includes 150 different quests across vast Neopian lands, a variety of the most popular customizable Neopets to choose from, and several fun mini-games to add depth and fun to the gameplay. As a bonus to Neopets fans, players will be able to earn codes throughout the game that connect back to the Neopets site by achieving certain goals throughout the DS, Wii or PC game. These unique codes will allow players to unlock exclusive items back in their virtual world on neopets.com.

Neopets Puzzle Adventure is the only multi-platform puzzle adventure console game based on the popular virtual, global community. For the Neopets fan, Neopets Puzzle Adventure is a must-have game with its intuitive “pick up and play” game play pattern and new never-before-seen areas in the Neopets universe to explore. Neopets Puzzle Adventure will incorporate several different mini-games, 150 petpets, as well as more than 300 items to equip various Neopet characters, recipes, treasures, awards and more.

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SPECIAL FORCES COMMANDO TUROK FIGHTING FOR SURVIVAL AMONGST REBEL ARMY AND DINOSAURS

SCI-FI FIRST PERSON SHOOTER TO BE RELEASED ON PC IN JUNE BY AVANQUEST

Turok, a Sci-Fi First Person Shooter (FPS) game for PC, is being released by Avanquest Software Publishing in June 2008. The player takes on the role of Joseph Turok, a former black ops commando, now part of an elite Special Forces squad known as Whiskey Company.

The game is set in the future on a dark, mysterious planet inhabited by Roland Kane and his army. Whiskey Company has been tasked with ‘taking down’ Kane, an escaped war criminal and Turok’s former mentor. However, as their ship approaches the planet it is shot down, scattering all of its passengers including Turok across the planet’s wilderness, making the mission near possible to complete.

Turok is stranded on the planet and must locate other crash survivors while confronting Kane’s army of Mendel-Gruman soldiers, dinosaurs, huge insects and other ravenous creatures. Only by using his elite military training will Turok be able to survive the wild environment he finds himself in and complete his mission.

Fast facts:

Publisher: Avanquest Software Publishing
Developer: Touchstone

Distributor: Open

Release date: June 13th 2008
BBFC: 15
Format: PCGenre: Sci-Fi FPS
SRP: £19.99

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TOP 30 NINTENDO WII
WEEK 22 YEAR 2008
Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C)2008 ELSPA Ltd

LW

TW

TITLE

AGE RATING

PUBLISHER

1

1

WII PLAY

PEGI 3+

NINTENDO

2

2

MARIO & SONIC AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES

PEGI 3+

SEGA

3

3

MARIO KART WII

PEGI 3+

NINTENDO

11

4

SEGA SUPERSTARS TENNIS

PEGI 7+

SEGA

13

5

BIG BRAIN ACADEMY: WII DEGREE

PEGI 3+

NINTENDO

6

6

SONIC AND THE SECRET RINGS

PEGI 7+

SEGA

5

7

CARNIVAL: FUNFAIR GAMES

PEGI 3+

TAKE 2

4

8

PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2008

PEGI 3+

KONAMI

10

9

BOOM BLOX

PEGI 3+

ELECTRONIC ARTS

8

10

GAME PARTY

PEGI 3+

MIDWAY

12

11

GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK

BBFC 12+

ACTIVISION

16

12

SUPER MARIO GALAXY

PEGI 3+

NINTENDO

14

13

THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD 2 & 3 RETURN

BBFC 15+

SEGA

17

14

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PEGI 3+

SEGA

20

15

COOKING MAMA

PEGI 3+

505 GAMES

7

16

RAYMAN RAVING RABBIDS 2

PEGI 3+

UBISOFT

26

17

TOMB RAIDER: ANNIVERSARY

BBFC 12+

EIDOS

22

18

LEGO STAR WARS: THE COMPLETE SAGA

BBFC PG

LUCASARTS

19

19

TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 08

PEGI 3+

ELECTRONIC ARTS

28

20

MARIO PARTY 8

PEGI 3+

NINTENDO

23

21

FIFA 08

PEGI 3+

ELECTRONIC ARTS

21

22

CSI: HARD EVIDENCE

BBFC 15+

UBISOFT

27

23

HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: SING IT!

BBFC U

DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS

29

24

RED STEEL

PEGI 16+

UBISOFT

30