Speedball II — Extra Content for download

December 5, 2007

Empire Interactive And The Bitmap
Brothers Announce Extra Content For "Speedball II: Brutal Deluxe" on Xbox LIVE
Arcade

Empire Interactive, a wholly owned
subsidiary of Silverstar Holdings, and veteran British developer, The Bitmap
Brothers, today announced that they will be releasing a range of extra content
for their Xbox LIVE(r) Arcade for the Xbox 360(r) video game and entertainment
system from Microsoft title "Speedball II: Brutal Deluxe."

Since its launch in October, a
steady stream of "Speedball II: Brutal Deluxe" content has been and will
continue to be made available for download. "Speedball II Theme Pack",
containing four exclusive backdrops and a tiled Xbox blade, is followed up by 4
new downloadable 3D Arenas, each with 3 variants, giving players even more
customizable options.

Ian Higgins, CEO of Empire
Interactive said, "Offering extra content enables users to tailor the unique
Speedball experience to their own individual taste and offers additional
promotional opportunities to increase awareness and downloads."

Mike Montgomery, of developers
Bitmap Brothers commented, "The extra content, and in particular the arenas,
players and strips, dramatically enhance game play and make a real contribution
to making ‘Speedball II: Brutal Deluxe’ the definitive package."

Since its release on 17th October,
"Speedball II: Brutal Deluxe" has generated tremendous downloads on Xbox LIVE
Arcade for Xbox 360. Regarded as a breakthrough title that took the sports genre
to a new level, the Bitmap Brothers classic "Speedball"game was first released
for the Amiga in 1990 and quickly became a huge success. However, it wasn’t
until the release of its sequel, "Speedball II: Brutal Deluxe" that the title
reached new gaming heights and sold over 2 million units. It is still considered
by many to be one of the best games of all time. The Xbox LIVE Arcade for Xbox
360 version is a perfect conversion of "Speedball II: Brutal Deluxe", but with
the addition of an all-new High Definition version, more teams and downloadable
content, whilst still retaining all the classic elements that have made it a
firm favorite amongst gamers.

At a cost ranging from 100MP to
150MP, the extra content releases will please both hard-core fans and new
generations of Speedball gamers.

Content: Release Date:

• Theme Pack 10/31

• Arena Pack 11/07

• Gamer Pics 1 11/14

• Super Star Players 11/28

• Team Strips Pack 12/12

• Gamer Pics 2 1/09