January 15, 2003

Bits Studios and NDA Productions announce the Next Gen John McClane adventure: Die Hard™: Vendetta, with new multiplayer feature, for PlayStation® 2

Bits Studios, together with NDA Productions, a studio of Vivendi Universal Games today announce that New York’s unluckiest cop, John McClane, returns in a new adventure on PlayStation® 2. The first-person action adventure Die Hard™: Vendetta – in which McClane fights to save his kidnapped daughter – is being developed under licence from Fox Interactive, and will be released in Europe, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.

Die Hard™: Vendetta features an original plot set a few years after the latest film, Die Hard™: With A Vengeance. Assuming the role of John McClane, players embark on an explosive new mission featuring as much intrigue, suspense, stealth and surprises as any of the Die Hard™ movies. Players battle through several distinct locations – including a return to the original Nakatomi Plaza, as well as a host of unique and inventive set pieces designed to bring the Die Hard™ world vividly to life.

The PlayStation® 2 version of Die Hard™: Vendetta will feature the much awaited multiplayer option with two to four players able to take part in the intense action.  Players will be able to incarnate up to 100  different characters, and play in 14 areas and a number of exciting game modes like “King of the Hill”, “Deathmatch” and several others.  New and limitedly available weapons from the single player game are added to the multiplayer mode, including Boxing Gloves, Minigun and the Paintball gun.

 “We are extremely excited by Die Hard^TM:Vendetta for the PlayStation® 2, incorporating the multiplayer option as well as other features, and are sure that players will be too ,” says Foo Katan, CEO, Bits Studios.  “We aim to ensure that our products excel in quality and gameplay, irrespective of platform and trust that we will fulfill this goal with this version of Die Hard^TM:Vendetta.”  Dominique Cor, CEO, NDA Productions, says “At NDA, we are very proud of bringing this amazing PlayStation® 2 game to market. NDA Productions' ambition is to find the greatest development studios to create tomorrow's best sellers.  Further, we ensure that we also pay attention to the players’ feedback, and consequently the PS2 version will incorporate new features as the multiplayer option and other improvements in the game."

Die Hard™: Vendetta will be available later this year on PlayStation® 2.

Die Hard™: Vendetta is already available on the NINTENDO GAMECUBE™.

About Bits Studios:

Bits Studios Limited is one of Britain's leading games developers. With nearly 30 titles published over the United States, Europe and Asia on multiple platforms, such as Nintendo's Game Boy Color, Game Boy, Super Nintendo & NES, Sega's Mega-Drive, Genesis, 32X, Game-Gear & Master System, PC & Online over Bits’ 18-year experience in the games industry. It is currently developing titles for next generation consoles, including Xbox, Playstation 2, Game Cube & Game Boy Advance.

About NDA Productions

NDA Productions is a studio of Vivendi Universal Games, and is focused on developing titles via co-development agreements that are primarily designed to serve the regional European and Asian markets. NDA Productions title line-up includes "Die Hard™ : Vendetta" the awaited  first person shooter game developed by Bits studios and based on the famous movie franchise "Die Hard(tm)", and "Judge Dredd vs Judge Death" for PC, a first person shooter based on the legendary comic strip Judge Dredd and developed by Rebellion Software, and many more to be announced soon..

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