Week of October 15, 2006

The competition to become a member of Tony Hawk’s elite skate team starts on your Xbox 360™ with the free Tony Hawk’s Project 8 demo available on Xbox Live® Marketplace Oct. 20.

Gamers can download the demo and hit the Concrete Park where they will experience some of the latest innovations in the #1 best selling action sports franchise from Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI), including “Nail the Trick,” which gives players precision control over how their skater moves their feet to flip the skateboard; “Filmer” goals that require players to follow a cameraman and complete tricks that he calls out; and “Spot Challenges” which are ambient goals that players can access throughout the game world and complete as they choose.

NCsoft® today announced that a new retail package for its premier player-versus-player (PvP) massively multiplayer online PC game, Lineage® II, is available in stores across North America.

Lineage II: The Epic Collection is a special edition retail package which, for the first time, includes the original game plus all five expansions in one box. Also included in this unique, limited edition DVD set is a total of 45 days of game time, behind the scenes video footage, and a special in-game character mask only available to those who purchase The Epic Collection.

“With our customer base continually growing both here in North America and abroad, we felt it was time to offer both fans of Lineage II and new players a truly unique retail package,” said Dorothy Ferguson, NCsoft North America’s vice president of sales and marketing. “With the huge amounts of content we have added to Lineage II – more than doubling the game world’s size since launch in 2004 – we thought it made perfect sense to offer this unique collection. We hope current customers and new players alike will enjoy the benefits of The Epic Collection, which offers a lot of good extras for the same cost of a regular game time card.”

Lineage II: The Epic Collection is available at North American retailers and at the PlayNC® online store for an estimated street price of US$29.99. To purchase the game or other Lineage II merchandise, go to the NCsoft store at: https://store.plaync.com .

Lineage II, which launched in April 2004, has a worldwide customer base of more than 14 million. For more information about Lineage II, go to: http://www.lineage2.com.

With the PlayStation 3 only a month away, and camping supplies becoming harder to find, Namco Bandai released a handful of screenshots for Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire.

JoWood and T7 Games conducted a developer Q&A regarding their FPS The Mark.

It's a busy week for gamers as more than a few titles have either gone gold or have shipped to stores. Here's what we're looking at:

Stardock Entertainment, makers of the fantastic Galactic Civilizations series, is publishing a title called Sins of a Solar Empire, a real-time 4X strategy game from Ironclad. We have 5 new screenshots for you to enjoy.