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Infogrames Races Into the Holidays With `Moto Racer World Tour'; Popular Motorcycle Racing Game Set for November Release.


Business Editors & High-Tech/Entertainment Writers

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 28, 2000

The thrills and spills of motorcycle racing motorcycle racing

Sport of running motorcycles on tracks, closed circuits, or natural terrain. The main types are (1) road racing, conducted on a course made up wholly or partly of public roads; (2) trials, conducted both on and off the highway; (3) speedway racing,
 crashes home for play on the Sony PlayStation Sony Playstation - Playstation (R) game console See video game console.  and PC as Infogrames readies Motor Cross World Tour for release this November.

Developed by Delphine Software, Moto Racer World Tour offers a wide variety of realistic motorcycle racing challenges on tracks across the globe.

"Moto Racer World Tour is one of the most well-known motorcycle game franchises ever introduced and an ideal game for the holidays," said Martin Currie, Director of Marketing for Infogrames. "What separates Moto Racer World Tour from other games is its unprecedented depth as it is the only game to include all six disciplines of motorcycle racing and should please even the most ardent fans."

Developed by Delphine, Moto Racer World Tour provides one of the most in-depth and feature-rich games available. In addition to advanced game physics and 3D graphics, Moto Racer World Tour features:
-- Six Types of Racing -- such as Speed Racing, Supercross and Motocross, Time
Trials, Dragster, Freestyle and Traffic;

-- Five Different Modes of Play -- including Practice, Single Race, Time
Attack, Arcade Mode, Championship Mode;

-- Customized Motorcycles -- players can customize their bike's engine,
suspension and transmission;

-- Force Feedback Control -- provides players with controller feedback so they
can feel all the jolts and jumps.

-- Replay Mode -- gives players the ability to watch their entire race from
start to finish.


Moto Racer World Tour for the PlayStation game console is shipping in November for a suggested retail price of $49.95, while the PC version is expected to ship in the spring. Additional information can be found on the World Wide Web at www.us.infogrames.com.

About Infogrames

Infogrames Entertainment SA (Paris Bourse Paris Bourse

National stock market of France.
: SICOVAM SICOVAM Société Interprofessionelle pour la Compensation des Valeurs Mobilières  5257) is a worldwide leader in the interactive entertainment software industry. Headquartered in France, the company develops and publishes award-winning computer and video games This article is about the British magazine covering computer and video games. For the American magazine, see Computer Games Magazine.

Computer And Video Games (CVG
 for the PlayStation(R) game console, PlayStation(R) 2 computer entertainment system, Nintendo(R) 64, Nintendo(R) Game Boy(R) Color, Sega(R) Dreamcast(tm), Macintosh(R), and personal computer platforms. Founded in 1983 by chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  Bruno Bonnell, Infogrames has published many award-winning franchises in its 17-year history, such as Alone In The Dark(tm), Test Drive(R), Driver(tm), Deer Hunter(tm), Oddworld(tm), Unreal, Independence War(tm), and V-Rally(tm). The company is also known for its best-selling and award-winning line of children's entertainment software from Humongous Entertainment starring Putt-Putt(R), Freddi Fish(tm), Pajama Sam(R) and SPY Fox(tm), as well as its successful Macintosh publishing label, MacSoft, the number one publisher of Macintosh entertainment software. In addition, Infogrames has a number of key strategic licenses including Warner Bros BROS Brothers
BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington)
BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) 
. Looney Tunes(tm), Nickelodeon's Blue's Clues(tm), Le Mans 24 Hours(R), AM General Hummer(R), Harley-Davidson(R), and Dodge(R) Viper.

Based in New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
, Infogrames Inc. (Nasdaq:GTIS GTIS Government Telecommunications and Informatics Services (Canada)
GTIS Global Trade Information Services
GTIS GOES Tap Imaging System
GTIS Government Technical Information Services (Canada) 
) is a majority owned subsidiary of Infogrames Entertainment and serves as the headquarters for the company's operations in North America. For more information, visit Infogrames' US Web site at www.us.infogrames.com.

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