ATARI ANNOUNCES
TRANSFORMERS VIDEO GAME HAS GONE GOLD
POPULAR BRAND CELEBRATES 20th
ANNIVERSARY WITH PLAYSTATION®
2 GAME THAT’S “MORE THAN
MEETS THE EYE”
Atari, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATAR) announced
today that its highly-anticipated
Transformers™ video game, created
exclusively for the PlayStation®2
computer entertainment system under
license from Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE: HAS),
has gone gold. Based on Hasbro, Inc.’s
hugely popular brand, Atari’s
Transformers game will be available
in PAL territories on May.
The Transformers game puts players
in the Transformers universe like
never before, allowing them to play
as one of the three heroic Autobots:
Optimus Prime, Hot Shot or Red Alert
-- in an epic battle against the evil
Decepticons.
Developed by Atari’s Melbourne
House, the Transformers game is a
fast-paced, third-person action shooter
game featuring countless enemies,
immense battles and intense boss fights.
The game spans eight environments
across the Earth and on Cybertron,
the Autobots force’s home world.
The year 2004 marks the 20th anniversary
of Hasbro’s Transformers brand.
The legendary property that coined
the phrase “Robots in Disguise,”
is marked by one of the industry’s
best-selling toy lines, a Transformers
television series on Cartoon Network,
a best-selling Dreamwave comic book
series, and a wide array of licensed
merchandise.
Additional information about Atari’s
Transformers video game, including
artwork, videos, game information,
character bios, press reactions and
Transformers forums can be found online
at Atari’s Transformers dedicated
website www.atari.com/transformers.
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