September
26, 2007
Declared
Guitar Hero
Day in New
York City
City
Official to
Read
Proclamation,
Eager Fans
Set To Storm
the Streets
of New York,
Guitar HeroŽ
III: Legends
of Rock To
Be Debuted
at Digital
Life
Santa
Monica, CA –
September
26, 2007 --
Activision,
Inc. (Nasdaq:
ATVI),
publisher of
the wildly
popular
Guitar HeroŽ
franchise
and the City
of New York
are proud to
proclaim
September
26, 2007
“Guitar
HeroŽ Day”
in New York
City. Fans
are ready to
rock the
streets of
Manhattan as
thousands
are expected
to gather in
celebration
of the day,
with guitar
controllers
in hand.
This
proclamation
is one of
many Guitar
Hero events
taking place
in New York
City this
week,
heading into
the launch
of the
highly
anticipated
Guitar Hero
III: Legends
of Rock.
The game was
also
included in
Ziff Davis’
Hot Five
Press Event
on Tuesday,
September 25
at
Splashlight
Studios. The
press only
event
featured the
five hottest
products of
the coming
year. For
the first
time, U.S.
fans have
the
opportunity
to play
Guitar Hero
III: Legends
of Rock at
the
DigitalLife
Conference
taking place
at Javits
Center,
September
27-30.
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
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.
The sequel
also will
offer a vast
array of
downloadable
content
including
songs from
some of the
most popular
European
bands.
Guitar Hero
III: Legends
of Rock,
published by
RedOctaneŽ
and
developed by
Neversoft,
is rated ‘T’
for Teen by
the ESRB and
will be
available
October 28,
2007. For
more
information
about the
Guitar Hero
franchise,
please visit
the
dedicated
community
site:
www.guitarhero.com.
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,
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,
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
and foreign
exchange
rate
changes.
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,
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 SEC’s
formal
investigation
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,
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
litigation
(unrelated
to stock
option
granting
practices),
and the
risks
identified
in
Activision’s
most recent
annual
report on
Form 10-K
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 HeroŽ
III: Legends
of Rock Š
2007
Activision
Publishing,
Inc. Guitar
Hero,
Activision
and
RedOctane
are
registered
trademarks
of
Activision
Publishing,
Inc.