13 November 2002

Die Hard™: Vendetta, published by NDA Productions will hit stores on November 15th in Europe, on Nintendo GameCube

Bits Studios can today confirm the news that all GameCube owners have been waiting for - its brilliant first-person action adventure Die Hard™: Vendetta, published by NDA Productions, a studio of Vivendi Universal Publishing, will hit stores across Europe on November 15th and the rest of the world very soon after.

The game, which has been in development for over two years, continues the Die Hard™ series with an original adventure set after the last movie, Die Hard™: With a Vengeance. Players will be treated to a stunning array of set-pieces, tense stealth missions and explosive gunfights - all set within a fully interactive gaming world - as they play as Sergeant John McClane battling to free his kidnapped daughter from a terrorist faction.

Current review scores include a 92 per cent from G-Force, and 8/10 from Official Nintendo Magazine, with similar press reactions expected the world over. An advertising campaign across five European territories - UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain - will kick off next week, and will include heavyweight media presence across key European countries, including TV, web and printed press advertising campaigns.

The game boasts full lip-synching and dialogue localization in each of the five languages, throwing players throughout the continent headfirst into one of the most realistic movie experiences on the console. Bits' proprietary multi-platform, technologically advanced game engine, TWED, demonstrates the power of the Game Cube, with some stunning set pieces which include helicopter battles, colossal explosions and a return to the Nakatomi Plaza - scene of the first Die Hard™ film.

"Die Hard™: Vendetta has been a challenging project, but the results have been more than worth it," says Foo Katan, CEO, Bits Studios. "Although it's an original story, the game boasts an unmistakable Die Hard™ feel. Players really will feel what it is like to be John McClane in an adventure which could have come straight from the silver screen."

Dominique Cor, CEO of NDA Productions, says "Die Hard™: Vendetta is NDA Productions' first title to be released, which makes it very special for us. This game is promised to be a great success in Europe, thanks to the amazing team that has developed the game for 2 years now. At NDA, our ambition is to find the most talented development studios in Europe to bring tomorrow’s best sellers to gamers. Die Hard™: Vendetta will surely be one of these best sellers"

Die Hard™: Vendetta has been developed by Bits Studios under license from Fox Interactive.

Bits Studios is one of Britain's leading games developers. With nearly 30 titles published over the United States, Europe and Asia on multiple platforms such as Nintendo's Game Boy Color, Game Boy, Super Nintendo & NES, Sega's Mega-Drive, Genesis, 32X, Game-Gear & Master System, PC & Online over Bits’ 18-year experience in the games industry. It is currently developing titles for next generation consoles, including Xbox, Playstation 2, Game Cube & Game Boy Advance.

About NDA Productions

NDA Productions is a studio of the Games division of Vivendi Universal Publishing, and is focused on developing titles via co-development agreements that are primarily designed to serve the regional European and Asian markets. NDA Productions title line-up includes "Die Hard™: Vendetta" the awaited first person shooter game developed by Bits Studios and based on the famous movie franchise "Die Hard™" for the Nintendo GameCube, and "Judge Dredd vs Judge Death" for PC, a first person shooter based on the legendary comic strip Judge Dredd and developed by Rebellion Software, and many more to be announced soon... </size>