HELLGATE(TM): LONDON Honored With E3 Accolades

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SANTA CLARA, Calif., (June 7, 2006) - Leading video games publisher and developer NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. today announced that HELLGATE: LONDON, the first original PC title from premier developer Flagship Studios has won numerous awards, accolades and honors following a successful showing at the 2006 Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles in May.

To date HELLGATE: LONDON has been presented with three awards and multiple nominations including Best Role-Playing Game from 1up.com and nominations for both Best PC Game and Best RPG from the Game Critics Awards (the official E3 awards).

"Hellgate: London was one of the showcase titles in our E3 lineup this year" said Genichi Ito, President and CEO for NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. "With Flagship Studios at the helm, we knew it would be well-received, and the feedback from press and fans has proven that beyond our wildest expectations".

"We're ecstatic to see the public and press are as excited as we are about HELLGATE: LONDON," said Bill Roper, CEO and co-founder of Flagship Studios. "We're pouring all of our expertise and creative energy into the game in order to build something that is completely unique in the world of role playing games."

HELLGATE: LONDON combines the depth of role-playing games and the action of first-person shooter titles, while offering infinite playability with dynamically generated levels, items, enemies and events. The player creates a heroic character, completes quests, and battles through innumerable hordes of demons to advance through experience levels and ranching skill paths. A robust, flexible skill and spell system, highly customizable appearances, and a massive variety of randomly generated equipment allow players to create their own unique hero. For more information about the game, log on to www.hellgatelondon.com

Awards:

1up
Winner: Best RPG

RPG Fan
Winner: Best PC RPG

Voodoo Extreme
Winner: Best Action RPG

E3 Game Critics Awards
Nominated: Best PC Game
Nominated: Best RPG

GameSpot
Nominated: Best RPG

GameSpy
Nominated: Ranked #6 in Top 10 PC Games

Yahoo Games
Nominated: Best RPG

IGN
Nominated: Best PC RPG

CV Games
Nominated: Best PC Game

Business 2.0
Selected as one of the top 20 best of show

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About Flagship Studios
Flagship Studios is a creator of innovative entertainment software, designing games that focus on ease of play, replayability, and fun. The studio was formed in 2003 by former executives and developers from Blizzard North^® and represents the creators of the worldwide, best-selling Diablo^® franchise. With members that are renowned within the gaming industry, Flagship Studios embodies a team that has worked together for over a decade and have numerous #1-selling games and multiple Game of the Year awards to their credit. For more information about Flagship Studios log onto www.flagshipstudios.com or contact Tricia Gray at tgray@flagshipstudios.com, (415)-489-1419.

About NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc.
NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. is an interactive entertainment software publisher and developer based in Santa Clara, CA. The company is a subsidiary of the newly formed NAMCO BANDAI Holdings (USA) Inc. based in Cypress, CA.

On September 29, 2005, Bandai Co., Ltd. and NAMCO LIMITED implemented a management integration to form NAMCO BANDAI Holdings Inc. This step was taken to compete more effectively on the global stage in the fast-changing entertainment industry and to deliver further growth.

The resulting BANDAI NAMCO Group is a global entertainment group involved in business fields ranging from toys, amusement facilities, video game software and visual software, to apparel, sundries and network content.

As previous separate entities (Namco Hometek Inc. and Bandai Games Inc.) the companies were each known for creating some of the industry's top video game franchises including: Tamagotchi^®, Tekken^®, SOULCALIBUR^®, Dead to Rights^®, , Pac-Man World ^®, Digimon^®, Ridge Racer^®, Time Crisis^® and ACECOMBAT^®. For more information about NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. and its products log onto www.namcobandaigames.com.

Press Release ^® 2006 NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc.

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