Fox Interactive Press Releases

LOS ANGELES — May 13, 1996 — Fox Interactive confirmed today that Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny, international stars of the critically-acclaimed Fox television series the X-Files, will now star in Fox Interactive’s live-action X-Files CD-ROM adventure, slated for release in 1997. Fans and players will become immersed in the phenomenon of the X-Files when Anderson and Duchovny portray agents Scully and Mulder in an original production created for the X-Files interactive adventure. Developed in conjunction with the show’s creator, Chris Carter, this interactive odyssey features a new X-Files storyline for a completely unique X-perience that remains true to the mystery and intrigue of the television show.
“We are continuing to raise the standard for interactive entertainment with Gillian and David appearing in the X-Files title,” said Jon Richmond, president, Fox Interactive. “In producing all-original footage for the title, X-philes and interactive gamers will have a new and intensely realistic way to explore the mysteries of the paranormal world.”

Fox Interactive is developing the title incorporating HyperBole Studios’ VirtualCinema technology, a software engine that allows the player to become the main character in the X-Files story.

“The VirtualCinema engine measures the responses and activities of the player and applies them back to the original storyline,” said Richmond. “With the VirtualCinema software and story-driven interactivity, we are able to capture the mysterious X-Files style and provide players with a unique and authentic interactive experience.”

The X-Files CD-ROM for Windows ® 95 and Macintosh brings the dark and mysterious mood and tone of the television series right onto the computer screen incorporating the all-new X-Files storyline. Utilizing video shot exclusively for the title, the player can communicate with the characters from the show, fully explore their environment, examine clues and evidence, and interview witnesses while collaborating with Mulder and Scully to solve strange paranormal phenomena.

Fox Interactive, an operating unit of Fox Filmed Entertainment, a News Corporation Company, is committed to developing bold and engaging interactive entertainment. Drawing from the hottest properties that Fox Filmed Entertainment, Fox Television and other News Corporation companies have to offer, Fox Interactive creates truly interactive products that capture the excitement of proven entertainment.

Visit Fox Interactive at E3 in the South Hall at Booth #11528.

FOX INTERACTIVE TO UNLEASH AN AWESOME LINE-UP OF TITLES FOR `96 AND BEYOND
LOS ANGELES, May 15, 1996 — From sci-fi thrillers to hard core action/adventures to hilarious high jinks, Fox Interactive has a powerful line-up of exciting interactive entertainment in development. Working with some of the best developers in the industry and inspired by hit Fox properties such as the popular TV shows The X-Files and The Simpsons and the upcoming feature film, Independence Day, Fox Interactive’s slate for 1996 and 1997 is a competitive one.
Upcoming releases from Fox Interactive include:

THE SIMPSONS: VIRTUAL SPRINGFIELD — You find yourself in a strange place… a town green surrounded by buildings that are oddly familiar. As you turn around, you realize you are face to face with the bronzen image of founding father Jebadiah Springfield. This is no ordinary town, this is Springfield, USA…virtual style.

Law and order as you know it no longer apply — you re a Springfieldian now. As a citizen of Springfield enjoy the patronage of Apu Nahasapeemapetilon’s Kwik-E-Mart, or the solitude of the Springfield Public Library. Discover that membership has its privileges at the Stonecutter’s Lodge or on a visit to C. Montgomery Burns Executive Wash Room (if you re resourceful enough to find the keys). As a virtually tax paying citizen you should enjoy the ability to check in on Mayor “Diamond” Joe Quimby, or visit Principal Seymour Skinner. The Elm Street Arcade offers a variety of games for you to waste your not so hard earned virtual money. From the safety of Bart’s Tree house, exercise your right to soak passersby with water balloons at will. Or, while visiting Homer’s office at work, waste some time, and donuts, working the control panels in Sector 7G of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant.

Designed in close cooperation with Matt Groening, VIRTUAL SPRINGFIELD recreates the environment of The Simpsons using the incredible voice talents of the entire cast of the smash-hit Fox TV series. Springfield has been completely recreated using 3D animation for all exterior locations, allowing you to amble right up to Moe’s or boldly walk into the Simpson s house (rummaging through their mailbox before you enter). Once inside one of the many interactive locations, the 2D world of the Simpsons is exactly recreated. Thumb through Homer and Marge’s Yearbook, search in Bart’s closet, or under his bed…if you dare. There is nothing you can t virtually do in Springfield, and each time through promises to be a unique experience. The trip to VIRTUAL SPRINGFIELD begins in stores late 1996 for Windows `95 and Power Mac CD-ROMs.

X-FILES — Trust no one as you help FBI agents Mulder and Scully solve the yet unexplained mysteries of the “X-FILES.” Fox Interactive developers are working with Chris Carter, the show’s creator, to bring the look and feel of the show onto an original, interactive CD-ROM.

The X-FILES is the next generation of character interactivity, showcasing VirtualCinema, a full-screen interactive video process which tracks characters and their actions to an unprecedented degree, immersing you in the action. Full-motion video, shot exclusively for this title, allows you to search through files, access Mulder and Scully’s computer database, examine clues and evidence, interview witnesses and interact with characters from the show. The X-FILES will unfold in stores in 1997 for Windows 95 CD-ROM and Macintosh CD-ROM.

ALIENS VS. PREDATOR — Survival of the fittest reigns supreme when all hell, and a host of deadly new Alien breeds, breaks loose on Varicella 413, a frozen planet at the farthest point in the galaxy. This icy planet is headquarters to the Biological Warfare Research Establishment Pandora where scientists are experimenting with the most dangerous biological weapon of all time — the Alien. When rival interests sabotage the base, Pandora s box of beasts is open, and Varicella 413 has become a slaughterhouse filled with experimental alien breeds, including the Alien s arch-foe, the Predator. Whether playing as an Alien drone defending your hive, a deadly Predator on the prowl or an armed-to-the-teeth Colonial Marine trying to defend the base against alien cyborgs, your objective is to fight to the bloody finish.

ALIENS VS. PREDATOR is rendered in breathtaking high-resolution 3D graphics and utilizes realistic, bone-chilling sound to deliver in your face first-person action. ALIENS VS. PREDATOR lashes out in stores in Spring 1997 for Sony PlayStation, Sega Saturn and Windows 95 CD-ROM.

THE TICK — Inspired by the popular comic book, THE TICK is a wildly comedic action-adventure game that takes conventional ideas about superhero gameplay, chops them up, shakes them into a blender full of absurdity and slapstick and serves them up as a game unlike any other — breaking the conventional boundaries of action videogame-play, and reality itself, in the process. The Tick s mission is to find and stop the Super Villain who has been poisoning the City s precious candy supply.

Whether fighting the Million-Zillion Ninjas in the City to battling an army of rampaging cornstalks animated by the insidious El Seed in the countryside, the Tick is a superhero like no other, braving danger in a game where even the boundaries of the play area can be shattered, and death results not from battle, but rather from the Tick s level of boredom. THE TICK will change your mind about gameplay action, or he ll leave you with a watermelon over your head. THE TICK for Sony Playstation and Sega Saturn will leap onto retail shelves in late 1996.

Fox Interactive, an operating unit of Fox Filmed Entertainment, a News Corporation Company, is committed to developing bold and engaging interactive entertainment. Drawing from the hottest properties that Fox Filmed Entertainment, Fox Television and other News Corporation companies have to offer, Fox Interactive creates truly interactive products that capture the excitement of proven entertainment.
Check out Fox Interactive at www.foxinteractive.com.

THE GOAL IS UTTER GLOBAL ANNIHILATION

LOS ANGELES — May 16, 1996 — You are the Earth’s last hope… Strapping yourself in the seat of a jet fighter, you are a fearless pilot, leading a battle to stop the madness of an Alien invasion force, starting its final attack on Earth. Inspired by the feature film premiering July ’96, Fox Interactive delivers the thrill-packed action and adventure of INDEPENDENCE DAY on Sony PlayStation, Sega Saturn and Windows ® 95 CD-ROM.

In your race to save the world from an armada of Aliens set to wipe out civilization, make your way through fully-rendered 3-D environments in this flight-and-fight quest to destroy the Aliens’ Mothership. Build an armed fleet comprised of mankind’s greatest fighter jets — from FA-18’s to the Soviet MiG-31. One by one, blast each of the giant spacecraft ready to obliterate major world centers as the onslaught intensifies and cities begin to fry, and the fate of the Earth falls in your hands.

“INDEPENDENCE DAY is a unique blend of gameplay incorporating the maneuverability of a great flight simulator with the exciting action of head-to-head air combat over recognizable city scapes,” said Jon Richmond, president, Fox Interactive. “Hard-core gamers will find its fast-paced visual action, uncomplicated controls and hyper-realistic plane maneuverability irresistible.”

Your mission, as the fighter pilot — stop the aliens, NOW! First you must battle Alien attack fighters on your own quest to reach the City Destroyers which are deployed by the massive Alien Mothership in Earth’s orbit. From Washington, D.C. to Moscow, and from Cape Canaveral to a Russian Submarine Base at Nakhoda, the City Destroyers position themselves on top of more than a dozen cities or bases, waiting for orders from the Mothership to decimate their most sought-after targets.

The invading Alien force has its own assortment of spacecraft and weaponry in their fight to take over Earth, including a number of vehicles that don’t use flight as a primary mode of travel — another fatal weapon the player must avoid.

A detailed on-screen display which includes radar, speed, score and missile count gives you important information needed to carry out each mission. As Aliens draw closer, you search for the one vulnerable target which will destroy the Mothership — and when you find it, you better be ready!

INDEPENDENCE DAY from Fox Interactive invades retail shelves in late 1996 for Sony PlayStation, Sega Saturn and Windows ® 95 CD-ROM.

Fox Interactive, an operating unit of Fox Filmed Entertainment, a News Corporation Company, is committed to developing bold and engaging interactive entertainment. Drawing from the hottest properties that Fox Filmed Entertainment, Fox Television and other News Corporation companies have to offer, Fox Interactive creates truly interactive products that capture the excitement of proven entertainment. Check out Fox Interactive at www.foxinteractive.com.

FOX INTERACTIVE COMBINES THREE EXPLOSIVE ADVENTURES IN ONE EXCITING GAME WITH DIE HARD TRILOGY
— Video Game Critics and Hardcore Gamers Are Blown Away —
LOS ANGELES, May 16, 1996 — Critics and gamers around the world are raving about Fox Interactive’s DIE HARD TRILOGY, the most explosive game ever to blast off a video screen. Experts agree that one game is never enough and this blockbuster — which packs three distinctly different adventures on one amazing disc — is THE must-have action-adventure game for 1996.
DIE HARD GAME FAN — “The visual effects are insane…”
EGM — “All the mayhem and action you’ve come to expect… excellent attention to detail.”

GAME INFORMER — “Fox Interactive has done the impossible …everything you want is here.”

VIDEO GAMES — 10 out of 10 rating. “So amazing that every PlayStation owner on God’s Earth will undoubtedly buy it.”

You’re at the center of three totally different, thrill-packed adventures playing John McClane (a cop with a habit of being barefoot in the wrong place at the wrong time) as he takes on a highly trained team of international terrorists. It’s non-stop action with any adventure you choose, each delivering amazing depth, palm-sweating realism and detail packed into 40 levels. First, put your search and destroy skills to work as you fight and shoot your way through a high-rise wired to explode in DIE HARD. Then, use your best marksmanship to gun down terrorists in a besieged airport in DIE HARDER. And in DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE, drive above, below and through a crowded city besieged with hidden bombs in a race that challenges your most “offensive” driving skills.
For even more true-to-life action, gamers can use next-generation targeting peripherals and steering wheels to make the DIE HARD experience complete.

“Early indicators show that DIE HARD TRILOGY will be this season’s hottest title. Editorial coverage and reviews have been overwhelmingly positive and retailer response has been very enthusiastic,” said Jon Richmond, president, Fox Interactive. “We’ve also received incredible industry support from Sega and Sony, who are as excited about this title as we are.”

DIE HARD
The first adventure — DIE HARD — puts you inside Nakatomi Plaza, a Los Angeles skyscraper on the brink of obliteration, for an intense search and rescue mission. The battle begins down in the parking garage as you make your way up, floor-by-floor, to the penthouse through more than a dozen distinctive game play levels — searching hallways, office suites, even a grand ballroom. Throughout your quest, you discover hidden bombs and collect grenades and machine guns to build your arsenal of weapons.

With the clock ticking away, a directional sight helps you spot evil gunmen while you locate the hostages, who are bound and gagged throughout the high-rise. An over-the-shoulder perspective puts you right where the action is while an exclusive “obstacle fade-out” feature ensures that John McClane is never blocked from your view as he moves past walls, posts or doors. Will innocent lives be saved or will bodies be blown to oblivion as Nakatomi Plaza is wired to explode. It’s up to you to keep Los Angeles real estate from literally blowing sky high.

DIE HARDER
The second adventure takes you inside Washington/Dulles Airport for a fast moving, first-person perspective, arcade-style action shooter using motion capture technology and incredible real time special effects. There’s no time to check in your bags as danger comes at you from every angle in a detailed airport terminal overrun by armed terrorists. You’ll earn points faster than frequent flyer miles as you obliterate enemies all over the concourse, in the baggage claim area and even in the Duty Free Shop.

The chase continues outside on the icy runway and the surrounding Virginia countryside in high-speed snowmobiles. Avoid traps and the enemy because if you get in the line of fire, your vision will “literally blur” as the screen momentarily loses focus. The action comes to a climax with a high speed helicopter pursuit. Can you save the airport with rapid-fire speed or will this be a first-class ticket to one-way annihilation?

DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE
Third time’s a charm in DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE, a high-speed urban driving adventure. Get in, sit down, buckle up and hang on as you slam on the accelerator in a race against the clock. Zoom through the crowded streets and even down into the subway tunnels of New York City. A gang of terrorists has now stashed bombs throughout Manhattan and it’s your job to diffuse them. Seek out more than 15 different vehicles (ranging from a Yugo to a garbage truck to an Italian sports car) to burn rubber and send pigeons flying. Blaze through accurately texture-mapped and fully rendered streets and passageways of Chinatown, Wall Street, Harlem — even Central Park. Changing stop lights, gridlocked traffic, double-parked vans, NYPD squad cars and the crowds of pedestrians won’t stop you in your quest to find the hidden bombs before they vaporize Manhattan. A locator device helps direct you toward the stashed detonators. Do you have the skill to find them all?

Fox Interactive’s DIE HARD TRILOGY for Sony PlayStation is set to blast off retail shelves in August 1996, with the Sega Saturn and Windows 95 CD-ROM versions set to detonate in September. All versions carry an estimated shelf price of $54.98.

Fox Interactive, an operating unit of Fox Filmed Entertainment, a News Corporation Company, is committed to developing bold and engaging interactive entertainment. Drawing from the hottest properties that Fox Filmed Entertainment, Fox Television and other News Corporation companies have to offer, Fox Interactive creates truly interactive products that capture the excitement of proven entertainment. Check out Fox Interactive at www.foxinteractive.com.

FOX INTERACTIVE’S DIE HARD TRILOGY SHIPS OVERY 125,000 UNITS FOR PLAYSTATION ON SEPT. 18
Nearly a Half Dozen Peripherals Poised to “Plug and Play”
LOS ANGELES — Sept. 16, 1996 — Fox Interactive’s three-in-one blowout experience DIE HARD TRILOGY will hit approximately 10,000 retail locations nationwide simultaneously on Sept. 18. More than 125,000 units of the PlayStation version of DIE HARD TRILOGY are being shipped initially, which will be compatible with nearly a half dozen different video game peripherals. Inspired by Twentieth Century Fox’s hit Die Hard movies, DIE HARD TRILOGY is the first “next generation” video game title to offer three original and different games on one disc. DIE HARD TRILOGY is rated M (Ages 17+) and will carry a suggested retail price of $54.98.
“We know the anticipation has been building in the wake of unprecedented positive reviews. The PSX version is here,” said Jon Richmond, president, Fox Interactive. “When garners load in DIE HARD TRILOGY, they’re getting three totally different games — each one an amazing adventure on its own. Even better is the fact that there are some incredible peripherals available to make the Die Hard experience even more captivating.”

Peripherals currently ready to “plug and play” for DIE HARD TRILOGY include Konami’s “Enforcer,” Namco’s “Negkan,” Mad Katz’ “Steering Wheel,” Nyko’s “Cobra Gun” and the PlayStation mouse. Additional DIE HARD TRILOGY- compatible peripherals are currently under development by additional manufacturers.

Richmond added that the Sega Saturn and Windows ® 95 versions of DIE HARD TRILOGY will be available for holiday shoppers, with an equally-impressive selection of peripherals.

Fox Interactive, an operating unit of Fox Filmed Entertainment, a News Corporation Company, is committed to developing bold and engaging interactive entertainment. Drawing from the hottest properties that Fox Filmed Entertainment, Fox Television and other News Corporation companies have to offer, Fox Interactive creates truly interactive products that capture the excitement of proven entertainment.

Check out Fox Interactive at www.foxinteractive.corn.

ID4: The Video Game Lets You Save The World —

LOS ANGELES, October 25, 1996 — You are the Earth’s last hope… Strapping yourself into the seat of a jet fighter, you are a fearless pilot, leading a battle to stop the madness of an Alien invasion force, starting its final attack on Earth. Inspired by the feature film, Fox Interactive is creating a flight-and-fight arcade experience of INDEPENDENCE DAY for Sony PlayStation, Sega Saturn and Windows ® 95 CD-ROM.
In your race to save the world from an armada of Aliens set to wipe out civilization, city-by-city, Earth’s deadliest menace is waiting to attack. Make your way through real time 3-D environments in the quest to destroy the Alien’s Mothership. Then, build an armed fleet comprised of mankind’s greatest fighter jets — from FA-18’s, to EF 2000’s and Soviet MiG-31’s — to battle head-to-head with the Aliens. One by one, blast each of the giant spacecraft ready to obliterate London, New York, Tokyo, Moscow and other world centers. The onslaught intensifies as cities begin to fry and the fate of the Earth falls in your hands. The Independence Day video game lets players experience the action of this blockbuster movie first-hand, said Jon Richmond, president, Fox Interactive. In your quest to save Earth, you have the option of engaging in solo mission dog-fights with the Aliens or going head-to-head with another gamer on the same machine with a split screen or network gameplay.

The script for Independence Day the movie reads almost like a video game with multiple levels of non-stop action, said Dean Devlin, the film’s producer and writer. The game is faithful to the movie, letting players fight even more battles while providing the opportunity to experience the adventure first hand by becoming a character in the film.

Your mission, as the fighter pilot: stop the Aliens, NOW! First you must battle Alien attack fighters on your own quest to reach the City Destroyers which are deployed by the massive Alien Mothership in Earth’s orbit. From Washington, D.C. to Moscow, and from Cape Canaveral to a Russian Submarine Base at Nakhoda, the City Destroyers position themselves on top of more than a dozen cities or bases, waiting for orders from the Mothership to decimate their most sought-after targets. In order to defeat the City Destroyers, you must attack their underside which is blocked by a defensive force field while you are also battling off the waves of Alien fighters and ground based weapons. In addition, gamers must complete a special mission within each level before they can move on to destroy the mothership.

For a spectacular conclusion boarding the captured Alien fighter, you fly inside the massive and threatening Mothership. As Alien troops appear, you search for the vulnerable target which will destroy the Mothership — and when you find it, fire! INDEPENDENCE DAY from Fox Interactive invades retail shelves in early 1997 for Sony PlayStation, Sega Saturn and Windows ® 95 CD-ROM.

Fox Interactive, an operating unit of Fox Filmed Entertainment, a News Corporation Company, is committed to developing bold and engaging interactive entertainment. Drawing from the hottest properties that Fox Filmed Entertainment, Fox Television and other News Corporation companies have to offer, Fox Interactive creates truly interactive products that capture the excitement of proven entertainment. Check out Fox Interactive at www.foxinteractive.com.

Fox’s Three-in-One Sensation Now Pushes Sega Saturn and Windows 95 to Amazing New Heights —
LOS ANGELES — (Jan. 17, 1997) — The wait is over for Sega and Windows 95 CD-ROM gamers as Fox Interactive unleashes the breakthrough DIE HARD TRILOGY gaming experience for Sega Saturn and Windows 95 CD-ROM on Jan. 21. In just three months, DIE HARD TRILOGY for PlayStation has shipped more than 500,000 units worldwide and is being touted by gamers and critics as one of the greatest movie-inspired video games of all time — topping charts everywhere. Now DIE HARD TRILOGY pushes Sega Saturn and Windows 95 to the outer limits of gaming excitement.
“The breakthrough success of DIE HARD TRILOGY for PlayStation has set the stage for Sega Saturn and Windows 95 fans, who can now experience all of its action and intensity,” said Jon Richmond, president, Fox Interactive. “With three games in one, DIE HARD TRILOGY combines the best of the shooter, search and destroy and driving genres that are so popular with hardcore gamers.”

In DIE HARD TRILOGY, fans experience three totally different, thrill-packed games playing John McClane (a cop with a habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time) as he takes on a highly trained team of international terrorists. Each adventure delivers amazing depth, palm-sweating realism and detail packed into 48 levels.

First, put your search and destroy skills to work as you fight and shoot your way through a high-rise wired to explode in DIE HARD. The battle begins down in the parking garage as you make your way up, floor-by-floor, searching hallways, office suites, even a grand ballroom to save hostages, discover hidden bombs and build your arsenal of weapons.

Then, use your best marksmanship to gun down bad guys who’ve taken over Dulles Airport in DIE HARDER. There’s no time to check in your bags as danger comes at you from every angle inside the highly detailed terminal, out on the airport runway and even in the Virginia countryside, where armed terrorists wait in ambush.

In DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE, drive above, below and through crowded New York City streets filled with hidden bombs. Get in, sit down, buckle up and hang on as you slam on the accelerator in a race against the clock that challenges your most “offensive” driving skills with 10 different vehicles.

DIE HARD TRILOGY is the first Sega Saturn title to pack three distinct adventures on one amazing disc — bringing new dimensions of action and entertainment to Sega’s next generation video game system. All of DIE HARD TRILOGY’s key elements are available in both the Saturn and Windows 95 versions, including the title’s signature “obstacle fade out” technology, in its first-ever appearance on Saturn and Windows 95.

This unique programming dissolves obstacles such as walls, posts and corners in real time to ensure continuous action and an unobstructed view of your character, John McClane. In another Saturn breakthrough, two of its exclusive peripherals, the Stunner and Arcade Racer, can be played on a single title — for the maximum “Die Hard” experience.

Rated M for gamers ages 17+, Fox Interactive’s DIE HARD TRILOGY is set to invade Sega Saturn and Windows 95 CD-ROM on Jan. 21, 1997 at an estimated shelf price of $54.98.

Fox Interactive, an operating unit of Fox Filmed Entertainment, a News Corporation Company, is committed to developing bold and engaging interactive entertainment. Drawing from the hottest properties that Fox Filmed Entertainment, Fox Television and other News Corporation companies have to offer, Fox Interactive creates truly interactive products that capture the excitement of proven entertainment. Check out Fox Interactive at www.foxinteractive.com.

Feb. 10, 1997 — Riding the wave of a very successful fourth quarter, Fox Interactive, in continuing its mission to create compelling and popular interactive entertainment, has signed three new product development deals in January with many of the top multimedia developers in the industry.
“Every title we create is unique, therefore we seek out development teams with the individual skills and creative talents best suited for each particular property,” explains Jon Richmond, president, Fox Interactive. “This approach gives us the freedom and flexibility to work with innovative and cutting-edge developers from all over the world and bring the best possible products to the marketplace.”

Adding to its current slate of projects already in various stages of production, Fox Interactive has begun development of three new titles:

Title: ALIEN RESURRECTION
Platform: PlayStation, Saturn and Windows795 CD-ROM
Developer: ARGONAUT SOFTWARE — Based in London, Argonaut Software Ltd. has gained a reputation as one of Europe’s leading developers and a pioneer in state-of-the-art hardware technology. Argonaut is responsible for developing leading-edge entertainment software for next generation video gaming platforms.

Title: X-FILES DATA FILES
Platform: Windows and Macintosh CD-ROM
Developer: BYRON PREISS MULTIMEDIA — Founded in New York in 1992 Byron Preiss Multimedia Company, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDRM), develops and publishes award winning multimedia software, online services, broadcast content and books for the consumer education market. Simon & Schuster, the publishing operation of Viacom, acquired 20 per cent equity interest in Byron Preiss Multimedia Company, Inc., in March 1995.

Title: ANASTASIA
Platform: Windows and Macintosh CD-ROM
Developer: MOTION WORKS GROUP LTD. — Headquartered in Vancouver, B.C., Motion Works is an international digital technology company that designs, creates and produces digital multimedia on CD-ROM, web sites, TV, film, DVD print and audio media as well as special effects and post production for film and television.

Motion Works is a publicly held company listed on the Senior Board of the Vancouver Stock Exchange (symbol:MW) and the OTC Electronic Bulletin Board in the U.S. (symbol:MWKGF), market maker – Troster, Singer & Rosthchild.

Fox Interactive, an operating unit of Fox Filmed Entertainment, a News Corporation Company, is committed to developing bold and engaging interactive entertainment. Drawing from the hottest properties that Fox Filmed Entertainment, Fox Television and other News Corporation companies have to offer, Fox Interactive creates truly interactive products that capture the excitement of proven entertainment. Check out Fox Interactive at www.foxinteractive.com.

LOS ANGELES — Feb. 18, 1997 — Inspired by the #1 film and video of 1996 and destined to chart new territories for film-inspired interactive games, INDEPENDENCE DAY: THE GAME (°ID4¢) will simultaneously invade retail outlets across North America for PlayStation, Saturn and Windows® 95 CD-ROM on March 11 from Fox Interactive. Heralding this arrival will be one of the industry¢s largest and most comprehensive marketing campaigns ever for a single title, which includes multiple partners, consumer savings of up to $40 and a dedicated, multi-million dollar media campaign. Suggested retail price for PlayStation and Sega is $54.98, Windows® 95 CD-ROM is $49.98. All marketing and sales for Fox Interactive products is handled by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.
Hot off its phenomenal success with the multi-platform DieHard Trilogy game, Fox Interactive delivers a gaming experience for everyone. Rated K-A for all ages, ID4 is an arcade-style flying adventure that brings home all the fast-paced action and emotion of the blockbuster film, which puts the player in the ultimate race to save the world from an armada of Aliens set to wipe out civilization. Given the widespread appeal of ID4, this unprecedented slate of marketing muscle, which will deliver more than 350 million target audience impressions, will extend beyond the hardcore gamers and well into the mainstream audience, similar to the theatrical and video marketing campaigns.

“We’ve got a terrific immersive gaming experience based on the kind of incredible property that game developers dream about and retailers are clamoring for,” noted Jon Richmond, President of Fox Interactive. “Accordingly, we’ve built one of the most comprehensive marketing campaigns — with six partners and millions of dollars — that this industry has ever seen for a single game release. Together, we intend to be a major force in the marketplace with ID4.”

To excite consumers to get ready to “kick some alien butt,” outlined below are some specifics of the monstrous campaign that has been built for the ID4 launch. In addition to the activities listed below, both Sega and Sony are mounting programs in support of their individual platforms including special trailers at in-store PlayStation kiosks and sampler discs bundled with Saturn units.

MARKETING AND PROMOTIONS:

Trailers: In a perfect blend of synergy and target-audience marketing, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment placed a compelling, 20-second feature film-style trailer for the ID4 game at the beginning of the INDEPENDENCE DAY home video, the best-selling video of 1996, which has shipped nearly 22 million copies to date. The trailer can also be seen on the recent sell-through video release of BROKEN ARROW, which recently shipped more than 1 million copies and the Widescreen Series edition of INDEPENDENCE DAY in March.

Dedicated Advertising: With a multi-million dollar budget, beginning in February, full-color print ads will run in national video trade and consumer gaming enthusiast publications including EGM, PC GAMER and GAMEPRO; national cable and top local market spot TV ads will begin in March on MTV, FOX SPORTS NET, among many other outlets; on the Internet, banner ads and contests will promote ID4 on popular video game sites such as GAMESPOT and HAPPY PUPPY.

Up to $40 in savings: Consumers who purchase any version of ID4 will find a 10-page coupon booklet packed inside — with offers of up to $40 in consumer saving and other special offers. Included in the $40 savings are the following partners and promotions:

Orbitz Beverage: Clearly Canadian’s new Orbitz* Beverage will offer a $10 mail-in rebate with the purchase of the ID4 game and ten bottles of Orbitz* (at 60,000 U.S. retail outlets from March 11 through May 15). More than 4 million custom-designed ID4 bottleneck tags and 2.4 million ID4 Orbitz* bottle caps will provide details on the mail-in rebate. Orbitz* will also support the promotion with in-store signage including static clings, cooler decals and mini-posters. Cross promotions will also run online through the www.foxinteractive.com and www.orbitz.com. websites.
Samsung: Consumers can receive a $25 mail-in rebate from Samsung with the purchase of ID4 and the new GXTV (est. SRP $299), a color television/monitor designed especially for video games. Gamers everywhere will be able to preview ID4 on special interactive GXTV kiosks, on display at more than 70 Electronics Boutiques and over 200 FunCo¢s from late February through March. Coupons for ID4 “Premium Packs” will also be inserted in GXTV boxes, offering limited-edition ID4 T-shirts, hats and Strategy Guides.

Twentieth Century Fox Pay Television: Fox has also joined forces with sister company TCF Pay TV and more than 2,500 local cable operators and satellite systems for a special offer in conjunction with the March 1 Pay-Per-View premiere of the INDEPENDENCE DAY film. Cable subscribers who order the film on pay-per-view and purchase the ID4 video game are eligible for a $10 mail-in rebate and can receive three collectors’ series INDEPENDENCE DAY posters. Local and regional media support includes direct mail pieces, cross-channel cable spots, cable guide ads and radio spots and promotions that should reach 35 million households in key cable markets beginning in early February.

Planet Hollywood: As part of the Pay-Per-View Promotion, an in-store sweepstakes with 27 Planet Hollywood locations will run in March and April, including premium item giveaways and Sega Saturn interactive kiosks featuring the game. This promotion will be supported with radio advertising and promotions as well as custom table tent cards in all Planet Hollywood restaurants.

Strategy Guide and Game Discounts: To make the invasion complete, cross-sell for the upcoming ID4 Strategy Guide from Metropolis Publishing and a coupon for $5 off Fox Interactive’s three-in-one smash DIE HARD TRILOGY game will also be included with each game.

On-Line Campaigns: Visitors to www.foxinteractive.com will soon be able to download screen shots, audio files and full-motion video from the game. Exclusive contests will offer gamers the chance to win copies of the game, ID4 T-shirts, caps and more. Special previews and sneak peaks will also take place at the site. In addition, all Club Fox members with registered email addresses will also receive a special email postcard containing information about the ID4 game and the rebates and promotions.

Fox Interactive, an operating unit of Fox Filmed Entertainment, a News Corporation Company, is committed to developing bold and engaging interactive entertainment. Drawing from the hottest properties that Fox Filmed Entertainment, Fox Television and other News Corporation companies have to offer, Fox Interactive creates truly interactive products that capture the excitement of proven entertainment. All marketing, sales and distribution of Fox Interactive products are handled by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.

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FOX INTERACTIVE ROCKS E3 CROC

The X-Files: Unrestricted Access, The Simpsons: Virtual Springfield, Anastasia: Adventures with Pooka and Bartok and Aliens vs. Predator Unleashed at E3 ’97

LOS ANGELES, June 12, 1997 — On the trail of such huge hits as Die Hard Trilogy — named “Action Game of the Year” by Electronic Gaming Monthly and shipping more than 800,000 units worldwide, and Independence Day: The Game, described by Knight-Ridder Syndicate as a “seat of your pants” flying experience, Fox Interactive will unleash five new titles at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), in Atlanta on June 19 -21; four inspired by some of the world’s hottest entertainment properties and, for the first time, a totally original 3D adventure featuring an all new character.
The industry is already buzzing, and Fox Interactive will whet fans’ and gamers’ appetites with sneak peeks into: CROC, a new original character in an amazing, free-roaming 3D platform game; The X-Files: Unrestricted Access, an in-depth interactive investigation into everything X-Files; The Simpsons: Virtual Springfield, a wacky, yet deep exploration of TV’s funniest hometown that’s got everyone having a cow; Anastasia: Adventures with Pooka and Bartok, a CD-ROM adventure based on the upcoming full length animated feature from Twentieth Century Fox; and Aliens vs. Predator, a tasty, hard-core 3D action game.

“Our line-up is powered by Fox franchises that are a perfect match for the interactive medium, from great characters that form the basis of Aliens vs. Predator to the deep mysteries which are addictive to X-Files fans to the ageless and widespread appeal of animated properties like The Simpsons and Anastasia,” said Jon Richmond, president of Fox Interactive. “Our success in the marketplace, unparalleled among studios, has enabled us to venture into original character development for the first time, further strengthening our position as a real contender in the games business.”

CROC
CROC features an all-new character in a completely original free-roaming 3D adventure. Help CROC, the crusading crocodile on a mission to rescue his Gobbo Islander friends from the grasp of the evil magician Baron Dante. Leap from adventure to adventure as CROC jumps, waddles, climbs, runs and swims through a wide variety of graphically lush and ever-dangerous environments, hunting for powerful crystals and pieces to the puzzle that will break the spell and release the Gobbos. But don’t let his good looks fool you, CROC’s slick maneuvers leave villains eating dust through more than 50 richly detailed levels. PSX Power Preview says “CROC’s breakthrough graphics and animation are to put it bluntly, stunning,” and Saturn World calls it “a very impressive game.” ESRB rating: pending; CROC will rock retailers on PlayStation, Saturn, Windows® 95 in Q3/Q4 1997.

THE X-FILES: UNRESTRICTED ACCESS
You’ve hacked into a highly classified secret government website giving you unrestricted access to the X-Files. Browse through case files, character dossiers, evidence records and other top secret materials. Tap into live video and audio surveillance. Already the talk of virtually every underground X-Files chat room and Usenet group on the Internet, “Unrestricted Access” takes fans further inside the intrigue and mystery than they’ve ever imagined possible. The investigation begins on Windows and Mac CD-ROM Q3 1997. ESRB rating: pending.

THE SIMPSONS: VIRTUAL SPRINGFIELD
Welcome to Springfield, home of Moe’s Tavern, Krustylu Studios, and oh yes, The Simpsons. Run amok with your favorite characters in a hilarious 3D re-creation of their town, featuring animation, sound effects along with the actual voices from the cast of the show. Launch water balloons from Bart’s Tree House, play games like “Larry the Looter,” and “Super Slugfest” at the Noiseland Arcade, lob Gummy Bears at unsuspecting moviegoers in the Aztec Theater, or take a donut break at the Nuclear Power Plant. Navigate your way through 50 interactive locations, hundreds of action sequences, voice loops, and more than 35,000 frames of all new original animation created especially for this product. You’ll discover new surprises every time you visit ESRB rating pending, The Simpsons: Virtual Springfield will give fans the key to the city in Q3 1997 for Windows® 95 and Power Macintosh CD-ROM.

ANASTASIA: ADVENTURES WITH POOKA AND BARTOK
Journey inside a graphic adventure based on Twentieth Century Fox’s upcoming animated feature film. Travel with Anastasia and Pooka, her loyal puppy, from St. Petersburg to Paris to prove Anastasia’s true royal identity. By collecting clues and solving puzzles, you must help Anastasia meet her grandmother, the Dowager Empress, before the evil Rasputin foils her plans. Every visit to Anastasia’s world brings new surprises and unpredictable interaction for hours of fun and excellent replayability. Richly animated graphics and backgrounds bring to life the intrigue and regal splendor of days past in this magical, activity-filled adventure of grand proportions. ESRB rating: pending; Anastasia: Adventures with Pooka and Bartok will be granted the throne on Windows® 95 and Macintosh CD-ROM in Q4 1997.

ALIENS VS. PREDATOR
Players will experience terror in three completely new ways. Prepare for the ultimate battle on a hostile planet in the far reaches of outer space. Heart pounding action takes you deep into a biological warfare research lab infested with the deadliest creatures in the galaxy. Prowl the subterranean corridors as the Alien, Predator, or Colonial Marine. Whether you play as man or monster, you’ll need all your skill and instinct to survive the most hard-core 3D action combat game of the year. ESRB rating: pending; Aliens vs. Predator will splatter retail shelves beginning Q1 1998 for PSX, Saturn and Windows® 95.

Recognized as an innovative global industry leader, Fox Interactive, an operating unit of Fox Filmed Entertainment, a News Corporation company, is committed to developing a full range of bold and engaging interactive entertainment. Fox Interactive products are distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.

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Hightail It to New Heights with Fox’s New Platform Game Hero!
LOS ANGELES, June 19, 1997 — Get ready for CROC, the snappy new star of Fox Interactive’s cool free-roaming 3D adventure, CROC: Legend of the Gobbos. Video game insiders are already raving about this completely original platform game with amazing next-generation graphics and animation that must be seen to be believed.
Developed by Argonaut Software for Fox Interactive, CROC is set to waddle onto store shelves this fall for PlayStation, Saturn and Windows® ’95.

Heralded by Next Generation magazine as a game “that has the potential to break open a market that has not yet fully been realized on Sony’s machine.” CROC is in direct contrast to the fighting and racing games flooding the video game market and offers a challenging adventure that appeals to a wide spectrum of gamers. Players guide CROC, a crusading crocodile, on a quest to rescue his Gobbo Islander friends from the grasp of Baron Dante, an evil magician.

Don’t let his good looks fool you, CROC’s jumps, climbs, swims, stomps, flips and other slick maneuvers will leave villains eating dust through more than 50 richly detailed levels encompassing over 200 gaming areas.

Other pubs raving about CROC include PSX Power Preview, which says the graphics are “to put it bluntly, stunning,” and Saturn World which calls it “a very impressive game.”

“As early previews are indicating, CROC: Legend of the Gobbos proves Fox has what it takes to create original characters,” said Jon Richmond, president of Fox Interactive. “We believe CROC will appeal to broad-based consumers in addition to traditional gamers of all ages.”

The game is driven by a robust 3D engine, enabling CROC to run, jump and swim almost anywhere. The animation is rendered using Gouraud shading textures and real-time lighting.

Navigating a fully 3D world, CROC can move in numerous ways to defeat his enemies and explore the islands. CROC swims, climbs, runs, jumps, stomps, flips, swings hand-over-hand, hangs on balloons and throws a mean tail whack. Each level challenges CROC to collect 50 crystals, six Gobbos and other various special pick-ups, which may temporarily freeze enemies or make CROC invincible. Additionally, each level contains special hidden rainbow crystals. If all rainbow crystals are collected, CROC frees his friends and gains access to special locked areas that offer added gameplay.

Challenging adversaries to save his gurgling little comrades, CROC waddles, with trusty backpack in tow, across four perilous islands. In the Forest, CROC encounters a treacherous land of collapsing bridges, killer bees, burrowing and popping worms, and a Fightin’ Ladybug, who challenges CROC to a ringside fight of size versus might. In the Ice land, CROC feels the chill as he slides and glides across ravines and slippery icebergs, trying to escape the ice cold clutches of Itsy The Ice Demon.

In the Desert, CROC feels the heat as he hightails it across a sandy land escaping the sizzle of the fireball-throwing Dantinis, bubbling mud pits and a spinning Cactus whose hands are loaded with shooting needles. On the Island of Baron Dante’s Castle, CROC is faced with a maze of torture towers which house ballistic Meg, Swipe Swifty, the sword-toting pirate, and Platform Pete, who sneakily overturns challenging spiked platforms in an effort to out-do the brave reptile.

ESRB rating is pending. CROC: Legend of the Gobbos will invigorate the PlayStation, Saturn and Windows® 95 market come fall of 1997.

Recognized as an innovative global industry leader, Fox Interactive, an operating unit of Fox Filmed Entertainment, a News Corporation company, is committed to developing a full range of bold and engaging interactive entertainment. Fox Interactive products are distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Check out Fox Interactive at www.foxinteractive.com.

TERROR GOES OUT OF THIS WORLD IN FOX INTERACTIVE’S ALIENS VS. PREDATOR
Feel the Fear Three Different Ways
ATLANTA, ELECTRONIC ENTERTAINMENT EXPO, Booth, #3723, June 19-21, 1997 — Extraterrestrial terror reigns supreme in Fox Interactive’s Aliens vs. Predator (AvP), a hard-core combat, arcade style action/adventure. AvP, a frightening, deep space quest featuring two of Twentieth Century Fox’s hottest sci-fi assets, is sure to shake up even the most courageous gamer, and is slated to splatter on retail shelves in first quarter, 1998 for PlayStation, Saturn and Windows® ’95.
“AvP gives players the opportunity to challenge or become sci-fi characters that have seared their way into the popular culture,” said Jon Richmond, president, Fox Interactive. “This is finally the opportunity to feel the fear and experience the ultimate in sci-fi terror in entirely different ways, with three distinctly different character roles.”

Combining story elements from the films Aliens and Predator, AvP invites you to choose between three different first-person perspectives: Alien, Predator or Colonial Marine. Your mission varies depending upon the role you choose, offering a completely diverse gaming experience, with different game objectives and accompanying weapons. Fueled by a new 3D engine, AvP also features multi-player capabilities enabling gamers to battle it out online as their favorite character.

AvP is a completely non-linear world, allowing you to revisit earlier levels, which is often necessary to progress through the plot. You have total freedom of movement (look up and down, jump and crouch) through a full physics modeling feature which enables different points of view, and allows objects like fragmentation grenades to bounce and spin around corners. Dynamic lighting adds to the spectacle of the game, immersing you in the atmosphere. For example, flares fired down a corridor progressively light up the walls as you move away from the flare.

AvP’s incredible 3D environment sets the stage for the chilling conflict that arises at the edge of the universe. Hell breaks loose on an outlying planet which is used by military and corporate interests for biological warfare research. Ferocious new weapons have been created by infecting animal hosts with alien embryos, spawning a cybernetically enhanced version of the Alien Xenomorph and the infection of a Predator by the same creature. When the research facility is sabotaged, the alien creatures escape and set off on a rampage of deadly destruction. The result is a furious, action-packed game which not only requires you to use strategy and brute force to kill the nemesis, but lets you become the “enemy” as well.

As the Alien, your mission is survival with the help of an arsenal of weapons that includes acid spit, your own very deadly tail and claws, and a top secret weapon that immediately upgrades you into a Xenoborg. Blink and it could be fatal. You can run with lightening speed, on walls and ceilings, move through air ducts and use unique vision and alien senses. As each level progresses, your strength multiplies until you ultimately becomes the most powerful and destructive player in the game.

In the role of the Predator, you begin armed only with wrist-blades and a shoulder cannon. Part of the crew of a captured scout ship, you were released by the sabotage of the base’s security system. You must find your weapons and the parts of the spaceship which have been removed for research, locate your crewmates and either rescue them or avenge their demise. Scanning prey with infrared vision, you rely on wrist blades, throwing disc, shoulder cannon, pistol and rifle to destroy everything and everyone in your path.

The Marine’s goal is to survive. Having just returned from a solo training mission, you have expended all of your resources and must scout out more ammunition and weapons in an attempt to make his way through the base. Your mission is to recover and secure the five Data Tapes containing Pandora Base’s research records and reveal your objectives, which include initiating the bases’ self destruct mechanism to prevent the Xenomorph infestation from spreading throughout space and fleeing the planet. In order to take on the treacherous onslaught of Aliens and the Predator, you are equipped with an image intensifier, motion tracker, armor, medical kits and display mapping. Your weapons include a pulse rifle (with grenades), auto-shotgun, smart gun (self targeting, 50 rounds a second and very useful for shooting Aliens on the ceiling), plasma gun, rocket launcher, flame thrower and a multi-ammo grenade launcher.

AvP will terrorize fans everywhere in first quarter of 1998. ESRB rating: pending

Recognized as an innovative global industry leader, Fox Interactive, an operating unit of Fox Filmed Entertainment, a News Corporation company, is committed to developing a full range of bold and engaging interactive entertainment. Fox Interactive products are distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Check out Fox Interactive at www.foxinteractive.com.

FOX INTERACTIVE UNLEASHES DEEP SPACE TERROR WITH ALIEN RESURRECTION:THE GAME
LOS ANGELES, CA (November 07, 1997) — Deep space terror reaches deep into the minds and reflexes of gamers as Fox Interactive warns of the coming of ALIEN RESURRECTION: THE GAME, a fast-paced, action-adventure based closely on the latest spine-chilling installment in Fox’s horrific Alien motion picture series.
Currently in development for Windows® 95 CD-ROM and PlayStation, ALIEN RESURRECTION will deliver diabolical amounts of firepower, horribly frightening Aliens and apocalyptic mayhem at levels of excitement and acid-dripping realism never before achieved. Blinding fast speed, captivating dialogue and mind-blowing sound effects sliced directly from the film will pull the player into the core of the action. In order to survive, both mind and muscle are needed to overcome the evil that awaits. When players delve inside this nightmare extra-terrestrial odyssey, they discover that all is not well aboard the military research vessel Auriga. All hell has broken loose, leaving a bloody aftermath of death and destruction. Inside the crippled spacecraft, the deranged Dr. Wren is one step away from escaping to Earth to continue his demonic cloning experiments — while swarms of Aliens close in on the ship’s few remaining survivors.

Face terror head on as one of five different playable characters. Then watch the fear unfold in heart-pounding third-person perspective with intelligent ‘smart camera’ viewpoint options. Think fast and fight even faster through 13 chilling levels of gameplay. But stay calm. You’ll need a clear head and a lightning fast trigger finger to fight off attacks from hordes of vicious Aliens using your diverse arsenal of high-powered weapons.

Fully destructible environments give you the ability to blast at anything and everything surrounding you in this race against the clock through the dark and foreboding corridors of the crumbling research vessel. With the help of ‘Father,’ the spacecraft’s omnipresent talking computer, you must complete specific tasks and individual missions assigned to each level to destroy Dr. Wren’s mutated human embryo experiments before the ship reaches Earth and the Aliens obliterate the human race.

Developed by British-based Argonaut Software, Ltd., ALIEN RESURRECTION: THE GAME will feature a fully polygonal 3D environment with intense action, awesome firepower and throngs of enemies. PC players will also be able to share the terror through a multi-player mode. ALIEN RESURRECTION: THE GAME will appear on retail shelves beginning Spring 1998 for Windows® 95 CD-ROM and PlayStation.

Recognized as an innovative industry leader, Fox Interactive, an operating unit of Fox Filmed Entertainment, a News Corporation company, is committed to developing a full range of bold and engaging interactive entertainment. Fox Interactive products are distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Check out Fox Interactive and FoxToons on the Internet at www.foxinteractive.com.

LOS ANGELES, CA (November 18, 1997) — The eyes of the video game industry are focused on Saturn today as the widely-circulated rumors about Croc sightings on Sega Saturn prove to be true. This week Fox Interactive releases the Saturn version of its critically-acclaimed, free-roaming 3D adventure game, CROC: THE LEGEND OF THE GOBBOS, to retail outlets nationwide. Croc for PlayStation — released last month — is already topping sales charts around the globe. Similar response is anticipated among Saturn gamers, with online previews and newsgroup postings already heralding Croc as the “must have” game of the season.
This completely original platform game features an all-new hero with amazing next-generation graphics and animation that must be seen to believed. Saturn gamers guide Croc, a crusading crocodile, on a quest to rescue his Gobbo Islander friends from the grasp of the evil Baron Dante. Croc jumps, climbs, stomps, flips and pulls other slick maneuvers to leave villains eating dust through more than 50 richly detail levels encompassing over 200 gaming areas.

“When we began creating Croc, we knew right away how incredible it was going to look and play on Saturn,” explains Jon Richmond, president, Fox Interactive. “Rather than just creating a port, we assigned a specific development team to produce the game and maximize Croc’s full potential on Saturn, which has paid off.”

“Sega Saturn gamers are going to be thrilled with Croc,” said Bernard Stollar, COO, Sega of America. “Fox Interactive has done a superb job in creating this great game for the Sega Saturn.”

Croc for Saturn is rated K-A for gamers of all ages. For the ultimate gaming experience, Croc is completely compatible with Sega Saturn’s analog controller.

Recognized as an innovative industry leader, Fox Interactive, an operating unit of Fox Filmed Entertainment, a News Corporation company, is committed to developing a full range of bold and engaging interactive entertainment. Fox Interactive products are distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Check out Fox Interactive and FoxToons on the Internet at www.foxinteractive.com.

FOX SPORTS AND FOX INTERACTIVE TEAM UP TO LAUNCH FOX SPORTS INTERACTIVE

New Venture To Extend Fox Sports Attitude and Brand To Interactive Products
LOS ANGELES, CA (December 15, 1997) — Leveraging one of America’s strongest and growing brands, two separate Fox divisions, FOX Sports, recognized as the premier and most innovative sports broadcaster in the United States, and FOX Interactive, a leader in worldwide game publishing, announced today that they are joining forces to create what is destined to be one of the most popular game franchises ever — FOX Sports Interactive. The new venture calls for Fox Interactive, in concert with Fox Sports, to create and market a comprehensive, multi-platform line of compelling interactive sports games for the North American market. The announcement was made today by Jon Richmond, president of FOX Interactive and Tracy Dolgin, executive vice president, FOX Sports and chief operating officer, FOX Sports Net.
Of the announcement, Dolgin noted, “This is a perfect way to extend the dominance of the FOX Sports brand. Since its creation, FOX Sports has become synonymous with fun, innovation and excitement, and now we can bring these powerful assets to bear on the lucrative video game market.”

“Having established Fox Interactive as a significant competitor in the video game arena, leveraging Fox studio properties as well as developing our own characters and game franchises, we’re eager to partner with Fox Sports to enter the sports video game market,” said Richmond. “FOX Sports has revitalized sports broadcasting in the U.S. FOX Interactive has proven itself time and again to deliver compelling games that have propelled it to the forefront of the highly competitive video gaming industry. The combination of that powerful branding with outstanding gameplay will produce the next generation of sports video games.”

FOX Sports Interactive will launch a line of products in 1998 including FOX Sports Hockey, FOX Sports Golf, FOX Sports Tennis and FOX Sports Soccer. The games will be available for multiple formats including SONY PlayStation and PC CD-ROM. The games will be supported by a number of major partners and endorsements, the first of which is the National Hockey League and the National Hockey League Players Association for the NHL on FOX interactive game to be released at the start of the 1998-99 Hockey season.

To support the launch of FOX Sports Interactive, Fox Interactive also announced a long term development agreement with Gremlin, a top British games developer known for its critically-acclaimed Actua Sports series of games.

Richmond added, “We intend to bring to gaming the same attitude that Fox brought to sports broadcasting and combine it with the outstanding gameplay that is synonymous with our key developer, Gremlin, one of the hottest sports games developers in the world.”

In the November issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly, a leading enthusiast publication, developer Gremlin was named as one of the “hottest” developers in the United Kingdom: “Gremlin is a company that deserves further observation. Gremlin could easily…propel a U.S. company into instant top 10 status.”

In its short two-year history, FOX Interactive has achieved unparalleled success with the launch of its first titles inspired by great FOX properties, ALIEN TRILOGY, DIE HARD TRILOGY and INDEPENDENCE DAY. Its first original property, CROC, is considered to be a best selling title for the crowded fourth quarter 1997 having already shipped nearly 700,000 units on PlayStation in its first two months of release.

“The launch of FOX Sports Interactive is a major step in the continued expansion of FOX Interactive. Spurred by our success over the last two years, the sports video game category, which represents a major portion of the total $5.5 billion video and computer game industry is an obvious extension for FOX Interactive. Our sister company, FOX Sports, is not only the recognized leader in sports programming but also a marketing powerhouse that will enable us to effectively compete in this highly-charged market,” concluded Richmond.

Recognized as an innovative global industry leader, Fox Interactive, an operating unit of Fox Filmed Entertainment, a News Corporation company, is committed to developing a full range of bold and engaging interactive entertainment. Fox Interactive products are distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Check out Fox Interactive at www.foxinteractive.com.

In only its fourth season, FOX Sports, through groundbreaking technology, state-of-the-art, trendsetting graphics and superior production quality, has quickly become recognized as the innovative leader in sports television broadcasting. Initially content with being as good as its sports broadcasting brethren, today FOX Sports’ philosophical approach, combined with its technical and marketing efforts, continues to push the industry forward. The network is also home to some of the industry’s top broadcasters led by baseball’s Tim McCarver, football’s John Madden, Terry Bradshaw and Howie Long, and hockey’s Mike Emrick and John Davidson.

FOX’s landmark agreement with the National Football League to broadcast its prestigious National Football Conference package through the 1997 98 season led to the birth of FOX Sports. In September 1994, the network added to its sports rights roster a five-year contract with the National Hockey League. FOX became a year-round sports broadcaster in November 1995 by adding five years of Major League Baseball broadcasts to its burgeoning broadcast schedule. The prestigious SKATE INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONS SERIES, showcasing the world’s finest male and female Olympic-caliber figure skaters, has been a FOX Sports staple for three years. Launched on November 1, 1996, FOX Sports Net is the United States telecasting arm of the worldwide sports alliance between News Corporation, the parent company of FOX Sports, Liberty Media, the parent company of Liberty Sports and Tele-Communications, Inc. FOX Sports Net consists of 10 owned-and-operated regional sports networks, along with numerous affiliated systems across the United States. The cable network will soon expand its reach to more than 58 million subscribers with the launch of five SportsChannel regional networks and other affiliated regional sports networks under the FOX Sports Net banner.