ACTIVISION’S
GUITAR HERO™
II, CALL OF
DUTY® 3 AND
TONY HAWK’S
PROJECT 8™
HONORED WITH
INTERACTIVE
ACHIEVEMENT
AWARDS
Santa
Monica, CA –
February 9,
2007 –
Activision,
Inc.’s (Nasdaq:
ATVI) Guitar
Hero™ II,
Call of
Duty® 3 and
Tony Hawk’s
Project 8™
earned top
honors at
the Academy
of
Interactive
Arts &
Sciences®’
10th Annual
Interactive
Achievement
Awards®,
held last
evening at
the Hard
Rock Hotel
in Las
Vegas.
The hugely
popular
music video
game Guitar
Hero II
received two
awards at
the
ceremony,
including
Family Game
of the Year
and
Outstanding
Achievement
in
Soundtrack,
while
acclaimed
titles Call
of Duty 3
and Tony
Hawk’s
Project 8
were
recognized
with
Outstanding
Achievement
in Sound
Design and
Sports Game
of the Year,
respectively.
“We’re
thrilled
that Guitar
Hero II,
Call of Duty
3 and Tony
Hawk’s
Project 8
have been
recognized
by the
Academy as
three of the
best games
of 2006,”
said Robin
Kaminsky,
Executive
Vice
President of
Activision
Publishing.
“The
development
teams are
all
dedicated to
delivering
top quality
gaming
experiences
and these
awards are a
testament to
their talent
and hard
work.”
Hosted by
famed
comedian/actor
Jay Mohr,
the Academy
of
Interactive
Arts &
Sciences
Awards Show
was held in
conjunction
with the
D.I.C.E.
Summit, an
annual
conference
that brings
together the
top video
game
designers
and
developers
and business
leaders to
discuss the
state of the
industry.
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
$1.47
billion for
the fiscal
year ended
March 31,
2006.
Activision
maintains
operations
in the U.S.,
Canada, the
United
Kingdom,
France,
Germany,
Italy,
Japan,
Australia,
Scandinavia,
Spain, the
Netherlands
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
Notes
Regarding
Forward-Looking
Statements:
The
statements
made in this
press
release that
are not
historical
facts are
“forward-looking
statements.”
These
forward-looking
statements
are based on
current
expectations
and
assumptions
that are
subject to
risks and
uncertainties.
The company
cautions
readers of
this press
release that
a number of
important
factors
could cause
Activision’s
actual
future
results to
differ
materially
from those
expressed in
any such
forward-looking
statements.
Such factors
include,
without
limitation,
the findings
of the
special
sub-committee,
the effect
of the
special
sub-committee’s
review and
conclusions
on, and
other
developments
in, the
informal
inquiry
opened by
the SEC in
July 2006
and the
derivative
litigation
filed in
July 2006
against
certain
current and
former
directors
and officers
of the
company, the
possibility
that
additional
claims and
proceedings
will be
commenced,
including
additional
stockholder
litigation,
employee
litigation,
and
additional
actions by
the SEC
and/or other
regulatory
agencies,
and direct
and indirect
expenses and
diversion of
management
time
resulting
from or
relating to
the special
sub-committee
review and
related
regulatory
proceedings
and
litigation,
the
company’s
ability to
timely file
required
reports with
the SEC, and
the
possibility
that the
company will
be subject
to delisting
from The
Nasdaq Stock
Market due
to its
inability to
timely file
periodic
reports
under the
Securities
Exchange Act
of 1934 or
failure to
satisfy
other
requirements
for
continued
listing.
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 the
company’s
titles,
shifts
consumer
spending
trends, the
seasonal and
cyclical
nature of
the
interactive
game market,
the
company’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 the
company’s
products,
adoption
rate 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,
vendors and
third-party
developers,
international
economic and
political
conditions,
natural
disasters,
integration
of recently
acquired
subsidiaries,
and
identification
of suitable
future
acquisition
opportunities.
These
important
factors and
other
factors that
potentially
could cause
actual
future
results to
differ
materially
from current
expectations
are
described in
our filings
with the
SEC,
including
the
company’s
most recent
annual
report on
Form 10-K,
quarterly
report on
Form 10-Q
and current
reports on
Form 8-K.
Readers of
this press
release are
referred to
such
filings. The
forward-looking
statements
in this
press
release are
based upon
information
available to
the company
as of the
date of the
release, and
the company
assumes no
obligations
to update
any such
forward-looking
statement.
The company
may change
its
intention,
belief or
expectation,
at any time
and without
notice,
based upon
any changes
in the
enumerated
factors or
in the
company’s
assumptions,
or
otherwise,
and
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 the
company’s
control and
may cause
our actual
results to
differ
materially
from our
current
expectations.
(c) 2006
Activision
Publishing,
Inc.
Activision
and Call of
Duty are
registered
trademarks,
and Guitar
Hero and
Project 8
are
trademarks,
of
Activision
Publishing,
Inc. Tony
Hawk is a
registered
trademark of
Tony Hawk,
Inc. All
other
trademarks
and trade
names are
the
properties
of their
respective
owners.