MAJOR SUCCESS FOR GAMES AT THE GAMES CONVENTION 2004

Paris, œ August 27, 2004 œ Ubisoft, one of the world‘s largest publishers, today announced the awards and nominations won by its games at the Games Convention 2004 in , . The much awaited RTS, ®: Heritage of Kings™, was rewarded by the GC 2004 jury during the Official Show Award —Best of GC 2004“ as Best PC Game.

Other Official Nominations of GC 2004:

The Settlers ®: Heritage of Kings™ œ Best PC Graphics Brothers In Arms™ œ Best game ® 2 œ Best PS2 game

Giga Games Awards:

Far Cry™ œ Best Game Sam Fisher œ Best Hero

With a 500 square meters booth, Ubisoft set up 4 theme worlds with its games: The Settlers ®: Heritage of Kings™, Brothers In Arms™, Prince of Persia ® 2 (working title) and IV®: Revelation . ‘s Splinter Cell ®: Chaos Theory™ was presented behind closed doors and has been seen by 10,000 visitors. Ubisoft also organized a special event for The Settlers ®: Heritage of Kings™ which was attended by 400 guests and climaxed with a performance of the Finnish band, Apocalyptica.

"I am really happy with our results after 4 days of trade show. With every year this fair becomes more and more anticipated. This year we had a huge growth in appointments at the Business Center both with partners and journalists where we met with our premium contacts. As a result, we got very positive feedback from retailers and gamers on our line up," said Odile Limpach, managing director of Ubisoft‘s division in Germany. With more than 100,000 international visitors, the GC 2004 was a real success. Alain Corre, Ubisoft‘s managing director for Europe, Middle East and , declared that —the Games Convention is now the biggest public video game show in Europe. We were delighted to meet our consumers of the 3 rd European market and also receive the award of the best PC game for The Settlers 5!“

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