ACTIVISION’S
PLAYSTATION®
3 AND WII™
GAMES SHIP
TO RETAIL
LOCATIONS IN
NORTH
AMERICA
Company’s
Holiday
Slate
Includes
Next-and
Current-Generation
Games
Santa
Monica, CA
-- November
15, 2006 --
Activision,
Inc. (Nasdaq:
ATVI) today
announced
that the
company’s
key launch
games for
the
PLAYSTATION®
3 and Wii™
have shipped
and are now
available at
retail
locations in
North
America.
The robust
launch
lineup
features
some of the
world’s most
popular game
franchises
including
Tony Hawk’s
Project 8Ô,
Call of
Duty® 3 and
Marvel™:
Ultimate
Alliance for
the
PLAYSTATION
3 and Tony
Hawk’s
Downhill
Jam™, Call
of Duty 3,
Marvel:
Ultimate
Alliance for
the Wii.
Additionally,
Rapala®
Tournament
Fishing and
World Series
of Poker®:
Tournament
of Champions
for the Wii
will ship on
November 22,
2006. These
title anchor
Activision’s
holiday
offerings
which
includes
games for
both the
next-and
current-generation
consoles and
handheld
platforms.
“This
holiday
season
ushers in an
exciting
time in the
video game
industry,”
said Robin
Kaminsky,
executive
vice
president of
Activision
Publishing.
“Each of the
console
platforms
offers a
unique
opportunity
to provide
fun and
innovating
gaming
experiences
to audiences
worldwide.
Our diverse
holiday
slate offers
something
for everyone
from super
heroes to
skateboarding
to epic
World War II
battles.”
Activision’s
Game Lineup:
The
follow-up to
the #1
next-generation
game, Call
of Duty 3
delivers the
intensity of
being closer
than ever to
the fury of
combat
during the
Normandy
Breakout,
the historic
campaign
that led to
the
liberation
of Paris.
The game
offers
action-packed
online
multiplayer
gameplay for
up to 24
players. The
game will be
released on
PLAYSTATION
3, Wii and
the Xbox
360™ video
game and
entertainment
system from
Microsoft,
as well as
the
PlayStation
2 computer
entertainment
system and
Xbox video
game and
entertainment
system from
Microsoft.
An all-new
action/RPG,
Marvel:
Ultimate
Alliance
lets players
control the
world's
largest army
of Super
Heroes™ in
an epic
quest that
will
determine
the fate of
Earth and
the Marvel
universe..
The game
will be
released on
the
PLAYSTATION
3, Wii and
Xbox 360
video game
and
entertainment
system from
Microsoft,
as well as
PlayStation
2 computer
entertainment
system, Xbox
video game
and
entertainment
system from
Microsoft,
PC,
PlayStation
Portable
Entertainment
Platform and
Game Boy®
Advance™.
Built from
the ground
up for the
next-gen
consoles,
Tony Hawk’s
Project 8
delivers the
most
authentic
skateboarding
experience
ever and
will be
available
for the
PLAYSTATION
3 and the
Xbox 360™
video game
and
entertainment
system from
Microsoft,
as well as
PlayStationÒ
2 computer
entertainment
system,
Xbox® video
game and
entertainment
system from
Microsoft
and the
PlayStation
Portable
Entertainment
Platform.
A new brand
extension
designed
exclusively
for the Wii
and Nintendo
DS™, Tony
Hawk’s
Downhill Jam
lets players
experience
the
breakneck
speed of
downhill
skateboard
racing as
they tear up
steep
terrain
while
performing
tricks and
outmaneuvering
opponents.
Coming out
on the Wii
platform,
Rapala
Tournament
Fishing lets
players
embark on
all new
angling
adventures
in 16 of the
world’s most
desirable
fishing
locales
utilizing
authentic
gear from
Rapala, the
world’s
largest
manufacturer
of fishing
lures and #1
fishing
brand in the
world.
Building on
last year’s
#1 poker
title and
the #1 brand
in poker,
World Series
of Poker®:
Tournament
of Champions
for the Wii
puts players
on the Pro
Circuit as a
new pro and
protégé of
Chris
“Jesus”
Ferguson.
Additional
comments
from Robert
Kotick,
Chairman and
CEO of
Activision,
and Robin
Kaminsky
regarding
the launch
of the new
console
systems and
Activision’s
holiday game
slate are
available at
www.thenewsmarket.com/activision.
Media can
preview and
request
broadcast-standard
video
digitally or
by tape at
no cost from
this site.
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,
Sweden,
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.
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,
product
delays,
retail
acceptance
of our
products,
industry
competition,
rapid
changes in
technology
and industry
standards,
protection
of
proprietary
rights,
litigation
and an
informal SEC
inquiry,
maintenance
of
relationships
with key
personnel,
vendors and
third-party
developers,
international
economic and
political
conditions,
integration
of recently
acquired
subsidiaries
and
identification
of suitable
future
acquisition
opportunities.
These
important
factors and
other
factors that
potentially
could affect
the
Company’s
financial
results are
described in
our filings
with the
Securities
and Exchange
Commission,
including
the
Company’s
most recent
Annual
report on
Form 10-K
and
Quarterly
Report on
Form 10-Q.
Readers of
this press
release are
referred to
such
filings. The
Company may
change its
intention,
belief or
expectation,
at any time
and without
notice,
based upon
any changes
in such
factors, in
the
Company’s
assumptions
or
otherwise.
The Company
undertakes
no
obligation
to release
publicly any
revisions to
any
forward-looking
statements
to reflect
events or
circumstances
after the
date hereof
or to
reflect the
occurrence
of
unanticipated
events.