Rockstar Games Ships Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne for the PlayStation 2.Entertainment Editors/Business EditorsNEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 3, 2003 Rockstar Games, the world-renowned publishing division of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : TTWO TTWO Take Two Interative Software, Inc. (stock symbol) ), announced today that Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne for the PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system has shipped to retail stores throughout North America. The game will be in stores in Europe on December 5, 2003 for the PlayStation 2 and the Xbox(R) video game system from Microsoft. About Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne is a stylish, urban, film-noir love story of a hard-boiled cop with nothing to lose and a mysterious femme femme adj. Slang Exhibiting stereotypical or exaggerated feminine traits. Used especially of lesbians and gay men. n. 1. Slang One who is femme. 2. Informal A woman or girl. fatale who holds the answers to all his burning questions. 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 City's grimy grim·y adj. grim·i·er, grim·i·est Covered or smudged with grime. See Synonyms at dirty. grim  i·ly adv. underground, Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max
Payne surpasses the high standards set by 2001's award-winning Max
Payne, which sold over 4 million units and revolutionized the action
genre with cinematic combat sequences fueled by groundbreaking use of
slow motion and dramatic narrative-driven gameplay. Initially launched
on PC and becoming one of the best-selling PC games of the year, console
gamers were equally thrilled by the original Max Payne as it later went
on to achieve "Greatest Hits" status on the PlayStation 2 and
"Platinum Hits" recognition on the Xbox.
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne was released for PC in October of 2003 and for the Xbox in November 2003 in North America. The game has already achieved critical success, earning rave reviews, several editor's choice awards and nominations for game of the year. Additional information about Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne is available at: http://www.rockstargames.com/maxpayne2. About Take-Two Interactive Software Headquartered in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. is an integrated global developer, marketer, distributor, and publisher of interactive entertainment software games and accessories for the PC, PlayStation(R) game console, PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube(TM) and Nintendo Game Boy Advance. The Company publishes and develops products through its wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. labels: Rockstar Games, Gotham Games, Gathering, Joytech and Global Star. The Company maintains sales and marketing offices in Cincinnati, New York, Toronto, London, Paris, Munich, Vienna, Milan, Sydney, Amsterdam and Auckland. Take-Two's common stock is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the symbol TTWO. For more corporate and product information please visit our website at www.take2games.com. All trademarks and copyrights contained herein are the property of their respective holders. Xbox is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. Statement under the Private Securities Reform Act of 1995: The statements contained herein which are not historical facts are considered forward-looking statements under federal securities laws. Such forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs of our management as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to them. The Company has no obligation to update such forward-looking statements. Actual results may vary significantly from these forward-looking statements based on a variety of factors. These important factors are described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2002 and on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. for the quarter ended July 31, 2003. |
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