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ACTIVISION RIDES WITH HAWK AGAIN WITH TONY HAWK'S PRO SKATER 2

Sequel to the #1 Holiday Hit Game Tony Hawk's Pro Skater To Deliver the Most Advanced Skateboarding Experience

Santa Monica, CA - February 22, 2000 - Legendary pro skateboarder Tony Hawk and Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) are in development to bring Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, to the PlayStation (R) game console, Nintendo (R) 64, Game Boy(R) Color, Sega Dreamcast (TM) and PC. The highly anticipated sequel is expected to be released this fall. As with Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, the sequel's PlayStation game console version is being developed by Neversoft Entertainment.

One of last year's best-selling PlayStation game console titles, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater has remained on NPD TRSTS' top 10 list of best-selling PlayStation games since its launch in Sept. '99. The game was the #1 best-selling PlayStation title by units sold from Oct.-Dec. '99 and has garnered critical acclaim winning multiple awards including, "1999 Action Game of the Year" from Electronic Gaming Monthly magazine, "1999 PlayStation Game of the Year" and "1999 Best Action Game of the Year" from Game Informer magazine and "1999 PlayStation Game of the Year" from C/Net Gamecenter.com.

"Tony Hawk's Pro Skater was a huge success for Activision, both in terms of sales figures and critical acclaim," stated Mitch Lasky, executive vice president, Activision Studios. "With its all-star line-up of pro skaters and superb gameplay, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater set the benchmark for the genre. With Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 we will take the skateboarding category to new heights."

With the most comprehensive roster of pro skaters, an intuitive control scheme, and enhanced skating physics, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 will deliver the most authentic and cutting-edge skateboarding experience and expands on the groundbreaking features of the original game. The sequel's increased number of tricks and combinations - including new grabs, grinds, inverts and lip and nollie tricks - will challenge players to master new skills as they work their way up the skateboarding ranks.

Adding depth and replayability to the game is the most advanced Skatepark editor, allowing players to build their own dream parks from scratch. Players can see exactly how their park will look in the game as they plot out a course using a variety of parts - ramps, rails, obstacles and quarterpipes - in the real-time 3D editor. Once a level is laid out it can be saved to a Memory Card and shared with friends. Additionally, a total character customization feature allows gamers to modify the pro skaters' clothing, physical appearance and trick sets, or build an entirely new character from scratch.

Players can ollie and grind in a variety of new international real world settings, including skate parks and locations in New York, Marseille, and Rio de Janeiro. Each environment is littered with secret areas, short cuts, ramps and interactive objects allowing players to trick off of just about everything in sight.

Offering several modes of play, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2's two-player split-screen trick attack mode give skaters the ability to interact with other players, allowing them to compete on ramps and in skateparks for style points, race between various obstacles on the tracks or play in graffiti mode in which players "tag" different obstacles in the environment by performing tricks off of them. The game also features a variety of multiplayer modes including an all new multiplayer competition mode in which players can compete with and against up to seven opponents in a judged skate competition, new street, vert and best trick modes and an enhanced version of H-O-R-S-E. Additionally, the game also features new mini-games that players can unlock as they advance through the improved career mode as well as a replay mode where players can view the highlights of each run.

Based in Woodland Hills, California, Neversoft Entertainment is a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision, Inc. 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 $436 million for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1999.

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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 the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1999, 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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