ACTIVISION
ROCKS GERMAN
GAMES
CONVENTION
Company
Reveals
Worldwide
Release
Dates for
Call of
Duty® 4:
Modern
Warfare™,
International
Track List
for Guitar
Hero™ III:
Legends of
Rock, and
New Details
on Highly
Anticipated
James Bond™
Title
Leipzig,
Germany –
August 22,
2007 –
Activision,
Inc. (Nasdaq:
ATVI) kicked
off German
Games
Convention
2007 today
with the
announcement
of the
worldwide
release date
for Infinity
Ward’s Call
of Duty® 4:
Modern
Warfare™, a
preview of
the
international
song list
for Guitar
Hero™ III:
Legends of
Rock and new
details on
Activision’s
James Bond
franchise.
Listen up
soldiers, on
Monday,
November 5
Call of Duty
4: Modern
Warfare will
begin
deployment
to retailers
worldwide.
Armed with
more than 40
awards and
honors from
this year’s
annual E3
Business and
Media Summit
including
“Best Action
Game” from
the Game
Critics
Awards,
Infinity
Ward’s epic
title is set
to enlist
gamers into
the most
intense,
thrilling
action
experience
ever. Call
of Duty 4:
Modern
Warfare will
be available
on the Xbox
360™ video
game and
entertainment
system from
Microsoft,
PLAYSTATION®3
computer
entertainment
system and
Windows® PC.
A Nintendo
DS™ version
will also
deliver the
signature
Call of Duty
chaos of
battle to
handheld
gamers.
Additionally,
Activision
revealed
today an
international
track list
for Guitar
Hero III:
Legends of
Rock. As a
testament to
the
widespread
anticipation
of the hit
franchise
and global
phenomenon,
Activision’s
newest music
sensation
will include
a diverse
assortment
of hit songs
from across
the globe,
that include
all master
tracks from
the
following
original
artists:
· Minus
Celsius (by
Backyard
Babies)
· Hier Kommt
Alex (by Die
Toten Hosen)
· In the
Belly of a
Shark (by
Gallows)
· I’m in the
Band (by The
Hellacopters)
· Avalancha
(by Heroes
Del Silencio)
· Take This
Life (by In
Flames)
· Ruby (by
Kaiser
Chiefs)
· Closer (by
Lacuna Coil)
· Generation
Rock (by
Revolverheld)
· Mauvais
Garcon (by
NAAST)
· Radio Song
(by Superbus)
Activision
also
confirmed
that the
company’s
newest
blockbuster
franchise,
James Bond,
featuring
the
world-renowned
top secret
agent 007 is
in
development
by
powerhouse
studios
Treyarch,
Beenox and
Vicarious
Visions for
next-generation
consoles,
Windows PC
and
hand-held
platforms.
For more
information
on
Activision’s
games, visit
www.activision.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.
Activision
and Call of
Duty are
registered
trademarks
and Guitar
Hero and
Modern
Warfare are
trademarks
of
Activision
Publishing,
Inc. All
other
trademarks
and trade
names are
the property
of their
respective
owners
JAMES BOND
is a
trademark of
Danjaq, LLC.
All Rights
Reserved.
Microsoft,
Xbox, Xbox
360 and Xbox
Live are
registered
trademarks
of Microsoft
Corporation
in the
United
States and /
or other
countries.
"PlayStation",
"PLAYSTATION"
and "PS"
Family logo
are
registered
trademarks
of Sony
Computer
Entertainment
Inc.
Nintendo DS
and Wii are
trademarks
of Nintendo.
Guitar Hero™
III: Legends
of Rock ©
2007
Activision
Publishing,
Inc. Guitar
Hero is a
trademark
and
Activision
and
RedOctane
are
registered
trademarks
of
Activision
Publishing,
Inc. The
Guitar Hero™
controller
shapes are
trademarks
of Gibson
Guitar Corp.
All Gibson
marks,
logos, trade
dress,
guitar
models,
controller
shapes and
related
rights
provided
pursuant to
exclusive
license from
Gibson
Guitar Corp.
Activision
is a
registered
trademark of
Activision
Publishing,
Inc. All
other
trademarks
and trade
names are
the property
of their
respective
owners.