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Bass Pro Shops: The Hunt

Now available in North America.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – June 2, 2010 – Psyclone, XS Games, and the #1 outdoor retailer in America, Bass Pro Shops, today announced that Bass Pro Shops: The Hunt TM is now available for the Wii TM from Nintendo and Microsoft Xbox 360 ® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft platforms at retailers nationwide.

“With last year’s highly successful launch of Bass Pro Shops: The Strike, we were extremely excited to bring hunting enthusiasts the same authentic experience,” said Chip Pederson, director of gaming at Psyclone Games. “With the release of The Hunt, we strive to bring consumers fun and memorable gameplay, coupled with the Hunting Controller peripheral, adding additional appeal to the overall hunting experience.”

Featuring both realistic and deep single player hunting simulation gameplay with fast-paced, arcade mini games, The Hunt also comes loaded with three game modes: Season Hunt, Free Hunt, and Mini-Games. The five mini-games consist of Duck Hunt, Target Range shooting, ATV Racing, Blind Fire, and Forest Frenzy. Nintendo users will also enjoy an exclusive firearm peripheral, the Hunting Controller, which rests against the shoulder like a rifle and allows for more accurate shooting.

In The Hunt, players will explore ten diverse North American hunting locations, with each map featuring unique animals, dangerous animal encounters, randomized animal spawn points and mini-games. Players will be able to take down their prey using a variety of different firearms including bolt-action rifles, shotguns, pistols, and bows. There are 24 animals in The Hunt including deer, moose, alligators, bears, raccoons and more. As they stalk their prey, players use Bass Pro Shops gear and equipment such as GPS, calls, scents and more.

The Hunt is now available at major retailers nationwide including Bass Pro Shops, bassproshops.com, Sam’s Club, Target, Best Buy and Game Stop. For a full listing of retailers or to experience videos, screenshots, player forum, and more, visit www.TheHuntGame.com.

*The Hunting Controller listed is specific to the Wii version of the game.

Press assets, including screenshots and box art for The Hunt, can be found at:

http://bhimpact.gamespress.com/client_page.asp?i=166

About Griffin International

Griffin International is a major supplier, manufacturer, marketer and importer of electronics and a wide variety of other consumer products for Best Buy, Target, Wal-Mart, and other major retailers. Griffin International created the Psyclone brand to give gamers more of what they want in high-end connectors, controllers and other core video game accessories. In just five years, Psyclone has emerged in a very competitive industry to one of the top third party accessory companies.

About Bass Pro Shops Group:

Bass Pro Shops -56 retail stores in 26 states and Canada visited by over 100 million people annually, international catalog and internet retailing, American Rod & Gun wholesale division selling to over 7,000 independently owned retail stores worldwide, Outdoor World Incentives also selling Bass Pro Shops gift cards through over 132,000 retail outlets across America and a restaurant division with 26 locations. For more information regarding Bass Pro Shops store locations, products or special events, please visit www.basspro.com . To request a free catalog call 1-800-BASSPRO.

Media Contacts

Tiyson Reynolds

Bender/Helper Impact

(310) 694-3151

Tiyson_Reynolds@bhimpact.com

Rachel Petrich

Griffin International

(612) 344-4686

RachelPetrich@GriffinIntl.com

Larry Whiteley

Bass Pro Shops

(417) 873-5022

lwhiteley@basspro.com

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