Civ 4 Goes Gold...

Civilization IV Goes Gold!
Wednesday October 19, 8:30 am ET
Sid Meier's Civilization IV Ships to North American Retailers October 25th


NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 19, 2005--2K Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO - News), and FIRAXIS Games, the world renowned video game developer, today announced that Sid Meier's Civilization IV for PC has gone gold and is off to manufacturing. Sid Meier's Civilization IV will ship to North American retail stores on October 25th.

The fourth title in the legendary series of turn based strategy games, Sid Meier's Civilization IV expands on the beloved gameplay of its predecessors with countless new gameplay changes and improvements, including religion, great people and for the first time in the Civilization series, a full 3D engine.

For more information please visit www.CivIV.com or www.firaxis.com.

About Take-Two Interactive Software

Headquartered in New York City, 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® game console, PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, PSP(TM) (PlayStation®Portable) system, the Xbox® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the Xbox 360(TM) video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, Nintendo GameCube(TM), Nintendo DS(TM) and Game Boy® Advance. The Company publishes and develops products through its wholly owned labels Rockstar Games, 2K Games, 2K Sports and Global Star Software; and distributes products in North America through its Jack of All Games subsidiary. Take-Two also manufactures and markets video game accessories in Europe, North America and the Asia Pacific region through its Joytech subsidiary. The Company maintains sales and marketing offices in Cincinnati, New York, Toronto, London, Paris, Munich, Madrid, Vienna, Milan, Sydney, Breda (Netherlands) 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.

About Firaxis Games

Founded in 1996 by veteran gaming executive Jeff Briggs, is one of the world's premier independent game development studios, and home of legendary designer Sid Meier. Headquartered in Hunt Valley, Maryland, FIRAXIS has created some of the most successful and award-winning PC games on the market. The company's most recent hit titles include: Sid Meier's Pirates! (PC), the blockbuster Sid Meier's Civilization III series, and Sid Meier's SimGolf. Firaxis has a rich history of great games including: Sid Meier's Gettysburg!, Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, Sid Meier's Alien Crossfire and Sid Meier's Antietam!. For more information on Firaxis Games visit www.firaxis.com or contact Kelley Gilmore at kgilmore@firaxis.com.

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Balastulin said:

Right. I'm assuming that Gone Gold is another ambiguous developers term to describe the fact that it's actually off to get burnt to CDs as opposed to the universal (apart from software developers) meaning referring to the number of sales of units it has generated.

If it's the former, then I'd best book my leave for the 25th. If it's the latter, then I'd best buy some shares in Take Two.

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Balastulin said:

Right. I'm assuming that Gone Gold is another ambiguous developers term to describe the fact that it's actually off to get burnt to CDs as opposed to the universal (apart from software developers) meaning referring to the number of sales of units it has generated.

If it's the former, then I'd best book my leave for the 25th. If it's the latter, then I'd best buy some shares in Take Two.

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