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Contact: Bryan Davies Eidos Interactive PR@EIDOS.COM or 415/547-1200

EIDOS TO SHIP DEUS EX: GAME OF THE YEAR EDITION MAY 9 SPECIAL VERSION OF ION STORM'S AWARD-WINNING FIRST PERSON ADVENTURE GAME AVAILABLE NEXT MONTH

San Francisco, CA. (April 30, 2001) - Eidos Interactive, (NASDAQ: EIDSY), a leading worldwide interactive entertainment publisher, today announced that it will ship a special edition of Deus Ex - its award-winning first-person adventure game created by Ion Storm Austin. The Deus Ex: Game Of The Year Edition will be available in stores beginning May 9th.

The Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition features an updated version of the engaging single-player game as well as an all-new multiplayer feature. The new multiplayer feature allows each player to create and customize a character to match his or her gameplay style, providing a new kind of deathmatch experience. The Deus Ex: Game Of The Year Edition also contains a Software Development Kit that allows gamers to create new single or multiplayer missions with the same tools used by the developer. Gamers can also create stand-alone Deus Ex missions, build 3D maps from scratch or modify existing ones. Also included is a music CD featuring over 30 of the best tracks from the soundtrack remixed for higher audio quality.

"Ion Storm Austin has created a monumental game experience in Deus Ex," says Paul Baldwin, Vice President of Marketing for Eidos Interactive. "We are extremely proud to release this special edition of Deus Ex, which adds new experiences to the original, making this a must-buy for every PC gamer."

In Deus Ex, gamers play the role of J.C. Denton, a rookie anti-terrorist agent with UNATCO -- the UN Anti-Terrorist Coalition. J.C.'s a nano-technologically augmented man with remarkable abilities, and he's charged with investigating terrorist activity in and around New York concerning a plague called the Gray Death. The plague has no cure and the only known treatment is Ambrosia, which is in short supply. J.C. has to make sure the terrorists don't divert supplies of Ambrosia from the people who need it. But as J.C. battles the terrorists, he finds that they aren't as bad as he's been led to believe and he begins to question some of his orders. Everyone seems to have an agenda and J.C. must decide whom to trust. Eventually, J.C. ends up on the outs with UNATCO and is caught in the middle of a situation far bigger than he ever expected, as various figures and groups vie for nothing less than control of the world.

Deus Ex has received over 30 "Game of the Year" accolades from numerous industry and fan publications, including "Game of the Year" from PC Gamer Magazine, "Best PC Game of 2000" by the British Academy of Film & Television Arts (BAFTA), "PC Action/Adventure Game of the Year" and "PC Innovation in Computer Gaming" from The Academy of Interactive Arts and Science.

Eidos Interactive's Background Information Eidos Interactive, Inc. is a leading developer and publisher of interactive entertainment products for the PC, PlayStation® game console, PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, Sega Dreamcast®, Nintendo® Game Boy® Color and the Xbox® video game system from Microsoft. Eidos Interactive is part of London-based Eidos plc with additional offices in San Francisco, Paris, Hamburg, Tokyo and Singapore. For more information on Eidos Interactive's product line visit http://www.eidos.com

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