Atari Announces DRIV3R For Game Boy Advance

LONDON, UK - 26 June 2005 - Hot on the heels of the PC release in March, Atari announced today that DRIV3R, the action-driving game that sold more than 3 million copies worldwide on PlayStation^®2 computer entertainment system and the Xbox^® video game system from Microsoft in 2004, is currently in development for Nintendo's Game Boy^® Advance and scheduled for release this autumn 2005.

Developed by G. Dubail and F. Velez, the talented development team behind a string of best selling Game Boy Advance titles including Stuntman and V-Rally 3, DRIV3R provides a very different gaming experience to the console and PC versions. The development team have boldly combined some of the most difficult areas of handheld game programming, including complete freedom, huge environments, character and vehicle control, and intricate collisions, to create a game that is by far the most complex that Atari has published for the Game Boy Advance.

The game consists of a single enormous 'Undercover' game mode which encompasses missions and driving mini-games. The 25 missions tell the tale of tough guy Miami cop, Tanner, as he infiltrates the local and international underworld. The first 12 missions take place in Miami with the remainder set in the French city of Nice. With over 50km of streets to explore in each city, the player is free at any time to take a rest from the missions and go for a casual ride around town, gun in hand, in one of the more than 25 vehicles available. Alternatively they can chose to test their mettle playing one of the driving mini-games, including Slalom, Checkpoint, Trailblazer and Destruction.

"What the development team have achieved with this title is truly remarkable, and it's a rare sight to see so much freeform gameplay and detail packed into a Game Boy Advance title," said Cyril Voiron, Marketing Director, Atari Europe. "DRIV3R has been a great success, and with this title we're bringing fans of the franchise a new DRIV3R experience with more freedom than in any previous Driver game to date, while retaining the elements that have made the Driver franchise so popular: high octane action, exhilarating car chases, and incredible driving physics."

With secret missions to unlock, more than 25 vehicles to thrash, and over seven different weapons to wreak havoc with, DRIV3R for the Game Boy Advance offers a colossal Driver experience in the palm of your hand.

DRIV3R for the Game Boy Advance will be released across Europe this autumn. For more information visit the game's official Web site at www.DRIV3R.com.

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About Infogrames Entertainment and Atari:

Infogrames Entertainment (IESA), the parent company of the Atari Group, is listed on the Paris Euronext stock exchange (ISIN code: FR-0000052573) and has two principal subsidiaries: Atari Europe, a privately-held company, and Atari, Inc., a United States corporation listed on NASDAQ (ATAR).

The Atari Group is a major international producer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment software for all market segments and in all existing game formats (Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony) and on CD-ROM for PC. Its games are sold in more than 60 countries.

The Atari Group's extensive catalogue of popular games is based on original franchises (Driver, Alone in the Dark, V-Rally, Unreal Tournament, Test Drive, Roller Coaster Tycoon, etc.) and international licenses (Mission Impossible from Paramount, Men In Black, Superman, Matrix, Terminator and Dragon Ball Z).

For more information: http://www.atari.com