SAAAA-WEEEEET!

Atari is bringing Unreal(R) Tournament 2004, the newest edition of the definitive virtual blood sport, to personal computers this Fall. Unreal Tournament 2004, like its predecessors, is being co-created by Epic Games Inc. and Digital Extremes. The game will be shown at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles, May 14 - 16, in Petree Hall, room 4003.

"Unreal Tournament 2004 is the next evolution of the greatest competitive computer game ever created," said Jean-Philippe Agati, senior vice president and general manager of Atari's Los Angeles studio. "The addition of new modes, mods and maps as well as the controllable land-, air- and space-based vehicles, means Unreal fans are getting an entirely new experience featuring devastating vehicular combat and wide scale warfare."

Key features of the game include:

-- Assault Mode: The much heralded single-player oriented

gametype returns with all-out battles with land, space and
air-based vehicles on the home worlds of various Unreal
Tournament 2004 combatants. In one scenario, players will
experience the adrenaline rush of space-based battle while
attacking or defending a Skaarj mother ship. Another scenario
takes place on Xan Kriegor's mechanical home world where
players attack or defend a robot construction factory. There
are currently six Assault scenarios planned to ship with the
game.

-- Onslaught Mode: New multi-player oriented combat game type on
custom-built large-scale maps featuring awesome new weapons
and land- and air-based vehicles. From the lethal bomber to
the nefarious spider mines - players will work as teams to
control map points and win the conflict. There are currently
nine Onslaught maps planned to ship with the game.

-- Live voice chat over LAN and internet with 3D audio (on
supported sound cards) so players can sense where voices
emanate from. Using a microphone and headset (not included),
players can communicate with teammates and buddies or just
yell at everybody who gets in their way! Several settings are
provided to allow users to customize their voice chat
experience.

-- Fan-favorite Unreal characters will return to challenge in the
tournaments, including the Skaarj, the Necris and the infamous
Xan Kriegor.

-- The game will include 20 never-before-seen maps for the
existing game types, featuring tons of new textures, new
static meshes and new music. It's a field day for mod makers!
Also included are new maps from Digital Extremes designed
specifically to appeal to "hardcore" UT players.

-- In total, Unreal Tournament 2004 will ship with more
never-before-seen maps than the entire number of maps that
shipped with Unreal Tournament 2003!

-- UnrealTV match broadcast system will allow for hundreds of
people to view an Unreal Tournament 2004 match with minimal
performance impact on game server. UnrealTV will be fully
integrated into the server browser to make it easy to locate
broadcasted matches.

-- Complete end-user voting system that will allow users to
choose game type, maps, mutators, rules and settings and will
also provide the ability to remove troublesome players from
the game. Custom clan-match voting system will allow clans to
negotiate acceptable game settings prior to a competitive
match.

-- Unreal Tournament 2004 users will be able to join games on
Unreal Tournament 2003 servers.

-- A completely redesigned user interface (UI) will be easier to
navigate and support context-sensitive menus, an in-game login
menu (to improve team balancing) and an improved server
browser with enhanced server filtering options. The underlying
user interface system has been reengineered to be easier for
Mod authors to build menus and implement their own UI designs.

-- Tons of cool gameplay tweaks and refinements including unique
crosshairs for each weapon, the ability to carry dual Assault
Rifles, improved computer-controlled "Bot" team coordination
and movement, network bandwidth usage optimizations and more!

In addition to the new modes, maps, characters, vehicles and improvements, Unreal Tournament 2004 includes all of the content from Unreal Tournament 2003 plus the two free bonus packs released by Digital Extremes and Epic Games.

Unreal Tournament 2004 is expected to ship this Fall with an ESRB rating of "M" for mature.

About Atari

New York-based Atari, Inc. (Nasdaq:ATAR) develops interactive games for all platforms and is one of the largest third-party publishers of interactive entertainment software in the U.S. The Company's 1,000+ titles include hard-core, genre-defining games such as Driver(TM), Enter the Matrix(TM), Neverwinter Nights(TM), Stuntman(TM), Test Drive(R), Unreal(R) Tournament 2003, and Unreal(R) Championship; and mass-market and children's games such as Backyard Sports(TM), Nickelodeon's Blue's Clues(TM) and Dora the Explorer(TM), Civilization(R), Dragon Ball Z(R) and RollerCoaster Tycoon(R). Atari, Inc. is a majority-owned subsidiary of France-based Infogrames Entertainment SA (Euronext 5257), the largest interactive games publisher in Europe. For more information, visit www.atari.com.

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