Global Star Software Announces Airport Tycoon 3

Today Global Star Software, a subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive (NASDAQ: TTWO), has announced plans to release Airport Tycoon 3 for the PC Platform. Under development at Interactive Vision, Global Star plans to incorporate all the features of the popular original Airport Tycoon, and its sequel Airport Tycoon 2, while adding scores of new features and improvements. Global Star Software currently plans to release Airport Tycoon 3 in the winter of 2003.

Airport Tycoon 3 features a challenging 3D management simulation of an airport but with many new and thrilling features. As the player controls numerous variables of a congested international airport, such as finances, contractual obligations, construction and improvements, many new challenges arise from the midst of hectic travelers, striking union representatives, and the always unexpected welcome of fierce weather.

Features:

- Begin the airport dynasty by purchasing land from over 25 diverse locations in the country or city of your choice.

- Significantly improved graphics using Criterion’s Renderware™ technology engine provide unprecedented visual details

- Watch your Airport come alive with cars coming in and out of the grounds, planes landing and taking off, people populating the terminal inside and outside with moving sidewalks, security stations, baggage handlers, and all the other activities one would expect of a bustling Airport.

- GO INSIDE THE TERMINAL: A new indoor terminal management tool allows for placement of over 30 different commodities, such as restaurants, stores, security, and other features, giving the player two games in one

- Sign up multiple airlines to service your creation, and create a lucrative airport empire to carry passengers across the globe.

- Oversee every aspect of the job, from negotiating contracts with hotels and restaurant chains to managing gas stations and casinos, and paying employees

- 7 challenging scenarios will put your management skills to the test, while 2 tutorial scenarios to help you get started

About Global Star Software http://www.globalstarsoftware.com/ 

Founded in 1995, Global Star Software has quickly grown into a dominant force in the software-publishing field. Based on a principle to offer superior value to customers as well as superior packaging and design, Global Star has branched out from its roots in value PC entertainment to offer a variety of business and utility software as well as software for a variety of other platforms. Most notably, Global Star is now a leading contender in the Palm OS and Pocket PC arena, and future plans incorporate a great deal of focus on this growing market.

Global Star Software became a wholly owed subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive in 1999, and thanks to a solid foundation and strong relationships with corporate partners, Global Star has continued to grow, offering excellence in software across a multitude of genres and platforms.

About Take-Two Interactive Software Headquartered in New York City, Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. is an integrated global developer, marketer, distributor, and publisher of interactive entertainment software games and accessories for the PC, PlayStation®, PlayStation®2, Xbox(tm), Nintendo GameCube(tm) and Nintendo Game Boy Advance. The Company publishes and develops products through its wholly owned subsidiary labels: Rockstar Games, Gotham Games, Gathering of Developers, Joytech and Global Star. The Company maintains sales and marketing offices in Cincinnati, New York, Toronto, London, Paris, Munich, Vienna, Copenhagen, Milan, Sydney, Auckland and Amsterdam. Take-Two's common stock is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the symbol TTWO. For more corporate and product information please visit our website at www.take2games.com.

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