KONAMI OF AMERICA SHIPS OVER 1 MILLION UNITS OF METAL GEAR SOLID® 2: SONS OF LIBERTY™ TO RETAILERS

The Biggest PlayStation® 2 Game for 2001 Moves Record Numbers

Redwood City, CA  – November 14, 2001 – Konami of America announced today that it has shipped over 1 million copies of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty to retailers across North America.

“There simply is no other game available that has generated this type of critical acclaim and overwhelming demand, which our first day numbers show,” said Dick Wnuk, Executive Vice President of Konami of America, Inc. “Konami has worked hard with retailers across North America to make sure that gamers would be able to get their hands on this game as soon as possible.”

Since the first public showing in May of 2000, Metal Gear Solid 2 has captivated the minds of gamers around the globe. Although the game has not yet been released, it has already won numerous awards and is consistently included on lists of anticipated games from both press and public alike. Metal Gear Solid 2 received two Best of E3 2001 Games Critics Awards, one for “Best Console Game of the Show” and the other for “Best Action/Adventure Game of the Show.” The game has also won similar praise from such diverse outlets as IGN.com, Electronic Gaming Monthly, Amazon.com, Rolling Stone, Wired and Spin Magazine.

Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, the follow-up to 1998’s critically acclaimed PSOne video game, takes action gaming to a new level of interactive excitement. Players must utilize a variety of stealthy maneuvers to prevent a high-tech weapon, Metal Gear Ray, from falling into the wrong hands. MGS2 combines unique gameplay with stylish cinematic presentation, political intrigue and the most stunning video game graphics ever seen; the result is the closest thing to an action movie available on any video game console.

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About Konami

Konami is a leading developer, publisher and manufacturer of electronic entertainment properties, specializing in the home video game market.  Konami’s action and adventure titles include the popular franchises Metal Gear Solid, Silent Hill and Castlevania, among other top sellers.  In addition, the company has an agreement with ESPN to develop and publish sports games.  The latest information about Konami can be found on the Web at www.konami.com.  Konami Corporation Is a publicly traded company based in Tokyo, Japan with subsidiary offices, Konami of America, Inc. in the US and Konami of Europe in Frankfurt, Germany.

Metal Gear Solid and Konami are registered trademarks of Konami Corporation Ltd. ©2001 Konami of America, Inc.  PlayStation and PlayStation logos are registered trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc.  All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners.

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