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ACTIVISION'S CALL TO POWER(TM) II COLONIZES RETAIL

Call To Power II Brings The Battle for World Supremacy to the PC

Santa Monica, CA - November 20, 2000 -Activision, Inc.'s (Nasdaq: ATVI) epic empire building game Call to Power II, storms onto retail shelves nationwide. The follow-up title to the best-selling Civilization®: Call to PowerTM, the sequel puts players in control of an empire spanning over six thousand years of cultural, technical and governmental development. Call to Power II is available for a suggested retail price of $45.99 and has been rated "E" for everyone by the ESRB for mild animated violence.

"Call to Power II represents a new chapter in the history of the empire building genre," said Parker Davis, senior producer, Activision Studios. "The game blends classic themes and play styles of the empire building genre with improvements in pacing, balance, and combat. Innovations in city growth and management, more powerful diplomacy and trade, and unique AI personalities provide even greater strategic depth and immersion."

Expanding upon the well-established gameplay of Civilization: Call to Power, Call to Power II offers several new diplomatic options for budding emperors. To help in their bid for world domination, players will be able to send proposals and counter proposals to neighboring nations to create strategic and economic alliances. A player's diplomatic strategy will play a large role in the development of their empire, as enemy states will survey the diplomatic landscape before attacking or forming their own alliances. Players can also win the game by uniting the various empires and sustaining a world-wide alliance.

For gamers who prefer diplomacy by other means, combat in Call to Power II has been redesigned for greater realism and better gameplay. Units now have armor and damage attributes in addition to traditional attack and defense scores, creating a greater balance for the units across the ages. Also, combined arms will play a much larger role in combat. Players who diversify their armies into the three principal unit types, melee, flanking and ranged, will now receive a higher relative rating in combat than a larger army comprised of less diverse units. Additionally, unconventional warfare rules have been modified to give the player more options.

To manage the many facets of Call to Power II, a new user interface has been designed to give gamers a more flexible and easier to control interface. Players who prefer a more hands off approach can have the game's mayors handle the day-to-day tasks of managing the player's cities. Additionally, the new UI gives players a better overview of important factors like trade, army status and the efficiency and happiness of the labor force.

For players who want a quick Call to Power II fix, the game features three scenarios. Players can try to conquer the world in Alexander the Great, prevent World War III in the Nuclear Détente scenario or unite various clans as a Samurai warlord in feudal Japan with the Magnificent Samurai scenario.

Minimum system requirements include a Pentium 166 or higher, with 64 MB of RAM and a 4X speed CD-ROM drive.

Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision, Inc. is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and leisure products. Founded in 1979, Activision posted revenues of $572 million for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2000.

Activision maintains operations in the US, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan, Australia, and the Netherlands. More information about Activision and its products can be found on the company's World Wide Web site, which is located at http://www.activision.com.

The statements contained in this release that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements." The Company cautions readers of this press release that a number of important factors could cause Activision's actual future results to differ materially from those expressed in any such forward-looking statements. These important factors, and other factors that could affect Activision, are described in Activision's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2000, which was filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Readers of this press release are referred to such filings.

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