REWARDED FOR THEIR CREATIVITY AT THE IMAGINA FESTIVAL

Ubisoft receives six awards out of eleven

Paris, FRANCE œ February 11, 2004 œ Ubisoft, one of the world‘s largest video game publishers,is happy to announce that they received 6 of the 11 awards rewarding video game development during the IMAGINA Festival that took place last week in Monaco (France). —We are very proud that the quality and creativity of our games have been distinguished by such a renowned and skilled panel of judges . These awards once again reinforce our strategy of internal development and prove the expertise of our internal studios“, said Geoffroy Sardin, Managing Director, Ubisoft France.

Here is the list of awards :

BEST WRITER AWARD "Beyond Good and Evil " ( / Ubisoft) Jacques Exertier and , for Beyond Good & Evil ”s scenario

BEST GAME DIRECTOR AWARD " The Sands of Time " ( Studios / Ubisoft) Patrice Désilets, Creative Director

BEST SOUND DESIGNER AWARD "XIII " (Ubisoft Paris / Ubisoft) Alkis Argyriadis, XIII‘ s Sound Designer

BEST GRAPHIC DESIGNER AWARD "XIII " (Ubisoft Paris / Ubisoft) Nathalie Moschetti & Nathalie Provost

MOST INNOVATIVE FRENCH GAME TEAM AWARD "In Memoriam " (Lexis Numérique, Ubisoft) Eric Viennot , creator of In Memoriam (Lexis Numérique)

GAME OF THE YEAR TEAM AWARD "Beyond Good and Evil " (Ubisoft Montpellier / Ubisoft) Award received by Frédéric Houde, Lead Game Play Programmer of Beyond Good & Evil, on behalf of Michel Ancel and the whole team.

About Ubisoft™: Ubisoft Entertainment is an international producer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment products. A leading company in the multimedia industry, Ubisoft's strong and diversified line-up has grown considerably, as has Ubisoft itself. As well as steadfastly continuing to partner with several high-

profile companies, Ubisoft has also confirmed its presence on the global market by developing its own exceptional properties. Founded in 1986 in France, Ubisoft is now present on every continent, both through offices in 21 different countries including the United States, Morocco, Germany and China and through sales of products in over 50 countries. The group is dedicated to delivering high-quality, cutting- edge video game titles to consumers around the world. Ubisoft generated a turnover of 453 million euros for the 2002/2003 fiscal year, up 23% over the previous fiscal year. To learn more, visit www.ubi.com

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