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March 23, 2006

Vivendi Universal Games Recognizes 20 Finalists for the Scarface: The World Is Yours Video Game Music Talent Search

Vivendi Universal Games (VU Games) has chosen the 20 finalists for the "Scarface: The World Is Yours Video Game Soundtrack Talent Search," a successful promotion currently running on MySpace.com, the internet¹s leading social networking and lifestyle portal. The contest will reward the best unsigned music talent in North America with the opportunity to launch their career through the inclusion of their song in the highly anticipated Scarface video game, scheduled to launch this fall. In addition, the winner will get the opportunity to perform in front of high profile music and video game industry leaders at a major concert event in Hollywood. MySpace users have until March 28th to log on to www.myspace.com/scarfacegame to listen to the top 20 songs and vote for their favorite artist.

During the first round of the contest, more than 46,000 MySpace users nominated over 7,000 artists, in less than a week. The top 200 nominated artists were then narrowed down to 20 finalists by a panel of music and video game industry judges. By voting for their favorite unsigned MySpace Music artist, the MySpace community will choose a winner to be featured in Scarface: The World Is Yours, alongside some of today¹s hottest music artists. In addition, the winner and two runners-up will be flown to Los Angeles, to open for a major label headline act at a concert event during this year's video game tradeshow, the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3).

The 20 finalists and their tracks are:
1. 30ot6 ­ A.K.A.
2. 59¹s Finest ­ One Minute
3. Celldweller ­ Switchback
4. CONEJO ­ REVNGE SERVED COLD
5. Crazy Anglos ­ Freakin Me Out
6. DISOWN ­ The Dust of Sin
7. D-Squad ­ Things Changed
8. FEDD HILL ­ Money Love Guns Life
9. Kazy ­ Choke
10. No Bare Feet ­ F*ck You Too
11. Phenetics ­ Burn
12. PK ­ Young Scarface
13. R-Mean ­ My World
14. S.N.Y.P ­ In God We Trust
15. Shaolin Temple of BooM ­ Inside
16. SLO-O ­ Soul on Ice
17. The Kellys - Blink
18. V Sinizter ­ Riot Anthem
19. WolfPac ­ Put Your Dukes Up
20. Wyno aka Skilmatik ­ Trust No One

Music acts, fans and MySpace users should visit the official MySpace.com contest page to vote at www.myspace.com/scarfacegame.

For more information about Scarface: The World Is Yours, please visit the game's official Web site at www.scarfacegame.com.