NEW YORK, July 7 -- Atari, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATAR) today announced
the Company has signed a deal with Playlogic Entertainment to
distribute the new action-adventure role-playing game Age of
Pirates: Caribbean Tales throughout Europe, the US and Asia.
Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales dares gamers to become the
mightiest and most dreaded pirate of the sea. The game is
scheduled for release for the Windows platform in September
2006. Developed by Russian developer Akella, the creators of
Sea Dogs, Age of Sail II, and Pirates of the Caribbean, Age of
Pirates: Caribbean Tales invites players to experience all the
swashbuckling excitement and reckless adventuring of a pirate's
life on the Caribbean Sea during the 17th century. "Age of
Pirates: Caribbean Tales is an exciting title to add to our PC
line-up," said Rick Mehler, Director of Marketing, Atari, Inc.
"Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales provides a deep role playing
experience that encourages development of captain, crew, ships,
towns, fighting abilities, weapons and more. With a chest full
of features, Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales is a treasure of a
game." "We are very excited that Atari is our distribution
partner for Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales," said Stefan
Layer, Vice President and Chief Marketing & Sales Officer,
Playlogic. "Atari has an excellent worldwide distribution
network, a highly motivated team and the right marketing
approach. We are looking forward to working with them." In Age
of Pirates: Caribbean Tales, players take the role of reckless
fortune-hunter Blaze or alternatively his red-headed daredevil
stepsister Beatrice, and sail the rough seas in a tall ship
with a loyal crew of vicious cutthroats and fierce corsairs. As
players navigate through the Caribbean Sea, they will encounter
massive naval battles and sword fights, take on challenging
quests, conquer and manage colonies, trade goods and plunder
merchant convoys to make fortunes. Age of Pirates: Caribbean
Tales features a wealth of gaming treasures such as 16
different sail ships, varying weather conditions, day and night
cycles, multiplayer battles with up to 16 opponents and
multiplayer modes including Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Defend
the Convoy and Capture the Fort. For more information on Age of
Pirates: Caribbean Tales, visit
http://www.ageofpiratesthegame.com . For more information about
Atari's entire product line up visit http://www.atari.com About
Playlogic Playlogic Entertainment, Inc. is an independent
publisher of entertainment software for consoles, PCs,
handhelds, mobile devices, and other digital media. Playlogic,
established in early 2002, publishes game concepts across
various genres. The company distributes its products worldwide
through all available channels, online and offline. Playlogic,
who currently has approximately 75 employees, is listed on the
OTC BB under the symbol "PLGC" and is headquartered in New York
and Amsterdam. Its internal studio is based in Breda (The
Netherlands). Playlogic's portfolio includes games that are
being developed by several teams at Playlogic Game Factory,
Playlogic's in-house development studio based in Breda, as well
as games developed by a number of studios throughout the world.
Currently, 11 games on 16 platforms are under development,
including "Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales," "Age of Pirates:
Captain Blood," "Ancient Wars: Sparta," and "Infernal," which
will be published this year. "World Racing 2," "Knights of the
Temple 2" and "Gene Troopers" have been released throughout
Europe and will be released in the course of the year in the
US. Playlogic is always looking for additional, high-quality
games and acquires products that can be exploited in the
complete value chain of digital entertainment products from
games at retail to mobile games and digital TV. 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
franchises such as DRIVER TM , The Matrix TM (Enter The Matrix
and The Matrix: Path of Neo), and Test Drive ® ; and
mass-market and children's franchises such as Nickelodeon's
Blue's Clues TM and Dora the Explorer TM , and Dragon Ball Z ®
. Atari, Inc. is a majority-owned subsidiary of France-based
Infogrames Entertainment SA (Euronext - ISIN: FR-0000052573),
the largest interactive games publisher in Europe. For more
information, visit http://www.atari.com .
