VIVENDI UNIVERSAL GAMES to Release DAoC Expansion

VIVENDI UNIVERSAL GAMES RE-TEAMS WITH MYTHIC ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE RELEASE OF DARK AGE OF CAMELOT™ EXPANSION PACK New Deal Grants VU Games Exclusive Distribution Rights In North America, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa LOS ANGELES – May 16, 2002 – Vivendi Universal Games (VU Games), a division of Vivendi Universal Publishing, today announced the signing of an exclusive distribution agreement with Mythic Entertainment surrounding the highly anticipated Dark Age of Camelot™ expansion pack. Scheduled for release in late 2002, Dark Age of Camelot: Shrouded Islesä is the next installment of the award-winning massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) from Mythic. The contract grants VU Games the exclusive license to manufacture and distribute Dark Age of Camelot: Shrouded Isles throughout North America, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Additionally, VU Games will expand its initial North American distribution agreement for the original Dark Age of Camelot to include Australia, New Zealand and South Africa territories. Both games are developed by Mythic Entertainment and co-published with Abandon Entertainment (www.abandonent.com). “The MMORPG market is a burgeoning category in the games industry, and Mythic Entertainment has proven that it is one of the leading game developers in this arena,” said Luc Vanhal, President and COO, North America of Vivendi Universal Games. “Given the success of the original Dark Age of Camelot, we expect Shrouded Isles to be another blockbuster hit.” Dark Age of Camelot: Shrouded Isles enriches and expands the mythological fantasy world of the original game by adding stunning new graphics and whole new areas to explore for each Realm. Players of Dark Age of Camelot: Shrouded Isles will also discover that the Realms will be populated with three new races and new character classes. As previously announced, the expansion will include a significant graphical upgrade to the game by utilizing DirectX 8.1 and the new NetImmerse 3D engine version 4.0 from Numerical Design Limited. This new technology will improve overall graphical performance as well as provide support for advanced graphical features such as shadowing, more spectacular spell effects/animations, reflective surfaces, and much more. “With the tremendous success of the original game, it made sense for us to start development on Shrouded Isles immediately,” explained Mark Jacobs, President of Mythic Entertainment. “Vivendi Universal Games played such a major part in the success of the original game and we are excited to have them on-board again for the exciting new installment of the game.” About Vivendi Universal Games Headquartered in New York, NY, Vivendi Universal Games (www.vugames.com) is a global leader in multi-platform interactive entertainment and a worldwide operating division of Vivendi Universal Publishing, the world’s third largest publishing company. A leading publisher of PC, console and online-based interactive content, Vivendi Universal Games’ portfolio of development studios includes Blizzard Entertainment, Sierra Entertainment and Universal Interactive. Through its Partner Publishing Group, Vivendi Universal Games also co-publishes and/or distributes interactive products for a number of strategic partners, including Empire Interactive, Fox Interactive, Mythic Entertainment and Simon & Schuster, among others. Games are one of parent company Vivendi Universal’s key content areas, along with movies, music and other publishing activities. About Mythic Entertainment Mythic Entertainment (www.mythicentertainment.com) is one of the most successful online gaming developers in the industry today. With twelve online games to its credit, Mythic has been a major part of all of its distribution and publishing partners pay-for-play games including AOL, the Centropolis Gaming Center, Gamestorm, and ENGAGE. Their titles include some of the most popular online-only games of all time including Spellbinder: The Nexus Conflict, Aliens Online, Starship Troopers: Battlespace, Silent Death Online, Rolemaster: Magestorm, Darkness Falls, Darkness Falls: The Crusade, Splatterball, Godzilla Online, and Dragon’s Gate. Media Contacts: Vivendi Universal Games Leslie Hollingshead (North America) leslie.hollingshead@vuinteractive.com (310) 431-4533 Kim Watt (Asia-Pacific) kim.watt@vup-interactive.com.au +61 (0) 2 9902 7737 Mythic Entertainment Craig Sinel craig@parkandassociates.com (323) 436-0882

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