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13 Sega PAL titles to be shipped on Game Boy Advance, NINTENDO GAMECUBE and Xbox.
Sega Corporation and Infogrames Europe today announced an exclusive pan-European agreement which will see Infogrames distribute and market thirteen Sega titles dedicated to Nintendo's Game Boy Advance, NINTENDO GAMECUBE and Microsoft's Xbox in all PAL territories.
Lyon, 28 June 2001: Sega Corporation and Infogrames Europe today announced an exclusive pan-European agreement which will see Infogrames distribute and market thirteen Sega titles dedicated to Nintendo's Game Boy Advance, NINTENDO GAMECUBE and Microsoft's Xbox in all PAL territories.
The Sega titles are:
Game Boy Advance
ChuChu Rocket!
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG ADVANCE (working title)
PUYO PUYO (working title)
ADVANCE COLUMNS (working title)
NINTENDO GAMECUBE
PHANTASY STAR ONLINE (working title)
VIRTUA STRIKER 3 Ver.2002 (working title)
SUPER MONKEY BALL
Xbox
GUNVALKYLIE
JSRF Jet Set Radio Future (working title)
THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD 3 (working title)
CRAZY TAXI NEXT (working title)
sega GT 2002 (working title)
Panzer Dragoon (The latest version) (working title)
Other exclusive titles are expected to be announced during the course of this year.
Commenting on the agreement, Jean-Claude Larue, President of Infogrames Europe said: "We are delighted to enter into this strategic partnership with one of the most respected game developers in the world. The existing and upcoming Sega franchises will be extremely successful and will have major impact on the Nintendo and Microsoft platforms."
Yoshio Sakai, President and COO, at Sega Europe said: "We chose to partner with Infogrames for several reasons. First, Infogrames has a strong distribution network across Europe, ensuring that we will have maximum impact and availability to gamers. Secondly, Infogrames' already-strong experience with world-class franchises ensures that our titles will see their sales potential increased. And, perhaps most importantly, Infogrames shares our vision of creating new worlds for people to explore and interact with, which is integral to our success now and in the future."
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ABOUT SEGA CORPORATION
Sega Corporation is recognised as the industry leader in interactive entertainment experiences and is the only company that offers interactive entertainment experiences both inside and outside the home and across all formats.
Sega has been a videogame software leader for more than 40 years. No other company has had more "firsts" in the $7 billion videogame market than Sega. Sega created the first-ever arcade simulator game with "Hang On" in 1985. In 1990, Sega unveiled "R-360," the first arcade game with the ability to rotate 360 degrees. In 1993, Yu Suzuki pioneered the 3D fighting game genre with "Virtua Fighter." The year 2000 brought other industry firsts including "Seaman," the first-ever voice recognition videogame in the U.S. and "ChuChu Rocket!" the first ever worldwide online console software.
ABOUT INFOGRAMES
Infogrames is a major international publisher and distributor of video games for consoles (Microsoft, Nintendo, Sega and Sony), PC CD-ROMs, and Macintosh hardware, as well as all interactive platforms such as interactive television, Internet, WAP devices, and in-flight entertainment systems.
Infogrames is a global publisher of videogames for the whole family, with a catalog that includes popular franchises (Driver, Alone in the Dark, V-Rally, Unreal Tournament, Test Drive, Roller Coaster Tycoon) and many international licenses (Warner Bros.' Looney Tunes, Paramount's Mission: Impossible, the Brazilian national football team, Le Mans 24 Hours, and the world and European champion French national football team.
Infogrames, led by Bruno Bonnell, distributes its games in about 60 countries world-wide with a particular strength in Europe and the U.S., where Infogrames possesses an outstanding distribution network.
With its US subsidiary Infogrames Inc (NASDAQ IFGM), Infogrames Entertainment (Euronext 5257) has become a contender for world-wide industry leadership with the recent acquisition of the interactive assets of Hasbro, the American toy giant.
For further information please contact:
Pete Devery
Tel: 020 7400 5900 - Fax 020 7405 6812
E-mail : pdevery@bell-pottinger.co.uk
Christelle Gesler
Tel : 04.72.65.50.11 - fax : 04.72.65.50.01
E-mail : cgesler@fr.infogrames.com
http://www.infogrames-corporate.com
or
Damian Beeley
Tel : 020 7878 3000 - fax : 020 7878 3030
E-mail : damian.beeley@mslpr.co.uk
* Company and product names in this press release are the registered trademarks or trademarks of each company
Read more in the PDF document
Sega Corporation and Infogrames Europe today announced an exclusive pan-European agreement which will see Infogrames distribute and market thirteen Sega titles dedicated to Nintendo's Game Boy Advance, NINTENDO GAMECUBE and Microsoft's Xbox in all PAL territories.
Lyon, 28 June 2001: Sega Corporation and Infogrames Europe today announced an exclusive pan-European agreement which will see Infogrames distribute and market thirteen Sega titles dedicated to Nintendo's Game Boy Advance, NINTENDO GAMECUBE and Microsoft's Xbox in all PAL territories.
The Sega titles are:
Game Boy Advance
ChuChu Rocket!
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG ADVANCE (working title)
PUYO PUYO (working title)
ADVANCE COLUMNS (working title)
NINTENDO GAMECUBE
PHANTASY STAR ONLINE (working title)
VIRTUA STRIKER 3 Ver.2002 (working title)
SUPER MONKEY BALL
Xbox
GUNVALKYLIE
JSRF Jet Set Radio Future (working title)
THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD 3 (working title)
CRAZY TAXI NEXT (working title)
sega GT 2002 (working title)
Panzer Dragoon (The latest version) (working title)
Other exclusive titles are expected to be announced during the course of this year.
Commenting on the agreement, Jean-Claude Larue, President of Infogrames Europe said: "We are delighted to enter into this strategic partnership with one of the most respected game developers in the world. The existing and upcoming Sega franchises will be extremely successful and will have major impact on the Nintendo and Microsoft platforms."
Yoshio Sakai, President and COO, at Sega Europe said: "We chose to partner with Infogrames for several reasons. First, Infogrames has a strong distribution network across Europe, ensuring that we will have maximum impact and availability to gamers. Secondly, Infogrames' already-strong experience with world-class franchises ensures that our titles will see their sales potential increased. And, perhaps most importantly, Infogrames shares our vision of creating new worlds for people to explore and interact with, which is integral to our success now and in the future."
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ABOUT SEGA CORPORATION
Sega Corporation is recognised as the industry leader in interactive entertainment experiences and is the only company that offers interactive entertainment experiences both inside and outside the home and across all formats.
Sega has been a videogame software leader for more than 40 years. No other company has had more "firsts" in the $7 billion videogame market than Sega. Sega created the first-ever arcade simulator game with "Hang On" in 1985. In 1990, Sega unveiled "R-360," the first arcade game with the ability to rotate 360 degrees. In 1993, Yu Suzuki pioneered the 3D fighting game genre with "Virtua Fighter." The year 2000 brought other industry firsts including "Seaman," the first-ever voice recognition videogame in the U.S. and "ChuChu Rocket!" the first ever worldwide online console software.
ABOUT INFOGRAMES
Infogrames is a major international publisher and distributor of video games for consoles (Microsoft, Nintendo, Sega and Sony), PC CD-ROMs, and Macintosh hardware, as well as all interactive platforms such as interactive television, Internet, WAP devices, and in-flight entertainment systems.
Infogrames is a global publisher of videogames for the whole family, with a catalog that includes popular franchises (Driver, Alone in the Dark, V-Rally, Unreal Tournament, Test Drive, Roller Coaster Tycoon) and many international licenses (Warner Bros.' Looney Tunes, Paramount's Mission: Impossible, the Brazilian national football team, Le Mans 24 Hours, and the world and European champion French national football team.
Infogrames, led by Bruno Bonnell, distributes its games in about 60 countries world-wide with a particular strength in Europe and the U.S., where Infogrames possesses an outstanding distribution network.
With its US subsidiary Infogrames Inc (NASDAQ IFGM), Infogrames Entertainment (Euronext 5257) has become a contender for world-wide industry leadership with the recent acquisition of the interactive assets of Hasbro, the American toy giant.
For further information please contact:
Pete Devery
Tel: 020 7400 5900 - Fax 020 7405 6812
E-mail : pdevery@bell-pottinger.co.uk
Christelle Gesler
Tel : 04.72.65.50.11 - fax : 04.72.65.50.01
E-mail : cgesler@fr.infogrames.com
http://www.infogrames-corporate.com
or
Damian Beeley
Tel : 020 7878 3000 - fax : 020 7878 3030
E-mail : damian.beeley@mslpr.co.uk
* Company and product names in this press release are the registered trademarks or trademarks of each company
Read more in the PDF document
