DAREDEVIL, GROOVERIDER: SLOT CAR THUNDER, AND JOWOOD GAMES TO BE SHOWCASED

AT ENCORE'S E3 BOOTH

Encore Announces its E3 2003 Line-Up

Los Angeles, CA - May 8, 2003 - At the Electronic Entertainment Exposition

taking place here next week, Encore, a leading interactive videogame and

PC CD-ROM publisher, will showcase Marvel Comics' Daredevil, Grooverider:

Slot Car Thunder, and games created by JoWooD including AquaNox 2:

Revelation, Cold Zero and Chaser. These exciting new games will be at

Encore's booth, #1624 in the South Hall.

Said Michael Bell, Encore's CEO, "Encore's game lineup is bigger and

better than ever. With premium titles such as Daredevil and value titles

such as Grooverider, coupled with a gaming pipeline of close to a dozen

titles from JoWooD, Conspiracy Entertainment and Prolific Publishing,

Encore's E3 presence will be our most exciting yet."

Marvel's Daredevil Comes to Life

Gamers will scale the heights of high-action combat and adventure when

they join Daredevil - "The Man Without Fear," one of Marvel Comics' most

popular Super Heroes - over the rooftops and through the sewers of New

York's Hell's Kitchen. Daredevil will battle Kingpin, ruler of the East

Coast underworld, and Bullseye, the assassin who never misses. The game

will also feature Elektra, a beautiful yet ruthless assassin, martial arts

expert and Daredevil's femme fatale lover. With cool Hell's Kitchen

scenery and backgrounds based on original Daredevil comic book art, unique

weapons, and numerous power ups and hidden secrets, this game will bring

Daredevil's comic book persona to life.

Platform: Console systems

Availability: Q4 2003

Price: Approximately $50

Expected ESRB Rating: Teen

Racing Action with Grooverider: Slot Car Thunder

Grooverider: Slot Car Thunder brings the nostalgia of slot car racing to

console systems for the first time. Easy to pick up and play, Grooverider

offers players four ultra-fast tracks in each of the five race locations,

multiple race modes with up to four competitors, and speedways with

360-degree loops, booby traps and surprises. As players progressively

unlock cars ranging from 1920's British race cars and American stock cars

to Formula X Indy style cars, they can turn up the voltage in three

difficulty modes. They can also improve their racing destiny with

power-ups including charged spikes, power boosts and mines.

Platforms: Xbox video game system from Microsoft and

Nintendo GameCube

Availability: Summer 2003

Price: Approximately $20

Expected ESRB Rating: Everyone

An Exciting Line-up of Games from JoWooD

Encore recently signed a publishing agreement with JoWooD for several

games, including the titles listed below. In addition, Encore will

publish Wildlife Park, Far West, Industry Giant 2 Expansion Pack, and

Pusher.

AquaNox 2: Revelation

Years of neglect have resulted in an Earth that is no longer fit for

habitation, so humans have descended into the depths of the oceans. In

AquaNox 2: Revelation, a brand new adventure in the best-selling AquaNox

line, players take on the role of William Drake, an undersea adventurer

who is drawn into a deadly search for a long-lost treasure and the family

history that surrounds it. Players will encounter high-energy action and

extreme combat in sinister underwater cities as they complete 30 epic

missions. Features of the game include 100 mission targets, 50 enemy

units, 4 vessels and 20 different weapons.

Platform: PC

Availability: Fall 2003

Price: Approximately $40

Expected ESRB Rating: Mature

Cold Zero

In this action thriller, players take on the role of John McAffrey, an

unpredictable and vicious man who has turned to a life of violence after

being blackmailed by the Italian Mafia. Players must complete -- and

survive -- 16 terrifying missions around the globe in an underworld where

grisly death and sadistic thugs lurk around every corner. In this world

of double-crossing and deception, players can choose from 100 different

weapons, various camouflages, and stealth or all-out action to complete

their missions.

Platform: PC

Availability: Fall 2003

Price: Approximately $40

Expected ESRB Rating: Teen

Chaser

The setting: 2044 on the planet Mars. The mission: to find out who Chaser

really is and why he is being hunted. Full of plot twists, turns, thrills

and chills, Chaser is a first-person shooter with authentic weapons and a

variety of photo-realistic environments. Players are lead through

environments ranging from a space station to freezing Siberia, from the

haunting landscapes of Mars to futuristic cities in the U.S. - all in a

challenging quest to determine Chaser's identity. The game features

numerous multiplayer modes, so that online gamers can play against each

other in real time.

Platform: PC

Availability: Fall 2003

Price: Approximately $40

Expected ESRB Rating: Mature

Neighbors from Hell

As part of a new reality TV show, players of this game get revenge on

their

"in-game" neighbor, an unpleasant, obnoxious and annoying fellow. This

revenge is enacted by creeping around the neighbor's house and performing

practical jokes on the unsuspecting resident -- without getting caught.

Every time the neighbor falls into one of these traps, the player is

rewarded with applause and laughter from the "reality TV show" audience.

Platform: PC

Availability: Summer 2003

Price: Approximately $30

Expected ESRB Rating: Everyone

An Ultra-Realistic Marine Aquarium

Marine Aquarium 2.0 from Prolific Publishing is an incredibly realistic,

high-resolution marine reef tank featuring 3-D fish created by renowned

artist J.D. Sachs. Users can select up to seven different fish to

simultaneously feature on their screen from 26 exotic species. These fish

are actual 3-D models, swimming randomly, not flat images dragged across

the screen - they move and turn just like real fish. Variable lighting,

bubbles, and sound effects add to the experience, making Marine Aquarium

2.0 at once fascinating, beautiful and soothing.

Platforms: PC/Macintosh hybrid CD-ROM; Macintosh OS X and OS 9

CD-ROM; DVD format (120 minutes)

Availability: Now

Price: Approximately $20 for CD-ROM formats; $15 for DVD