No Doubt
Hits Now
Available
For Guitar
Hero® III:
Legends Of
Rock
SANTA
MONICA, CA –
February 28,
2008 – Fans
will now be
able to
shred to
hits from No
Doubt’s
renowned
album Tragic
Kingdom with
the release
of a new
downloadable
track pack
for
Activision,
Inc.’s (Nasdaq:
ATVI) Guitar
Hero III:
Legends of
Rock.
This epic
set of
master
recordings
is plucked
straight
from No
Doubt’s
diamond
selling
album and
includes
such beloved
chart
toppers as
“Don’t
Speak,”
“Excuse Me
Mr.,” and
“Sunday
Morning.”
The track
pack is
currently
offered on
Xbox LIVE®
Marketplace
for Xbox
360® video
game and
entertainment
system from
Microsoft
and will be
available
later today
on
PLAYSTATION®Store
for the
PLAYSTATION®3
computer
entertainment
system.
Guitar Hero
III: Legends
of Rock
offers the
ultimate
rock
experience
with new
wireless
guitars,
freshly
added
content and
features
including a
multiplayer
action-inspired
battle mode,
grueling
boss
battles, a
host of
exclusive
unlockable
content and
visually
stunning
rock venues.
Expanded
online
multiplayer
modes allow
axe-shredders
worldwide to
compete
head-to-head
for true
rock status
as they riff
through a
star-studded
soundtrack
including
master
tracks by
legendary
artists such
as Aerosmith,
Guns 'N'
Roses, The
Rolling
Stones,
Beastie
Boys, Rage
Against the
Machine and
Pearl Jam,
as well as
original
songs by
guitar icons
Slash and
Tom Morello.
Guitar Hero
III: Legends
of Rock is
now
available
and is rated
"T" for Teen
by the ESRB.
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,
Sweden,
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.
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Note
Regarding
Forward-looking
Statements:
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expectations,
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or
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number of
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actual
future
results to
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are not
limited to,
sales of
Activision’s
titles,
shifts in
consumer
spending
trends, the
seasonal and
cyclical
nature of
the
interactive
game market,
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ability to
predict
consumer
preferences
among
competing
hardware
platforms
(including
next-generation
hardware),
declines in
software
pricing,
product
returns and
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protection,
product
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retail
acceptance
of
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related
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competition,
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third-party
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of recent
acquisitions
and the
identification
of suitable
future
acquisition
opportunities
the timing
and
successful
completion
of the
combination
of Vivendi
Games with
Activision,
the combined
companies’
success in
executing
planned
strategies
and
achieving
assumed
synergies
and cost
savings, and
foreign
exchange
rate
changes.
Other such
factors
include
additional
risk factors
identified
in
Activision’s
most recent
annual
report on
Form 10-K
and
subsequent
quarterly
reports on
Form 10-Q.
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
obligation
to update
any such
forward-looking
statements.
Forward-looking
statements
believed to
be true when
made may
ultimately
prove to be
incorrect.
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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.
Guitar Hero®
III: Legends
of Rock ©
2007
Activision
Publishing,
Inc. Guitar
Hero and
Activision
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Activision
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