GATHERING OF DEVELOPERS
ANNOUNCES SERIOUS SAM XBOX
Serious
Sam, a landmark title in the first person shooter video
game genre, will now be available on the Xbox(TM)
platform.
The announcement was made today by Take-Two Interactive
Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: TTWO), its Gathering of
Developers video game publishing subsidiary, and
Croatian-based based development team Croteam.
The latest incarnation of Serious Sam will feature
frantic single-player action in a cyberpunk world, as
well as multiple online modes of play through Xbox
Live(TM). Gathering of Developers plans to ship the game
in the fourth quarter of 2002 at a suggested retail price
of $ 49.99.
"The original Serious Sam featured incredible action
in a wide-open environment with no place to hide,"
said Kelly Sumner, CEO of Take-Two Interactive, Inc.
"We think our partners at Croteam have outdone
themselves on the newest version - console gamers will be
blown away by Serious Sam on the Xbox."
"All of us at Croteam are ecstatic to be working on
Serious Sam for Xbox, which has proven to be the perfect
platform for Sam's adventures." said Roman Ribaric,
CEO of Croteam, Ltd. "With broadband online play and
more enemies on screen than any other game, it will give
gamers the ultimate Serious Sam experience."
For more information about Serious Sam for the Xbox
please visit: http://www.serioussam.com.
About Take-Two Interactive Software
Headquartered in New York City, Take-Two Interactive
Software, Inc. is an integrated global developer,
marketer, distributor, and publisher of interactive
entertainment software games and accessories for the PC,
PlayStation(R), PlayStation(R)2, Xbox(TM), Nintendo Game
Boy Color, Nintendo GameCube and Nintendo Game Boy
Advance. The Company publishes and develops products
through various wholly owned subsidiaries including:
Rockstar Games, Rockstar Studios, Gathering of
Developers, TalonSoft, Joytech, PopTop, Global Star and
under the Take-Two brand name. The Company maintains
sales and marketing offices in Cincinnati, New York,
Toronto, London, Paris, Munich, Vienna, Copenhagen,
Milan, Sydney and Auckland. Take-Two's common stock is
publicly traded on NASDAQ under the symbol TTWO. For more
corporate and product information please visit our
website at www.take2games.com.
All trademarks and copyrights contained herein are the
property of their respective holders.
About Croteam
Based in Zagreb, Croatia, Croteam, Ltd. is the leading
Croatian PC game developer and was founded in 1993.
Croteam developed Football Glory, 5-A-Side Soccer and
Save The Earth. In Q2 2001, Croteam shipped Serious Sam:
The First Encounter, and in Q1 2002, Serious Sam: The
Second Encounter, both first-person action shooter games,
as well as the Serious Engine, which included the Serious
Editor and Serious Modeler tools, earning many awards.
For more company information, visit
http://www.croteam.com.
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