CALL OF DUTY
4: MODERN
WARFARE GAME
OF THE YEAR
EDITION FOR
XBOX 360
ENLISTS FOR
BATTLE
GameStop to
Host First
to Play
“Variety Map
Pack
Challenge”
Sneak Peak
of New
Multiplayer
Maps
Featured in
Upcoming
Release
Santa
Monica, CA –
March 19,
2008 –
Recruits and
soldiers
alike, get
the
Battle-Dress
Uniforms
ready,
Activision,
Inc., (Nasdaq:
ATVI) and
Infinity
Ward are
planning a
new
offensive
with Call of
Duty® 4:
Modern
Warfare™
Game of the
Year
Edition.
Scheduled
for release
at all
retailers
nationwide
in April,
Call of
Duty® 4:
Modern
Warfare™
Game of the
Year Edition
will feature
a token to
download the
Variety Map
Pack, a
series of
four new
multiplayer
maps
exclusively
for Xbox
360® video
game and
entertainment
system from
Microsoft.
The Variety
Map Pack
will also be
available
for purchase
on Xbox
LIVE®
Marketplace
in April,
arming
gamers with
multiple
ways to
experience
the newest
multiplayer
action from
the
blockbuster
hit title.
As an early
sneak peak
on March 28,
GameStop
Corp. (NYSE:GME),
the world's
largest
video game
and
entertainment
software
retailer,
will host
the Variety
Map Pack
Challenge at
two
exclusive
preview
events, one
in New York
City and the
other in San
Jose,
Calif., for
gamers to be
among the
first in the
world to
play the new
maps on Xbox
360 and meet
members of
the Infinity
Ward team.
The first
100 guests
at each
location
will receive
a free token
to download
the Variety
Map Pack
upon
release, and
the first
200
contestants
will compete
for prizing,
including
Gamestop
gift cards.
Once
released,
the new
downloadable
Variety Map
Pack for
Xbox 360
will be
available
for download
on Xbox LIVE
Marketplace
exclusively
for 21 days.
The
worldwide
best-selling
game in
units of
2007,
according to
The NPD
Group, Chart
Track and
The GFK
Group, and
winner of
more than 50
editors’
choice and
game of the
year honors,
Call of Duty
4: Modern
Warfare is
rated “M”
(Mature) by
the ESRB for
Intense
Violence,
Strong
Language,
Blood and
Gore.
For more
information
on Call of
Duty 4:
Modern
Warfare Game
of the Year
Edition and
the Variety
Map Pack
Challenge,
go to:
www.charlieoscardelta.com
or
www.gamestop.com/playcod4.
About
Activision
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.
About
GameStop
Corp.
Headquartered
in
Grapevine,
TX, GameStop
Corp. is the
world's
largest
video game
and
entertainment
software
retailer.
The company
operates
5,264 retail
stores in 16
countries
worldwide.
The company
also
operates two
e-commerce
sites,
GameStop.com
and
EBgames.com,
and
publishes
Game
Informer(R)
magazine, a
leading
multi-platform
video game
publication.
GameStop
Corp. sells
new and used
video game
software,
hardware and
accessories
for video
game systems
from Sony,
Nintendo,
and
Microsoft.
In addition,
the company
sells PC
entertainment
software,
related
accessories
and other
merchandise.
General
information
on GameStop
Corp. can be
obtained at
the
company's
corporate
website:
http://www.gamestopcorp.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.
Activision
generally
uses words
such as
“outlook”,
“will,”
“could,”
“would,”
“might,”
“remains,”
“to be,”
“plans,”
“believes”,
“may”,
“expects,”
“intends,”
“anticipates,”
“estimate,”
future,”
“plan,”
“positioned,”
“potential,”
“project,”
“remain,”
“scheduled,”
“set to,”
“subject
to,”
“upcoming”
and similar
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identify
forward-looking
statements.
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, but
are not
limited to,
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 recent
acquisitions
and the
identification
of suitable
future
acquisition
opportunities
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.
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
Activision
Publishing,
Inc.
Activision
and Call of
Duty are
registered
trademarks
and Modern
Warfare is a
trademark of
Activision
Publishing,
Inc. All
rights
reserved.
All other
trademarks
and trade
names are
the
properties
of their
respective
owners.
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Xbox Live
are either
registered
trademarks
or
trademarks
of Microsoft
Corporation.