Ubi Soft And Rage To Deliver A Knock-Out Hit With Rocky® License

San Francisco – May 15, 2002 – Ubi Soft® Entertainment, one of the world’s leading videogame publishers, today announced an exclusive deal with Rage Software, to publish games based on the award-winning and beloved Rocky movies. Rocky will be available on all next generation consoles and will launch in North and South America this fall.

The original Rocky film starring Sylvester Stallone earned the Academy Award® for Best Picture in 1976, and the four sequels, released between 1980 and 1991, helped it gain worldwide recognition as one of the greatest “feel good” movies of all time. Developed by UK-based Rage Software, Rocky the videogame is the closest fans can get to the real thing. The hard-hitting, adrenaline-pumping, sports game will hold true to the look and feel of the movie with everything from accurate boxing styles to awesome arenas. Rocky will also let players get into the ring against Rocky’s most infamous opponents, including Clubber Lang, Ivan Drago, Apollo Creed and Tommy Gunn.

“Rocky is the kind of license that will attract fans of the movie as well as sports buffs”, said Jay Cohen, vice president of publishing for Ubi Soft Entertainment. “When the bell rings in this game, it’s for real – you become Rocky - the kind of everyman hero that strikes a chord in all of us.”

“We are delighted to have partnered with Ubi Soft for the release of Rocky as the title is one of our most important games due for release this year”, said Paul Finnegan, CEO at Rage. “We believed that it was essential to have a major partner in place who could maximize the title within the US marketplace and have every confidence that the game can become a major seller across all console formats this fall.”

Rocky will be shown at the Rage Software booth #330 in South Hall at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles starting May 22nd. Fans will also be able to get signed autographs from “Mr. T.” - one of Rocky’s fiercest competitors – at Rage’s E3 booth between 12:00pm and 1:30pm on Thursday May 23rd.

About Ubi Soft:

Ubi Soft Entertainment produces and publishes interactive games worldwide. The group is a leader in its field, and offers a diversified product range that is constantly growing. Ubi Soft develops its own products, and also works with famous developers. The group’s ambition is to supply the public with games of excellent quality that allow the sharing of thrilling experiences. Set up in 1986, Ubi Soft has a presence in 21 countries, including the United States, Canada, Germany and China. The group distributes its own products and those of other publishers in more than 50 countries. In the 2000-2001 financial year, its sales reached 260 million euros, an increase of 39.4% over the previous year, with net earnings of 4.6 million euros. www.ubi.com 

About Rage:

Rage Software plc, based in Liverpool, UK and established in 1992, is a publisher and developer of interactive entertainment software. Rage publishes and develops games on the Sony PlayStation®2, Microsoft Xbox™, Nintendo® GameCube™, Game Boy® Advance™ and PC CD platforms and is also working on gaming content for new and emerging platforms including mobile phones and interactive digital television. Rage has the exclusive worldwide licenses rights to produce a series of officially licensed games featuring the Manchester United and England soccer star, David Beckham, the MGM Rocky movie anthology featuring Sylvester Stallone, world champion aggressive inline skaters Cesar Mora, Fabiola da Silva and Jon Julio and former SAS soldier and best selling author, Andy McNab. Rage has relationships with Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, Nokia, Orange and BSkyB and is listed on the London Stock Exchange (FTSE: RGE). http://www.rage.com 

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