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Lisa Bucek lbucek@interplay.com 949/553-6655 or
Samantha Hertzler sam@bluebyte.com 512-343-0500 FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE: INTERPLAY
AND BLUE BYTE ANNOUNCE EXCLUSIVE
DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT (Interplay
To Distribute Titles in North America For PC) IRVINE,
California, December 6, 1999 – Interplay Entertainment Corp. (NASDAQ:IPLY),
and Austin, Texas based Blue Byte Software announced today that they have
signed an agreement for Interplay to distribute PC entertainment titles from
Blue Byte in North America. Included in the list of titles are Stephen King’s
F13, Battle Isle 4, The Settlers 4 and Dragon’s Lair 3D scheduled to ship in
the next two years. "We
have an absolutely outstanding product line up scheduled for calendar year
2000," said Mark Hall, vice president of business development for Blue
Byte. "Finding the right distribution partner is important for us.
With Interplay, I am convinced we have found that partner and think we
have the makings of a very successful relationship." "The
Blue Byte brand is a huge success in North America," said Kim Motika,
Interplay’s vice president of strategic development. "We are really
excited to be partnered up with such a high quality publisher who has some
outstanding titles releasing over the next year. Stephen King is one of the
best-known horror authors and to have the opportunity to include one of his
games in our portfolio is great." About
Blue Byte Software: Founded in 1988, Blue Byte is a privately-owned company
and has consistently re-affirmed its position as one of the world’s leading
independent developers and publishers of PC games software with award-winning
titles, such as Jimmy Connors Pro Tennis Tour, The Battle Isle Series, The
Settlers Series, Extreme Assault, Incubation and Game, Net and Match! Blue
Byte is synchronizing its international operations from offices in the USA and
Germany, with a development program that is both advancing the development of
online and networks gaming and broadening the audience for computer games.
Taking advantage of the United States’ more advanced Internet culture,
Blue Byte is firmly on target in its goal to pioneer the popularization of
computer gaming as a true global entertainment medium.
Further information about Blue Byte and its products can be found at http://www/bluebyte.com. Interplay
Entertainment Corp. is a leading developer, publisher and distributor of
interactive entertainment software for both core gamers and the mass market.
Interplay currently balances its development efforts by publishing for
personal computers and current generation video game consoles. Interplay
releases products through Interplay, Shiny Entertainment, Tantrum, Black Isle
Studios, 14( East, its distribution partners and its wholly owned subsidiary
Interplay OEM, Inc. More comprehensive information on Interplay and its
products is available through its worldwide web site at http://www.interplay.com. Safe
Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This
release may contain forward-looking statements involving risks and
uncertainties that may cause actual future events or results to differ
materially and adversely from those described in the forward-looking
statements. Important factors
that may cause such a difference for Interplay include, but are not limited
to, risks of delays in development and introduction of new products,
dependence on new product introductions which achieve significant market
acceptance and the uncertainties of consumer preferences, dependence on third
party software developers for a significant portion of new products, risks of
rapid technological change and platform change, intense competition,
seasonality, risks of product defects, dependence upon licenses from third
parties, risks associated with future capital requirements, dependence upon
third party distribution, dependence upon key personnel and risks associated
with international business, intellectual property disputes and other factors
discussed in the Company’s filings from time to time with the Securities
Exchange Commission, including but not limited the Company’s annual report on
Form 10K for the year ended December 31, 1998.
Interplay disclaims any obligation to revise or update any
forward-looking statement that may be made from time to time by it or on its
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