SQUARE ENIX SHIPS FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST™ 2: CURSE OF THE CRIMSON ELIXIR TO RETAILERS JULY 12, 2005

Action RPG Prequel Traces Life Changing Quest of Two Brothers on the PlayStation^® 2 Computer Entertainment System

Bonus DVD Features Two Complete Episodes from Season 2 of the Anime Series and Game Includes 30 Minutes of Original Animation

LOS ANGELES, California (June 13, 2005) - Square Enix, Inc., the publisher of Square Enix^TM interactive entertainment products in North America, announced today that FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST^TM 2: CURSE OF THE CRIMSON ELIXIR (FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST 2) will ship to retailers nationwide on July 12, 2005. This fast-paced action RPG prequel to FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST^TM AND THE BROKEN ANGEL is the second installment in the FULLMETAL series. Exclusively for the PlayStation^®2 computer entertainment system, FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST 2 follows the story in the anime series, which airs on Cartoon Network