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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Crave Entertainment Enters the Octagon with Stellar Developers and a Full UFC Fighter Cast

Los Angeles, CA – April 17, 2000 – Crave’s upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship’s full fighter line-up is officially set. The card will feature 22 of the best no holds barred fighters from around the world with styles ranging from Ju Jitsu to Vale Tudo to Freestyle Fighting. Developing this ultra-realistic fighting machine will be two of ’s hottest studios, Opus and Anchor.

“The UFC game will be a tour-de-force for fighting titles, as it has embraced everything the UFC encompasses,” said Holly Newman, Executive Vice President of Publishing at Crave Entertainment. “We are intent on engaging consumers in the most realistic fighting experience, from the atmosphere and presentation, right down to the tiniest detail. UFC has given us the chance to build a game from the ground up with our commitment to quality and incredibly entertaining gameplay.”

UFC is being simultaneously developed for both the Sega Dreamcast and the Sony PlayStation® game console. Two Japanese development studios have been chosen to bring this test of the human spirit into the virtual world. Anchor Inc., whose team members have worked on such hits as Tekken, Tekken 2, Soul Edge, and Toy Fighter, will be developing the Dreamcast version. While Opus, whose credits include, Fighter's Destiny and Bay Battle, is working on the PlayStation game.

At the heart of UFC will be its library of fighters, each with their own unique look, feel, and fighting style. The following is a complete list of the playable fighters included in UFC: Tim Lajcik Gary Goodridge Jeremy Horn Tsuyoshi Kosaka Guy Mezger Andre Roberts Maurice Smith Ron Waterman Peter Williams Michael Burnett Eugene Jackson

The Dreamcast version of Ultimate Fighting Championship is slated for a Q3 release with the Sony PlayStation version following in Q4.

About Crave Entertainment Headquartered in , CA, with offices in Paris, London and Hamburg, Crave Entertainment is a privately held publisher of innovative videogame entertainment products for the major console platforms including Dreamcast, Nintendo 64, Game Boy Color, the Sony PlayStation, and PC. More information about Crave Entertainment is available at www.cravegames.com.

# # # CONTACT: Alex Skillman Crave Entertainment [email protected] 310.687.5490

Rob Fleischer Linn Public Relations [email protected] 415.552.1183