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Friday August 30, 2002

INFOGRAMES CATAPULTS TO #2 AMONG ALL VIDEO GAME PUBLISHERS FOR JULY 2002

-- Move From #6 Slot In July 2001 Drives Dollar Sales Up 105.7% --

-- Company Posts Top 10 Sellers On All Top Platforms For Which It Has Games In Release* --

For the month of July 2002, Infogrames, Inc. (Nasdaq: IFGM) ranked as the #2 publisher of video games across all platforms, up from the #6 position a year earlier, fueling a 105.7% increase in dollar sales, according to NPDFunworld(SM) TRSTS(R) Video Games Service. Among third-party video game publishers Infogrames also captured the #2 ranking, up from #4 in July 2001, according to NPD.

Among the Top 10 video game sellers across all platforms for July 2002, Infogrames’ Stuntman(TM) earned the #4 slot while its Dragon Ball Z(R): The Legacy of Goku(R) claimed the #7 spot. Infogrames also scored Top 10 sellers on each of the top platforms for which it had releases during the period (PlayStation(R) 2, Game Boy(R) Advance, Xbox(TM), PlayStation(R) and PC), as well as strong performers rounding out the Top 15 on each of those platforms: On the Sony PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system, Stuntman ranked #4, Test Drive(R) scored the #11 spot, and Men In Black(TM) II: Alien Escape came in at #13; On the Nintendo Game Boy Advance, Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku remained #1 for the second consecutive month, and Backyard Baseball(TM) ranked #11; On the Xbox video game system from Microsoft, Test Drive cruised to #8; On the Sony PlayStation, Driver(TM)2 secured the #7 post; And on the PC, Infogrames’ Neverwinter Nights(TM) took the #2 spot, followed by Backyard Baseball(TM) 2003 at #5, RollerCoaster Tycoon(R) Gold Edition at #12, and RollerCoaster Tycoon® at #13. The combined sales of the two RollerCoaster Tycoon titles would have placed the franchise at #5, maintaining its multi-year presence on the Top 10 list.

* Note: All rankings are based on unit sales.

New York-based Infogrames, Inc. (Nasdaq: IFGM) is one of the largest third-party publishers of interactive entertainment software in the U.S. The Company develops video games for all consoles (Sony Computer Entertainment America, Nintendo and Microsoft), PCs, and Macintosh systems. Infogrames’ catalogue of more than 1,000 titles includes award-winning franchises such as Civilization(R), Backyard Sports(TM), Deer Hunter(R), Driver(TM), RollerCoaster Tycoon(R), and Test Drive(R), and key licenses including Warner Bros. The Matrix(R), Warner Bros. Looney Tunes(TM), Nickelodeon’s Blue’s Clues(R), Dragon Ball Z(R), Unreal(R), Mission Impossible(R), Terminator(R), Harley-Davidson(R), Major League Baseball(R), and the National Football League(R), among many others. The Company’s Humongous Entertainment and MacSoft labels are leaders in children’s and Macintosh entertainment software, respectively.

Infogrames, Inc. is a majority-owned subsidiary of France-based Infogrames Entertainment SA (IESA) (Euronext 5257), a global publisher and distributor of video games for all platforms. In 2001, IESA acquired Infogrames Interactive, Inc. (formerly Hasbro Interactive), including rights to use its line of software based on well-known licenses such as MONOPOLY, Jeopardy(R), TONKA, and Atari(R), which are published and distributed in the U.S. by Infogrames, Inc. For more information, visit the Company’s Web site at www.infogrames.com.