Atari Brings Superman to Nintendo GameCube and Game Boy Advance

ATARI BRINGS SUPERMAN TO NINTENDO GAMECUBE
AND GAME BOY ADVANCE Numerous Enhancements, New Modes Available for Nintendo
GameCube version of Superman: Shadow of Apokolips;  Superman: Countdown to
Apokolips announced for Game Boy Advance

LOS ANGELES – Feb. 26, 2003 – Atari announced
plans to release Superman: Shadow of Apokolips for the Nintendo GameCube and
announced the upcoming Superman: Countdown to Apokolips for the Game Boy Advance
– both titles are scheduled for release in March 2003. Developed by Infogrames’
Sheffield House and based on the Warner Bros. and DC Comics hit animated series,
The New Superman Adventures. Superman: Shadow of Apokolips for Nintendo GameCube
is a port of the successful version currently available on PlayStation®2, and
also features voice acting by the original cast, a sweeping orchestral score and
more than 30 minutes of stunning cinematics.

Superman: Countdown to Apokolips, also based
on the popular animated series from Warner Bros., is an entirely new adventure
developed specifically for the Game Boy Advance. As a prequel to the events
which transpire in the PlayStation®2 and Nintendo GameCube titles, Superman:
Countdown to Apokolips is sure to rivet handheld gamers with its fast action,
isometric view, and full use of all of Superman’s amazing powers.

“Owners of the Nintendo GameCube and Game Boy
Advance are in for a treat this March when we release two titles featuring the
greatest super hero of all time — Superman,” said Jean-Philippe Agati, senior
vice president and head of Infogrames, Inc.’s Los Angeles studio. “The
combination of great gameplay, not to mention new features and modes in the
Nintendo GameCube version, familiar characters and an engaging storyline from
the animated series are sure to make both Superman titles a hit with gamers.”

Superman: Shadow of Apokolips is a cel-shaded,
third person action game featuring the World’s Greatest Super Hero of all time
armed with all of his super powers. In the game, players are thrust into the
mighty red boots and cape of the original super hero and the fate of the planet
is in their hands. Darkseid, the most evil being in the galaxy, has enlisted the
aid of Lex Luthor in his quest to destroy the Man of Steel. By providing Luthor
with highly advanced Apokoliptean weapons technology, Darkseid has enabled him
to create an army of nearly unstoppable Interbots. Just when Superman seems to
have everything under control, cybernetic supervillain Metallo busts out of
Strykers Island Prison, creates malevolent mayhem of his own. Superman must
accomplish what no mere mortal ever could: turn back the irrepressible forces of
evil and save the planet.

As Superman, players have access to all of
his amazing powers from the moment they start to play, including flight, frost
breath, X-Ray vision, super strength and many more. Players will make their way
through epic battles with legendary super-villains like Livewire, Parasite and
Metallo in either first-person or third-person play perspectives. Superman:
Shadow of Apokolips’ mission-based gameplay combines action, stealth and
mind-bending challenges, as players fly throughout 14 enormous, fully
interactive levels.

Recreating the look and feel of the animated
series took an unprecedented amount of collaboration between the developer, DC
Comics and Warner Bros. Voice acting in the game is recorded by the original
cast of the animated series, including Tim Daly as Superman and Malcolm McDowell
as Metallo. Superman: Shadow of Apokolips also includes a sweeping orchestral
score reminiscent of the TV show as well as more than 30 minutes of amazing
cinematics.

New features for the Nintendo GameCube
include:

• New Playable Characters: Two new cheat
codes allow the player to play through the entire game as either Clark Kent or
Parasite.

• New Item Hunting: A new secret item has
been added to every level. Players that find and collect all of these items can
unlock several brand new “goodies,” including a new cheat code that allows the
player to freely explore Metropolis.

• Explore Metropolis Mode: Players can now
freely explore the city of Metropolis in an extra Nintendo GameCube-only mode.

• Improved Boss AI: Bosses have become more
intelligent making boss fights much more challenging.

• Difficulty Settings: The game now features
3 difficulty settings: easy, medium and hard.

• Enhanced “Making of” Movie: The player can
unlock an extra long “Making of” movie which shows concept art, early prototypes
of the game, animations tests and more.

• Experience Enhancements: Superman: Shadow
of Apokolips for the Nintendo GameCube now features support for Dolby Pro-Logic
2 as well as support for new video formats including Widescreen and Progressive
Scan.

About Infogrames

New York-based Infogrames, Inc. (Nasdaq: IFGM)
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 are distributed under two brand lines: ATARI, hard-core,
genre-defining games such as Driver™, Enter the Matrix™, Neverwinter Nights™,
Stuntman™, Test Drive®, Unreal® Tournament 2003, and Unreal® Championship; and
INFOGRAMES, mass-market and children’s games such as Backyard Sports™,
Nickelodeon’s Blue’s Clues™ and Dora the Explorer™, Civilization®, Dragon Ball
Z® and RollerCoaster Tycoon®. Infogrames, 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.infogrames.com.

About DC Comics

DC Comics, a division of Warner Bros. an AOL
Time Warner Company, is the largest English-language publisher of comics in the
world and home to such iconic characters as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and
the Sandman. These DC super heroes and others have starred in comic books,
movies, television series (both animated and live-action), and cyberspace,
thrilling audiences of all ages for generations. DC Comics’ web site is located
at
www.dccomics.com.

SUPERMAN and all related characters
and elements are trademarks of and DC Comics.