HOT WHEELS™:
BEAT THAT!
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Minneapolis,
MN –
September
26, 2007 –
Time to hop
into the
driver’s
seat with
Hot Wheels™:
Beat That!,
now
available
from
Activision
Publishing,
Inc., a
wholly owned
subsidiary
of
Activision,
Inc. (Nasdaq:
ATVI).
Players will
utilize a
blazing
combination
of precision
driving
skills and
breakneck
speed to
defeat all
opponents in
the ultimate
racing
experience.
With 30
authentic
Hot Wheels®
cars and 12
unique
racing
environments,
players can
test their
skills in
non-stop
high-octane
action and
challenge
their
friends to
“Beat That!”
“Hot Wheels:
Beat That!
thrusts
racers into
an
action-packed,
adrenaline-pumping
racing
experience
that leaves
their pulses
pounding at
every turn,”
said David
Oxford,
Activision
Publishing,
Inc. “With
the game’s
fun and
diverse
multiplayer
modes,
players will
have a blast
challenging
one another
in
blistering
races and
intense
competitions
to find out
who is the
most skilled
racer of
them all.”
Hot Wheels:
Beat That!
delivers the
cars, the
tracks and
the arsenal
to create an
extreme
racing
experience
for gamers.
In 12 unique
environments
and 4 battle
arenas,
racers go
head to head
with
authentic
cars,
powerful
weapons and
interactive
power-ups to
compete in
high-octane
contests of
skill and
bravado. The
asphalt is
their canvas
as gamers
choose their
car, grab
the wheel
and let her
rip, and
then
challenge
their
friends to
“Beat That!”
Hot Wheels:
Beat That!
is available
now on the
Xbox 360™
video game
and
entertainment
system from
Microsoft
and Wii™
home video
game system
for a
suggested
retail price
of $49.99,
the
PlayStation®2
computer
entertainment
system for
$39.99, and
the Nintendo
DS™ and PC
for $29.99.
The game is
rated “E”
(Everyone)
by the ESRB.
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.
About Mattel
Mattel,
Inc., (NYSE:
MAT,
www.mattel.com)
is the
worldwide
leader in
the design,
manufacture
and
marketing of
toys and
family
products.
The Mattel
family is
comprised of
such
best-selling
brands as
Barbie®, the
most popular
fashion doll
ever
introduced,
Hot Wheels®,
Matchbox®,
American
Girl®,
Radica:® and
Tyco® R/C,
as well as
Fisher-Price®
brands,
including
Little
People®,
Power
Wheels® and
a wide array
of
entertainment-inspired
toy lines.
Mattel is
recognized
as one of
the 100 Most
Trustworthy
U.S.
Companies by
Forbes
Magazine and
is ranked
among the
100 Best
Corporate
Citizens by
CRO
Magazine.
Committed to
ethical
manufacturing
practices,
Mattel marks
a 10-year
milestone in
2007 for its
ever-evolving
Global
Manufacturing
Principles
and focus on
sustainable
business
practices.
With global
headquarters
in El
Segundo,
Calif.,
Mattel
employs more
than 30,000
people in 43
countries
and
territories
and sells
products in
more than
150 nations.
Mattel’s
vision is to
be the
world’s
premier toy
brands --
today and
tomorrow.
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.
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Activision
Publishing,
Inc.
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Inc. All
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