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Crave to Co-publish Bad Boys: Miami Takedown

Crave/Empire Interactive title will release for PlayStation2, GameCube, Xbox

LOS ANGELES, CA - July 27, 2004 -Crave Entertainment, a leading publisher of console videogames, today announced that they would co-publish Bad Boys: Miami Takedown with Empire Interactive. The agreement calls for Crave to release Bad Boys: Miami Takedown for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox® video game system from Microsoft and Nintendo GameCube™ in Q3 of 2004 in North America. This officially licensed game, based on the smash hit Bad Boys movies and developed by Blitz, features first and third person action on the streets and waterways of Miami.

In Bad Boys: Miami Takedown, a new drug has emerged in Miami, and its use is spreading fast. As key members of the Tactical Narcotics Team (TNT), players take on the roles of either Mike Lowrey or Marcus Burnett and must stop the highly organized cartels that are flooding the market with this new drug. Players need to move fast to make sure the TNT cops are not DOA.

Bad Boys: Miami Takedown features:

  • The officially licensed game of the movie license Bad Boys

  • Play as either Mike or Marcus in first- or third-person viewpoints. Each character has his personality and characteristics

  • 15 stages of fast paced, all-action gameplay, with multiple mission objectives

  • Includes Bad Boy rating system, where you are rewarded for your actions and achievements. Play the perfect cop or be a bad boy

  • Includes a large variety of weapons, and fully destructible environments to enhance immersion

  • Changing play styles add variety and gameplay. Use the quick aiming and shooting Action mode, and search for clues and evidence using Explore mode

Scheduled to be released in Q3 of 2004 for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox® video game system from Microsoft and Nintendo GameCube™, Bad Boys: Miami Takedown has a MSRP of $19.99.

About Crave Entertainment:
Based in Los Angeles, California, Crave Entertainment is a privately held publisher of videogame entertainment products. Crave produces games for the major console platforms including Game Boy® Advance, Nintendo GameCube™, the PlayStation® game console, PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system and the Xbox® video game system from Microsoft, and for the PC. For more information about Crave Entertainment, please visit http://www.cravegames.com.

About Empire Interactive
Founded in 1987, Empire Interactive (London: EMP) is a leading publisher of interactive entertainment software. The company is publicly traded on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange. Headquartered in the UK, Empire Interactive also has offices in the Germany, Italy, Spain France and headquartered in the US in San Francisco, California. The company develops and publishes a varied range of titles for the PlayStation game console, PlayStationâ2 computer entertainment system, and other next generation console systems, handheld systems, and multimedia PC markets in the US, Europe and Asia. Further information about Empire Interactive and its products can be found at: http://us.empireinteractive.com.

About Xbox
Xbox (http://www.xbox.com) is the video game system from Microsoft that brings people together for the most exhilarating game and entertainment experiences. Xbox delivers an expansive collection of breakthrough games, powerful hardware and the unified Xbox Live online service. The new tagline, "it's good to play together," captures the spirit of Xbox as the social hub of the new digital entertainment lifestyle. Xbox is now available in North America, Asia, Europe and Australia.

Xbox is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.



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