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Contacts:
Infogrames
Mika
Kelly
(408)
985-1700 x570
[email protected]
-or-
Meridith
Braun
(408)
985-1700 x415
[email protected]
INFOGRAMES,
INC. SENDS XTREME SPORTS™ FOR SEGA® DREAMCAST™ GLIDING INTO STORES THIS
WEEK
Game
Seamlessly Combines Snowboarding, ATV Racing, Mountain Biking, Hang Gliding
and Bungee Jumping
SAN
JOSE, CA – November 28, 2000 – Infogrames, Inc. (NASDAQ: IFGM) a global
publisher of interactive entertainment software, announced today that its
alternative sports game, Xtreme Sports, for Sega Dreamcast will begin shipping
to stores this week. Xtreme Sports combines competition in six different
alternative sports including Snowboarding, ATV Racing, Mountain Biking, Hang
Gliding and Bungee Jumping.
“It’s
a good thing that providing a true adrenaline rush is legal!” said Laddie
Ervin, director of marketing for the sports and racing label at Infogrames,
Inc. “The feel of the powdery snow under your sliding snowboard, the rumble
of lava beneath your ATV’s tires and the crackle of gravel and rocks
spitting up at you as your mountain bike careens down a mountainside—that is
Xtreme Sports.”
Xtreme
Sports offers players a chance to compete in some of the world’s most
extreme sporting events all within a single race. The game’s engine has the
unique ability to seamlessly integrate multiple sports such as snowboarding,
ATV racing, mountain biking, hang gliding and bungee jumping. A player might
begin a competition on a multi-environment racetrack by snowboarding, then
hang gliding and finally end the race with mountain biking. Besides racing for
the best time, players can perform tricks, attempt huge jumps, drive across
lava or race out of control down steep slopes and cliffs.
With
12 regular tracks and six additional practice tracks, Xtreme Sports offers a
variety of exotic locations. Mountain biking in Maui will find players
navigating a rope bridge, while bungee jumping in Kilimanjaro will have a
player leaping from a balloon and landing on a waiting snowboard. Players can
also partake in a hang gliding adventure over the Scottish Highlands, or
participate in an ATV excursion over a narrow bridge in Stryn, Norway.
Xtreme
Sports features a licensed soundtrack of alternative music from the London
record label Ninja Tune Records. Bands on the Xtreme Sports soundtrack include
Amon Tobin, Cabbage Boy, Cold Cut, Dynamic Syncopation, Irresistible Force,
London Funk Allstars, Mr. Scruff and DJ Food.
The
game’s four unique characters include Nina, an 18-year-old from Sweden,
Raga, a 22-year-old Jamaican, Noel, a 21-year-old from Great Britain and Cath,
a 19-year-old American. Each character has two different outfits available, a
summer outfit and a winter outfit. The clothing in Xtreme Sports is provided
by the European sports brand 55DSL.
Developed
by Innerloop Studios AS in Norway, Xtreme Sports allows for single player and
two-player simultaneous head-to-head competition. Xtreme Sports will be
available at most major retail outlets for an estimated retail price of
$29.99.
Innerloop
Studios AS is a global leader of advanced 3D rendering technology and Norway’s
leading developer of videogames. Previously it has released the award-winning
flight-simulator JSF – Joint Strike Fighter™. For more information, visit
Innerloop’s Web site at www.innerloop.com.
Based
in New York, NY, Infogrames, Inc. (Nasdaq: IFGM) is a majority-owned
subsidiary of Infogrames Entertainment SA (Euronext 5257) and serves as the
headquarters for the company’s operations in North America.
Infogrames
Entertainment SA is a worldwide leader in the interactive entertainment
software industry. Headquartered in France, the company publishes and
distributes award-winning computer and video games for the PlayStation® game
console, PlayStation® 2 computer entertainment system, Microsoft
Xbox, Nintendo® 64, Nintendo® Game Boy® Color, Sega® Dreamcast™,
Macintosh®, and personal computer platforms, as well as interactive digital
television platforms, mobile smart devices (WAP, HDML) and in-flight
entertainment systems. Founded in 1983 by chairman and CEO Bruno Bonnell,
Infogrames has published many award-winning franchises in its 17-year history,
such as Alone In The Dark™, Test Drive®, Driver™, Deer Hunter, Oddworld™,
Unreal, and V-Rally™. The company is also known for its best-selling and
award-winning line of children’s entertainment software from Humongous
Entertainment® starring Putt-Putt®, Freddi Fish™, Pajama Sam® and SPY Fox™,
as well as it! s successful Macintosh publishing label, Macsoft, the number
one publisher of Macintosh entertainment software. In addition, Infogrames has
a number of key strategic licenses including Warner Bros. Looney Tunes™,
Nickelodeon’s Blue’s Clues™, AM General Hummer®, and Harley-Davidson®.
Infogrames distributes its games in approximately 60 different countries
worldwide. For more information, visit Infogrames’ US Web site at www.us.infogrames.com.
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