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Namco’s SOULCALIBUR®II To Feature Exclusive Character and Bonus Demo Disc

San Jose, CA., (August 20, 2003) – This year’s most anticipated fighting game, SOULCALIBUR®II, will pack an extra punch for PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system owners when it ships to retailers on August 26.  The game’s publisher, Namco Hometek Inc. announced today that the initial shipment of SOULCALIBUR®II for PlayStation®2 will include a special in-pack demo disc featuring playable demos, game trailers and downloadable content for some of Namco’s hottest video game titles.

“SOULCALIBUR®II is at the top of many PlayStation®2 owners’ must-have list this fall,” said Robert Ennis, Chief Financial Officer of Namco Hometek Inc.  “The demo disc is a great way to give those gamers a taste of Namco’s other award-winning properties, as well as some new titles being released later this year.”

The disc will include playable demos for kill.switch, I-Ninja and TEKKEN®4 as well as exciting game trailers of R:RACING EVOLUTION Time Crisis®3 PAC-MAN WORLD 2, NAMCOMUSEUM, XENOSAGA EPISODE I Der Wille zur Macht, ACECOMBAT®04 and MotoGP3.  Also available will be downloadable bonus content of ACECOMBAT®04 shattered skies, MotoGP3, TEKKEN®4 and TEKKEN TAG TOURNAMENT.

“The game has already taken top honors as ‘Best Fighting Game’ at this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo, and will doubtlessly gain further praise in the coming months,” said Garry Cole, Senior Vice President of Sales at Namco Hometek Inc. “The addition of the demo disc will only help to increase awareness and anticipation for some of our other exciting franchises.”

SOULCALIBUR®II is the ultimate sequel to one of the most revered weapons-based fighters of all time.  Improved game play, state-of-the art graphics and exclusive console game features make it the must-have fighting game for 2003. In addition to new and returning souls, SOULCALIBUR®II also stars console exclusive guest characters with Tekken’s Heihachi featured exclusively on the PlayStation®2.  In addition to arcade-perfect game modes, the new Weapon Master Mode enables players to fight in different missions to collect over 200 unique weapons.  Each weapon possesses distinct attributes that add an element of strategy to every battle and hours and hours of fun.

ABOUT NAMCO
Namco Hometek Inc. is the U.S. consumer division of Namco Limited, a Tokyo-based world leader in the high-tech entertainment industry. Based in San Jose, CA, Namco Hometek Inc. is an award-winning video games publisher for the next generation game consoles.  Namco has created some of the industry’s greatest video game franchises: Tekken, Soulcalibur, Dead to Rights, Pac-Man, Ridge Racer, Time Crisis and AceCombat.  For more information about Namco and its products log onto www.namco.com.
 

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