DIGIMON GET READY TO RUMBLE: ROUND 2

Atari to release Digimon Rumble Arena 2 for Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox

London, UK - 7 July 2004 - Atari announce the release of Bandai's Digimon Rumble Arena 2 for the PlayStation®2, Nintendo GameCubeTM and the XboxTM video game system from Microsoft. From October 2004, the Digimon will go at each other for the second time in a frenzied four-way fight to reign supreme.

The first in the series to appear on the current generation of home consoles, Digimon Rumble Arena 2 takes melée battling to new heights of fast-paced bedlam. Bash the living daylights out of opponents in gorgeously rendered 3D environments, ranging from the deserts of the wild west in Danger Gulch, to the conveyor belts of the Factory and the deathly bubbling pools of Lava Lake.

Players choose to battle as any one of the popular Digimon characters on offer, which include Growlmon, Zudomon, Greymon and Agunimon. Up to four Digimon can fight it out on-screen at once, with players pitting their wits either against the computer, or in multiplayer mode with up to three action-hungry friends.

Repeatedly knocking opponents into next week gives players the chance to pick up Digipoints, eventually allowing the Digimon to Digivolve into immensely powerful beasts. All the characters have their very own devastating special attacks, plus there are additional attacks which make the most of the level environments, such as cunningly placed barrels of TNT.

"Digimon Rumble Arena 2 is a superb piece of on-screen chaos and a thoroughly enjoyable video game whether you're one of the millions of Digimon fans in Europe, or you just enjoy dishing out slapstick beatings to a screen-full of adversaries," said Martin Spiess, Senior Vice President of Marketing, Atari Europe. "There's a whole new level of gameplay magic with the multiplayer mode, elevating the game to a genuinely great piece of crazy interactive entertainment."

Digimon Battle Spirits 2 for Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox will be released across Europe in October 2004. For more information on Digimon Battle Spirits 2, visit www.atari.com. 

ABOUT BANDAI Bandai Co., Ltd. is Japan's leading toy maker and is engaged in all aspects of the branded-character business, including models, apparel, products for vending machines, candy toys, processed foods, toiletries, stationeries, game machines and software, and amusement equipment. Since, 1950 Bandai has had hundreds of hit toy products including characters such as Power Rangers, Digimon, and Mobile Suit Gundam, and products such as Tamagotchi, Primo Puel. For more information, please see the company home-page at http://www.bandai.co.jp/bandai_e/index_e.html. 

ABOUT ATARI Atari is a major international producer, publisher and distributor of interactive games for consoles (Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony), and PC CD-ROMs. Atari is a global publisher of interactive games for the whole family, with a catalogue that includes popular franchises (Driver, Alone in the Dark, V-Rally, Unreal Tournament, Test Drive, Roller Coaster Tycoon) and many international licenses (Paramount's Mission : Impossible, Men in Black, Superman, Matrix, Terminator and Dragon Ball Z...). The Atari games are distributed in about 60 countries world-wide with a particular strength in Europe and the U.S., where the Group led by Bruno Bonnell possesses an outstanding distribution network. Infogrames Entertainment SA, Atari Group's holding, is listed on the Paris Stock Exchange (sicovam code: 5257). Atari Inc., the Atari Group's American subsidiary, is listed on the Nasdaq market, (ticker ATAR). Further information available at http://www.atari.com

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