Game Now On Store Shelves; PC Demo Now Available For Download

SAN FRANCISCO – September 18, 2009 – Ubisoft today announced the official launch for the video game based on Columbia Pictures’ and Sony Pictures Animation’s 3D CG film, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. The video game, available on the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, Wii(TM) system from Nintendo, Nintendo DS(TM) system, Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, and Windows PC, is now available at retail in North America.

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Digital Extremes tapped to create extensive and exciting multiplayer element for 2K Games’ highly anticipated shooter

New York, NY – May 8, 2009 – 2K Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), announced today that it has signed a partnership with Digital Extremes to develop the multiplayer experience for BioShock® 2. Under this partnership, Digital Extremes is working closely with the creative team at 2K Marin to develop a new and substantial element that enhances the lore and fiction of the BioShock universe.

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Emerging Artist Lineup Includes All Genres of Rock Including Underoath, Hollywood Undead, Opiate for the Masses, Lesley Roy, Between the Buried and Me and more!

CAMBRIDGE, MA – October 22, 2008 – Harmonix, the world’s premier music video game development company, and MTV Games, a part of Viacom’s MTV Networks announced details today regarding 20 free DLC tracks that will be made available to Rock Band 2 [1] owners starting November 4, 2008. The lineup ranges across all genres of rock from up-and-coming artists that the industry has recognized as new to thriving rock bands with a quickly growing fan base.

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The Wait is Over! The Next Big Bang from the Creator of The Sims Invades Planet Earth This Week

Emeryville, CA – September 4, 2008 – How will you create the universe? Gamers around the world can find out this week as the highly anticipated video game Spore^TM ships to retailers for the PC, MAC® and Nintendo DS^TM, mobile phones and the iPhone^TM. Spore is rated E10+ by the ESRB, and retails for $49.99. The collectable Spore Galactic Edition is also available for $79.99, which includes “The Making of Spore” DVD, a hardback art book, fold-out poster, 100-page Galactic Handbook and the National Geographic Channel documentary “How to Build a Better Being” DVD.

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LONDON, UK – August 11th, 2008 – A second cache of gold that has been linked to the forthcoming stealth action game, Velvet Assassin, has been located in Victoria Station, London, UK. For several months, people have been uncovering clues that appear to be related to Replay Studios, developer of Velvet Assassin, which is inspired by real life WWII secret agent Violette Szabo. Those clues led Russell Kent to a second gold cache.

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One of the Most Influential Soundtracks in Videogame History Returns with Major Events, Tracks from Busta Rhymes featuring Linkin Park, Disturbed and The Offspring

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – July 8, 2008 Electronic Arts Inc today unveiled the music track listing for Madden NFL 09, set to release August 12, 2008. The new soundtrack features 26 songs from a multi-genre roster of superstar acts and soon-to-breakthrough artists, including Franz Ferdinand, Good Charlotte, Airbourne, From First To Last, The All-American Rejects, Rev Theory, K’Naan, and Kidz In The Hall. Madden NFL, the biggest-selling sports franchise in videogame history, celebrates its 20th anniversary this year with a full slate of live music events, tributes and television appearances leading up the game’s street date.

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REDWOOD CITY, Calif., – June 16, 2008 – Electronic Arts Inc., (NASDAQ: ERTS) announced today that EA SPORTS^TM Fantasy Football will be launching a new website, fantasy.EASPORTS.com and will have fantasy football applications specific to the Xbox 360^TM video game and entertainment system and PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system later this summer. The web-based service of EA SPORTS Fantasy Football is free, while members of Xbox LIVE or PLAYSTATION 3 Network will have the opportunity to download the innovative fantasy football applications for a fee. In addition, for the first time ever, gamers will have the ability to play their fantasy football squad in Madden NFL 09. EA Experts, a team of internal fantasy football gurus, returns and serves as a go-to source for all fantasy football information.

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2K Sports announced today that Top Spin 3 for PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, Wii^TM home video game system, and Nintendo DS^TM has gone gold. Created by 2K’s PAM Development studio, Top Spin 3 will be available at retailers across North America starting June 24th.

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Battle Online Against Developers from id Software, Nerve Software and Splash Damage to Determine the Fate of Earth and Win the Spoils of War

Santa Monica, CA – June 6, 2008 – Microsoft Corporation has recruited id Software, Nerve Software, Splash Damage and Activision, Inc., for its newest online offensive: Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars^TM LIVE Weekend 2008, a 72-hour play-and-win sweepstakes full of games and prizes beginning on Friday, June 6 at 12:01 a.m. EDT through Sunday, June 8 at 11:59 p.m. EDT. Players will face off against the developers in a competitive tournament for hourly prizes that will be awarded throughout the weekend, including Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars shirts, 4GB QUAKE-branded Flash Drives, Xbox 360 Elite consoles, and more. Players can register now through June 8, 2008 at 11:59 p.m. EDT at www.xbox.com/quakewars.

The most popular and top-rated basketball game seven years in a row* gets even better this year

New York, NY – June 6, 2008 – 2K Sports, the sports publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., today announced that 11-time NBA All-Star and 2008 Defensive Player of the Year Kevin Garnett of the Boston Celtics will be featured as the cover athlete and spokesman for this year’s most highly anticipated basketball video game, NBA 2K9. After leading the Boston Celtics to the greatest single-season turnaround in NBA franchise history, Garnett will lend his unmatched passion and on-court intensity to provide dedicated fans with the most fun and riveting basketball simulation experience available.

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