ACTIVISION
ELEVATES
AUTHENTICITY
OF GUITAR
HERO® III:
LEGENDS OF
ROCK TO
LEGENDARY
STATUS WITH
EXCLUSIVE
IN-GAME
PARTNERSHIPS
SUNNYVALE,
CA – October
24, 2007 –
Delivering
the most
authentic
rock
experience
to date,
Activision,
Inc.’s (Nasdaq:
ATVI) Guitar
Hero III:
Legends of
Rock will
feature some
of the
world’s most
influential
musical
instrument
and
equipment
manufacturers
including
Gibson,
Guitar
Center
Audio-Technica,
Crate, Ernie
Ball, Krank,
Line 6,
Mackie and
Zildjian.
Alternative
Press,
Decibel,
Guitar
Player,
Kerrang and
Paste
magazines
also make
appearances
giving
Guitar Hero®
legends the
chance to
see their
names in the
headlines.
In addition
to
partnering
with some of
the most
prominent
names in
music,
Activision
has forged
key
strategic
alliances
with
companies
such as
Pontiac and
Axe whose
product
appears in
the game.
“By forging
exclusive
relationships
with key
companies in
the music
and consumer
packaged
goods
industries
we are able
to bring an
even greater
depth of
realism to
Guitar Hero
III: Legends
of Rock,”
said Dave
Anderson,
sr. director
of business
development
for
Activision.
“From venues
like Pontiac
Garage, to
customized
guitars from
Axe, the
game
delivers the
ultimate
rock and
roll
experience.”
Guitar Hero
III: Legends
of Rock will
include
explosive
new 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
game modes
will also
allow
axe-shredders
worldwide to
compete
head-to-head
for true
legendary
rock status.
For the
first time
ever, Guitar
Hero fans
will also be
able to
thrash and
burn with
new wireless
guitar
controllers
available
for each
platform.
The game
will feature
a
star-studded
soundtrack
including
master
tracks by
such
legendary
artists as
Aerosmith,
Guns N’
Roses, The
Rolling
Stones,
Beastie
Boys, Red
Hot Chili
Peppers and
Pearl Jam as
well as
original
songs by
guitar icons
Slash and
Tom Morello.
While
continuing
to retain
all the key
features
from their
prior
legendary
performances,
fresh
downloadable
content will
be offered
on multiple
platforms,
and players
can now
shred to a
killer set
list from
many of the
most popular
rock songs
ever
recorded.
For the
first time
ever, Guitar
Hero fans
will also be
able to
thrash and
burn with
new wireless
guitar
controllers
available
for each
platform,
including
exclusive
Gibson
Guitar's Les
Paul model
for the Xbox
360™ video
game and
entertainment
system from
Microsoft,
Wii™ home
video game
system from
Nintendo,
and
PLAYSTATION®3
computer
entertainment
system.
PlayStation®2
gamers will
also get to
shred on a
new
exclusive
wireless
guitar
controller
shape,
Gibson’s
Kramer
guitar,
popularized
by hard
rockers and
known for
its body
design,
pickups,
electronics
and
construction
for furious
finger
fretting.
Guitar Hero
III: Legends
of Rock,
published by
RedOctane®
and
developed by
Neversoft,
is rated
Teen by the
ESRB and
will be
available
October
28th, 2007
on the Xbox
360™ video
game and
entertainment
system from
Microsoft,
Wii™ video
game system
from
Nintendo,
and
PlayStation®2
computer
entertainment
system and
PLAYSTATION®3
computer
entertainment
system. For
more
information
about the
Guitar Hero
franchise,
please visit
the
dedicated
community
site:
www.guitarhero.com.
About
Gibson:
Gibson is
known
worldwide
for
producing
classic
models in
every major
style of
fretted
instrument,
including
acoustic and
electric
guitars,
mandolins,
and banjos.
Gibson’s
HD.6X-PRO
Digital
Guitar
represents
the biggest
advance in
electric
guitar
design in
over 70
years.
Founded in
1894 in
Kalamazoo,
Michigan,
and
headquartered
in Nashville
since 1984,
Gibson
Guitar
Corp.’s
family of
brands now
includes
Epiphone,
Dobro,
Maestro,
Kramer,
Steinberger,
Tobias,
Echoplex,
Electar,
Flatiron,
Gibson
Baldwin
Music
Education,
Slingerland,
Valley Arts,
Maestro,
Oberheim,
Sunshine
Piano, Take
Anywhere
Technology,
Baldwin, J&C
Fischer,
Chickering,
Hamilton,
and
Wurlitzer.
Visit
Gibson’s
website at
www.gibson.com
or
www.gibson.com/press
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,
Scandinavia,
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.
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.
In this
release they
are
identified
by
references
to dates
after the
date of this
release and
words such
as “will,”
“will be,”
“remains,”
“to be,”
“plans,”
“believes”,
“may”,
“expects,”
“intends,”
and similar
expressions.
These risks
and
uncertainties
include, but
are not
limited to,
the further
implementation,
acceptance
and
effectiveness
of the
remedial
measures
recommended
or adopted
by the
special
sub-committee
of
independent
directors
established
in July 2006
to review
Activision’s
historical
stock option
granting
practices,
the board
and
Activision;
the outcome
of the
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
Activision
relating to
Activision’s
stock option
granting
practices,
and the
possibility
that
additional
claims and
proceedings
will be
commenced,
including
additional
stockholder
litigation,
employee
litigation,
and
additional
action by
the SEC
and/or other
regulatory
agencies.
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
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 recently
acquired
subsidiaries
and
identification
of suitable
future
acquisition
opportunities,
limitations
on our
ability to
issue stock
and options,
foreign
exchange
rate
changes, and
the risks
identified
in
Activision’s
most recent
annual
report on
Form 10-K/A
and recent
reports on
Form 8-K.
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
obligations
to update
any such
forward-looking
statement.
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.
Guitar Hero®
III: Legends
of Rock ©
2007
Activision
Publishing,
Inc. Guitar
Hero,
Activision
and
RedOctane
are
registered
trademarks
of
Activision
Publishing,
Inc. The
Guitar Hero®
controller
shapes are
trademarks
of Gibson
Guitar Corp.
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dress,
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models,
controller
shapes and
related
rights
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license from
Gibson
Guitar Corp.
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and trade
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