THE WORLD'S
MOST FAMOUS
MONSTER TO
INVADE THE
WII,
NINTENDO DS
AND PSP®
SYSTEM
ATARI
ANNOUNCES
DEVELOPMENT
OF
GODZILLA®:
UNLEASHED
NEW YORK,
Jan. 31,
2007 -
Atari, Inc.
(Nasdaq:
ATARD), one
of the
world's most
recognized
brands and
third-party
video game
publisher,
today
announced
the
development
of
Godzilla®:
Unleashed,
the ultimate
giant
fighting
monsters
game.
Godzilla®:
Unleashed
will tear
its way onto
Wii(TM),
Nintendo
DS(TM) and
PSP®
(PlayStation®Portable)
system in
fall 2007.
Godzilla:
Unleashed is
a fighting
game on a
giant scale.
The game
stars the
legendary
Godzilla and
a slew of
the most
renowned
monsters of
all-time.
Gamers are
challenged
to
ultimately
save the
planet from
mayhem and
destruction.
Set in urban
arenas,
Godzilla:
Unleashed's
interactive
3D
cityscapes,
big
destructible
buildings,
soaring
skyscrapers
and towering
alien
formations
provide the
backdrop to
epic
worldwide
destruction.
"We are
building on
the famous
Godzilla
franchise by
focusing on
multiple
story paths,
devastating
urban
destruction,
and
utilizing
the most
imposing
creatures in
film
history, all
in one
hard-hitting
fighting
game," said
Rick Mehler,
Director,
Marketing,
Atari, Inc.
"In
Godzilla:
Unleashed
for the Wii,
players will
tap into
their inner
monster
powers when
using the
system's
wireless,
motion-sensing
controller."
Players will
claw, kick,
stomp, throw
and blast
their way
through the
streets of
major world
cities in
order to
claim the
ultimate,
beastly
title: King
of the
Monsters. In
addition to
a fully
reinvented
combat
system,
Godzilla:
Unleashed
will feature
an
innovative
non-linear
storyline
which will
allow
players to
influence
how the
story
unfolds
through
their
choices
within
battles.
For more
information
on Godzilla:
Unleashed,
Atari and
its entire
product
line-up
please visit
www.atari.com.
About Atari
New
York-based
Atari, Inc.
(Nasdaq:
ATARD)
develops
interactive
games for
all
platforms
and is a
third-party
publishers
of
interactive
entertainment
software in
the U.S. The
Company's
1,000+
titles
include
hard-core,
genre-defining
franchises
such as The
Matrix
(Enter The
Matrix and
The Matrix:
Path of Neo)
and Test
Drive®; and
mass-market
and
children's
franchises
such as
Nickelodeon's
Blue's Clues
and Dora the
Explorer,
and Dragon
Ball Z®.
Atari, Inc.
is a
majority-owned
subsidiary
of
France-based
Infogrames
Entertainment
SA (Euronext
- ISIN:
FR-0000052573),
the largest
interactive
games
publisher in
Europe. For
more
information,
visit
www.atari.com
.
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historical
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"forward-looking
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made
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Harbor
provisions
of the
Private
Securities
Litigation
Reform Act
of 1995.
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and are
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risks and
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actual
results to
differ
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cause our
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differ
materially
include the
following:
the loss of
key
customers,
such as
Wal-Mart,
Best Buy,
Target,
GameStop and
EB Games;
delays in
product
development
and related
product
release
schedules;
inability to
secure
capital;
adapting to
the rapidly
changing
industry
technology,
including
new console
technology;
maintaining
relationships
with leading
independent
video game
software
developers;
maintaining
or acquiring
licenses to
intellectual
property;
fluctuations
in the
Company's
quarterly
net revenues
and results
of
operations
based on the
seasonality
of our
industry;
the
termination
or
modification
of our
agreements
with
hardware
manufacturers;
and other
factors
described in
our SEC
filings.
The Company
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no duty to
update any
forward-looking
statements
to conform
the
statement to
actual
results or
changes in
the
Company's
expectations.
© 2007,
Atari, Inc.
All rights
reserved.
ATARI, the
ATARI logo,
and classic
Atari game
titles and
logos are
trademarks
or
registered
trademarks
of Atari
Interactive,
Inc. or its
affiliates.
Nintendo DS
and Wii are
trademarks
of Nintendo.
(C) 2006
Nintendo.
"PlayStation",
"PS" Family
logo and "PSP"
are
registered
trademarks
of Sony
Computer
Entertainment
Inc. Memory
Stick Duo(TM)
may be
required
(sold
separately).
Godzilla
(R), all
related
characters
and the
character
designs are
trademarks
of Toho Co.,
Ltd. (c)
2007 Toho
Co., Ltd.
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Reserved.
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