Only the strongest will survive as Kemco unleashes Lobo!

DC Comics' Lobo comic sets the stage for an edgy third-person shooter with attitude.

Bellevue, Washington (USA), May 14, 2003 – Bringing the dark and sinister Lobo comic book universe to the video game world, Kemco U.S.A. announced today its plans for a thirdperson adventure-shooter based on the popular franchise from DC Comics. Slated for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system and the XboxTM video game system from Microsoft, Lobo pushes entertainment to the edge in this outrageous combat game.

"From the attitude and environment to the sheer adrenaline rush of combat, Lobo delivers the most intense of gameplay experiences," said Glenn Halseth, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Kemco. "Lobo is truly avant-garde in nature and content, and we are sure he's going to make his presence known to hardcore console gamers."

"There are clean-cut super heroes ... and then there's Lobo – an over-the-top and outrageous iconoclast," states John Nee, Vice President-Business Development for DC Comics. "Lobo's long been breaking the rules of traditional comic books, now he can break the rules of the video game world."

The inter-galactic bounty hunter Lobo is flat broke and angry! So, he sets out to boost his morale and earn money by eliminating the ten biggest bounties on the world's most wanted list. Starting from the bottom and working toward the top, Lobo wages attacks on middlemen and deviants, bartering for weapons and learning the locations of his most sought after targets. The game features ten unique and progressively challenging environments for each target and respective henchmen, with surprise bounties unlocked throughout play.

With an intricate design, Lobo's over-the-top combat provides a host of extreme action thrills and in-game options. Players can utilize a number of weapons, including knives, chains, guns, grenades, rockets or Lobo's favorite, the hook and chain. He is capable of morphing into several characters to elude enemies, such as a ghost, skeleton, bizarre animals and other mutant creatures. Lobo also travels well, be it on foot, aboard his signature space hog motorcycle or alongside Space Dolphins.

Lobo's detailed environments adapt throughout each level of play, adding to the close engagement adventure and hand-to-hand battles. Evidence of combat is everywhere as fires blacken walls and destroy objects, explosives leave craters and bullets and shells pockmark walls. The game's soundtrack of explosive guitar riffs and heavy metal thrash add to the game's emphasis of dark, sarcastic and take-no-prisoners humor.

Lobo is slated for a 2004 release.

About Kemco

Since 1984, Kemco has produced over 100 titles, including the popular Top Gear racing games and the Crazy Castle series for a wide variety of video game platforms. An original Nintendo licensee, Kemco works closely with DC Comics, Warner Bros. and Universal Studios on ongoing video game projects. Currently, Kemco's development teams are creating games for Nintendo GameCubeTM and Game Boy AdvanceTM, as well as Sony PlayStation®2 and Microsoft's XboxTM.

About DC Comics

DC Comics, a division of Warner Bros. an AOL Time Warner Company, is the largest English-language publisher of comics in the world and home to such iconic characters as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and the Sandman. These DC super heroes and others have starred in comic books, movies, television series (both animated and live-action) and cyberspace, thrilling audiences of all ages for generations. DC Comics' Web site is located at http://www.dccomics.com .

Copyright

Software © 2003 KEMCO.

LOBO and all related characters, names, and elements are © and trademarks of DC Comics.

"PlayStation" and the "PS" Family logo are registered trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment.

Microsoft, Xbox and the Xbox Logos are either registered trademarks of Microsoft

Corporation in the U.S. and or in other countries and are used under license from Microsoft.

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