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– Active Fun for Everyone with Total Body Gameplay Coming to Europe in September 2008 Exclusively for Wii –

LYON, FRANCE – 13 May 2008 – Atari today announced the forthcoming European release of NAMCO BANDAI Games’ Family Trainer exclusively for Wii. Family Trainer lets all the family and friends get physical by engaging the whole body in a variety of easy-to-understand, fast-paced and wildly entertaining activities. Family Trainer is scheduled for European release in September 2008.

The game includes the specially designed Family Trainer mat controller which, when combined with the Wii Remote, lets players get totally physical in a series of crazed challenges. Unlike other games for the Wii which only focus on the arms, Family Trainer gets the feet involved too for total body gameplay. Simple controls and intuitive play make the game easy to just pick up and play, and let players of any age get involved, get physical and have maximum fun.

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REDWOOD CITY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The temperature is rising this summer as the Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) Games Label gets ready to release eight action-packed titles from seven of the world’s most critically acclaimed development studios including BioWare™, Criterion, DICE, EALA, Maxis™ and Pandemic™ as well as the revered EA partner Harmonix Music Systems, Inc., a company of MTV Networks. Between May and September, the EA Games Label will launch a stunning line-up of titles that rivals any independent game publisher, with offerings that appeal to the explorer, adventurer, action junkie, creator and rock star in all of us. This summer, whether playing on the Xbox 360™ videogame and entertainment system, PLAYSTATION® 3 computer entertainment system (PS3™), PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, PC, Mac®, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS™ or mobile phone, players will fire up their gaming rigs and have some serious fun.

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Easily the most high-profile, and expensive, WiiWare launch title is Square Enix’s Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life As a King.

For your $15, you get a game far removed …
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Popular Online PC Franchise From Sandlot Games Coming To Wii

BRISTOL, U.K. – Monday, 12th May – Baking bedlam goes motion-based as Majesco Entertainment Company (NASDAQ: COOL), an innovative provider of video games for the mass market, and Sandlot Games, a leading developer and publisher of casual and family-friendly games, today announced Cake Mania®: In The Mix! for Wii™.

Following the hectic, time-management style gameplay of the original Cake Mania, and the branching storyline of Cake Mania 2, Cake Mania: In The Mix! introduces all-new characters, motion-based mini-games and a unique co-op mode where cake baking heroine Jill Evans receives some much needed assistance. Based on Sandlot Games’ award-winning PC franchise that has been downloaded more than 80 million times worldwide and sold 315,000 units on Nintendo DS™, Cake Mania: In The Mix! is expected to release in Europe and PAL territories in early 2009.

“Joining Cake Mania’s trademark resource management play with the Wii’s motion-based control is a natural extension of an incredibly successful brand on PC and DS,” said Gui Karyo, Executive Vice President of Operations, Majesco. “The Wii version’s expanded feature set, ranging from catering integration to cake design mini-games, enables fans of the series to experience the franchise in an entirely new way.”

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MAY 12, 2008, LOS ANGELES: Hammer Creative has been honored with the award for the year’s “Best Video Game Trailer” at the 9th Annual Golden Trailer Awards for their THE SIMPSONSTM GAME: MEDAL OF HOMER (Electronic Arts) trailer. This win marks the third year in a row that Hammer Creative has garnered this prestigious recognition, and is preceded by Best Video Game Trailer awards for THE GODFATHER: THE GAME (2006) and TOM CLANCY’S SPLINTER CELL: DOUBLE AGENT (2007). “It’s a real tribute to our video game team, led by Scott Hayman and Jim Botko, that we have had such consistent, long term creative success in the video game arena,” commented Hammer Creative founder Mark Pierce. “EA has been a terrific partner and we look forward to our continued relationship with them.”

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