After delivering a $430 million summer blockbuster film in collaboration with
Intermedia, IMF, C2 Pictures, and Columbia TriStar International, Arnold Schwarzenegger
makes his first-ever video game appearance in Atari’s “Terminator®
3: Rise of the Machinesâ„¢” for the next-generation game consoles
due for release on November 11, 2003.

Highlighting the close collaboration between Schwarzenegger and Atari, the
video game will include an exclusive “Making Of The Video Game” documentary
containing footage of, and interviews with, Schwarzenegger and the entire cast,
as well as a behind-the-scenes look at the making of a Hollywood video game.
The “Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines” DVD, released by Warner Bros.
Home Video in North America and by Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment internationally,
will also feature this behind-the-scenes material. As an added bonus, the DVD
will also feature trailers for “Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines”
and Atari’s PC game, “Terminator 3: War of the Machines,” which will
be released this December. . .

“`Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines’ is another example of how Atari
is changing the way people look at Hollywood entertainment properties and specifically
how they translate to the interactive medium,” said Steve Allison, vice
president of marketing, Atari, Inc.’s Los Angeles studio. “Our increasingly
collaborative relationships with studios, talent and producers, such as C2 and
Intermedia, are delivering richer, deeper and more enjoyable gaming experiences
than anyone has ever seen before.”

Atari’s “Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines” will also feature never-before-seen
film footage created exclusively for the video game. The five-minute segment
featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger sheds new light on the mythology behind the
origins of the Terminator. In addition, footage from the feature film is also
used throughout the game to set up key situations and story-related game elements.

Developed for Atari by Black Ops Entertainment, “Terminator 3: Rise of
the Machines” will be available on November 11 for the PlayStation®2
computer entertainment system, the Xbox® video game system from Microsoft
and Game Boy® Advance. More information can be found online at www.t3game.com.

About C-2 Pictures
C-2 Pictures is the Santa Monica-based filmed entertainment company founded
and headed by former Carolco Pictures principals Mario Kassar and Andrew Vajna.
Their producing credits, which have spanned over two decades and yielded well
over three billion dollars in worldwide box office, include the “Rambo”
series, “Total Recall,” the original “Basic Instinct,” “Terminator
2: Judgment Day,” “Die Hard With a Vengeance,” “Cliffhanger,”
“Stargate,” “Evita” and “I Spy.”

About Intermedia
Intermedia, a diversified entertainment investment company with offices in Los
Angeles, London and Munich, develops, finances and distributes motion pictures
in collaboration with leading producing partners. Its parent company, IM Internationalmedia
AG, is listed on the Prime Standard Segment of the German stock exchange (securities
identification number 548 880). Recent Intermedia films include the award winning
films “Adaptation” and “The Quiet American.” Coming from
Intermedia in 2004 are “Suspect Zero” and “Mindhunters”
as well as Oliver Stone’s “Untitled Alexander The Great Project” which
is currently in production.

About Atari
New York-based Atari, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATAR) develops interactive games for all
platforms and is one of the largest third-party publishers of interactive entertainment
software in the U.S. The Company’s 1,000+ titles include hard-core, genre-defining
games such as “Driverâ„¢,” “Enter the Matrixâ„¢,” “Neverwinter
Nightsâ„¢,” “Stuntmanâ„¢,” “Test Drive®,” “Unreal®
Tournament 2003,” and “Unreal® Championship”; and mass-market
and children’s games such as “Backyard Sportsâ„¢,” “Nickelodeon’s
Blue’s Cluesâ„¢” and “Dora the Explorerâ„¢,” “Civilization®,”
“Dragon Ball Z®” and “RollerCoaster Tycoon®.” Atari,
Inc. is a majority-owned subsidiary of France-based Infogrames Entertainment
SA (Euronext 5257), the largest interactive games publisher in Europe. For more
information, visit www.atari.com.

© 2003 Atari Interactive, Inc. All rights reserved.

Terminator 3 and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and
© Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

Terminator® used under license. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines TM &
© 2003 IMF 3.

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