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INFOGRAMES UNFURLS EXPLOSIVE BATTLESTORM WITH OPERATION BLOCKADE™
Military Shooter Offers Thundering Waves of Firepower
MINNEAPOLIS, MN – May 29, 2002 -- Infogrames, Inc (Nasdaq: IFGM) is pleased to announce that Operation Blockade is shipping to retail stores this week. Operation Blockade offers electrifying arcade action with increasingly difficult game play to appeal to casual and military enthusiasts alike.
“Operation Blockade challenges players with fast paced ‘shoot ‘em up’ action,” said Dennis Davidson, marketing manager of Infogrames Minneapolis studio. “This game entrusts players with the defense of their country as an increasing number of enemy ships and games try to determine its fate. With wave after wave of progressive difficulty, Operation Blockade begs to be played many times over.”
Set in January 1930, enemy forces are assaulting your homeland. To save their country, players are positioned on a tiny island where they set up their offensive and defensive positions. Players intercept and annihilate their assailants with a thundering bombardment of artillery from the 1930s and 1940s. The game features including historically accurate military weapons such as Me-109s and Howitzers and vehicles like Tiger Tanks.
Confronting players are air, land and sea forces that rival those of any nation. Carriers and their deadly assortment of fighter-attack planes and bombers; PT boats, submarines and landing craft are on a crusade to eradicate your small blocking force.
Expertly crafted explosions, firestorms and sinking ships plus pulse-pounding 360-degree field of fire add to the chaos of war.
Special missions appear throughout the game and a cooperative multiplayer mode enhances your ability to engage troops on multiple fronts.
Developed by Screaming Games, Operation Blockade is available at retail stores for the suggested retail price of $19.99.
About Screaming Games
Base in the sunny desert in Anthem, Arizona, Screaming Games LLC works with partners around the world to produce games in multiple genres from Children’s titles and simulations to war games and first person adventures. The Company has developed games for both PC and hand-held devices and is preparing for future titles on additional platforms. Screaming Games specializes in games for the mass market based on either our original concepts or licensed intellectual property. For more information, visit the Company’s website at www.screaminggames.com
About Infogrames
New York-based Infogrames, Inc. (Nasdaq: IFGM) is one of the largest third-party publishers of interactive entertainment software in the U.S. The Company develops video games for all consoles (Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft), PCs, and Macintosh systems. Infogrames’ catalogue of more than 1,000 titles includes award-winning franchises such as Civilization™, Backyard Sportsä, Deer HunterÒ, Driver™, RollerCoaster TycoonÒ, Test DriveÒ, and UnrealÒ, and key licenses including Survivor™, Warner Bros. Looney Tunes™, Nickelodeon’s Blue’s Clues™, Dragon Ball ZÒ, Mission ImpossibleÒ, Harley-DavidsonÒ, Major League BaseballÒ, and the National Football LeagueÒ, among many others. The Company’s Humongous Entertainment and MacSoft labels are leaders in children’s and Macintosh entertainment software, respectively.
Infogrames, Inc. is a majority-owned subsidiary of France-based Infogrames Entertainment SA (IESA) (Euronext 5257), a global publisher and distributor of video games for all platforms, as well as interactive digital television, mobile smart devices (WAP, HDML) and in-flight entertainment systems. In 2001, IESA acquired Infogrames Interactive, Inc. (formerly Hasbro Interactive), including its line of software based on well-known licenses such as MonopolyÒ, JeopardyÒ, TonkaÒ, and AtariÒ, which are published and distributed in the U.S. by Infogrames, Inc. For more information, visit the Company’s Web site at www.infogrames.com.
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