ENEMY
TERRITORY:
QUAKE WARS
GOES GOLD
id Software,
Splash
Damage and
Activision
Prepare For
an All-Out
Assault at
Retail
Santa
Monica, CA –
August 30,
2007 – The
ultimate
online team
and
objective-based
multiplayer
experience
is locked
and loaded!
id Software™
and
Activision,
Inc. (Nasdaq:
ATVI)
announced
today that
Enemy
Territory:
QUAKE Wars™
for Windows®
PC has gone
gold and
will be
available in
retail
outlets in
Europe and
Australia on
September
28, 2007 and
on North
American
store
shelves
beginning
October 2,
2007.
Developed by
Splash
Damage, the
prequel to
the
futuristic
wars in the
QUAKE II
storyline
pits the
armies of
Earth’s
Global
Defense
Force (GDF)
against the
invading
alien Strogg
in the
multiplayer
action
shooter that
transports
players to
the front
lines in the
battle for
Earth.
“After
months of
testing,
tweaking and
balancing
Enemy
Territory:
QUAKE Wars,
I’m pleased
to finally
be able to
say ‘It’s
Done!’” said
id Software
CEO Todd
Hollenshead.
“We’ve had a
ton of fun
getting the
game ready
for the
masses and
I’m looking
forward to
seeing the
massive
battle for
the top of
the online
leaderboards
begin!”
To date,
Enemy
Territory:
QUAKE Wars
has won more
than 15
awards and
has been
heralded as
one of the
most
anticipated
new titles
in 2007 by
nearly a
dozen
publications.
“The
opportunity
to develop
Enemy
Territory
QUAKE Wars
has been
mind-blowingly
cool!” said
Splash
Damage Owner
and Creative
Director
Paul
Wedgwood.
“The passion
and effort
put in by
our team at
Splash
Damage,
combined
with the
amazing
direction
and
mentoring
we’ve
received
from id
Software has
lead to an
award-winning
game that
we’re
incredibly
proud of.
Our team
can’t wait
to join fans
across the
globe to
fight in
Earth’s
battle for
survival!”
Enemy
Territory:
QUAKE Wars
for Windows
PC is rated
“T” by the
ESRB and
carries a
suggested
retail price
of $49.99
for the
regular
edition and
$59.99 for
the Limited
Collector’s
Edition. To
learn more
about the
game and to
secure a
pre-ordered
copy, visit
http://www.enemyterritory.com/.
Enemy
Territory:
QUAKE Wars
takes place
in the year
2065 and
gives gamers
the chance
to play as
the GDF or
Strogg in
one of five
unique
character
classes,
either
online or
offline with
computer
controlled
AI teammates
and
opponents.
Employing an
arsenal of
weapons,
vehicles and
deployable
armaments,
players
engage in an
action-packed
test of
skill and
coordinated
teamwork
through a
series of
combat
objectives.
Persistent
character
growth and
achievements
reward
players for
teamwork,
while
clearly
defined
mission and
class
objectives
guide new
players to
meaningful
contributions
on the
battlefield.
Enemy
Territory:
QUAKE Wars
is also in
development
by Nerve
Software for
the Xbox
360™ video
game and
entertainment
system from
Microsoft
and by
Activision
Foster City
for the
PLAYSTATION®3
computer
entertainment
system.
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 Splash
Damage Ltd.
Based in
London,
England,
Splash
Damage Ltd
is an
independently-owned
game
developer
dedicated to
online
gaming, and
one of the
leading
Shooter
developers
in Europe.
Splash
Damage
developed id
Software’s
Wolfenstein:
Enemy
Territory,
winning
multiple
‘Game of the
Year’
awards, and
is now
developing
Enemy
Territory:
Quake Wars.
Founded by
Paul ‘Locki’
Wedgwood in
2001 with
key members
of the
mod-making
community,
Splash
Damage also
contributed
to DOOM 3
and Return
to Castle
Wolfenstein:
Game of the
Year
Edition. For
more
information,
visit
www.splashdamage.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,
Scandinavia,
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,
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,
and 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
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,
other
litigation
(unrelated
to stock
option
granting
practices),
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,
foreign
exchange
rate
changes, 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.
© 2007 Id
Software,
Inc. All
rights
reserved.
Enemy
Territory:
QUAKE Wars
and ID are
trademarks
of Id
Software,
Inc.
Activision
is a
registered
trademark of
Activision
Publishing,
Inc.
All other
trademarks
and trade
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respective
owners.