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Infogrames Showcasing 35
New Titles at E3
May 14, 2001 |
LOS ANGELES, May 14, 2001 - Infogrames, Inc. (IFGM) and its European-based parent company,
Infogrames Entertainment SA (Euronext 5257) will be exploding onto the E3 scene this week
with their strongest lineup to date. Now ranked as the second largest third party
publisher of interactive entertainment software in the US and Europe , Infogrames is
poised to be the leader in providing digital entertainment to the mass-market. The
Infogrames companies will arrive at E3 with 38 new video game titles for PC, Mac, the Xbox
video game system from Microsoft, and the Sony PlayStation® 2 computer entertainment
system.
E3, the video game industry's largest trade show and exhibition, will be held at the Los
Angeles Convention Center from May 17-19.
"Infogrames is proud to be appearing at E3 this year with our most incredible slate
of products to date," said Bruno Bonnell, chairman and CEO of Infogrames.
"We have experienced an aggressive growth rate over the past two years with
acquisitions of GT Interactive and Hasbro Interactive. With their powerful new
titles added to our portfolio, we are focusing our efforts on delivering the highest
quality entertainment products for the marketplace. We are proud of our impressive
lineup and invite the industry to preview what's to come at this year's E3."
Leading the way on Xbox, Infogrames will showcase seven new titles for Microsoft's new
video game system coming this fall: LOONS -- The Fight For Fame, Unreal® Championship,
Test Drive®, NASCAR® Heat, and the new TransWorld line of alternative sports titles
including TransWorld Surf, TransWorld Skateboarding and TransWorld Snowboarding. All
these titles will ship on or shortly after the launch of Microsoft's new system.
Infogrames has always been a strong supporter of the Sony PlayStation video game console
and more recently its next-generation system, Sony PlayStation 2. The company will
preview 10 new PlayStation 2 titles, as well three new PlayStation titles including:
Stuntman, Superman, EXO, Test Drive®, Motor Mayhem, Le Mans 24 Hours®, NASCAR® Heat,
Test Drive Off-Road Wide Open, MXrider, and Splashdown on PlayStation 2, and Sheep Raider,
Men in Black: Crashdown, and Alone In The Dark: The New Nightmare for PlayStation.
As the largest publisher of PC entertainment and edutainment software in the US2,
Infogrames will showcase some of its hottest brands with 12 new titles: Survivor: The
Australian Outback Interactive Game, Beach Head 2002, Freddi Fish 5: The Case of the
Creature of Coral Cove, Backyard Football 2002, Backyard Basketball, Nicktoons© - Nick
Tunes, *NSYNC Hotline, Tonka® Monster Trucks, Monopoly City, Unreal® II, Master of Orion
III, and Sid Meier's Civilization III.
And finally appearing from Infogrames' MacSoft division will be four new titles, including
Master of Orion III, Civilization III, Tropico, and Fly! II. MacSoft is the largest
publisher and distributor of entertainment software for the Macintosh platform.
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