Toronto, Ontario – May 16, 2005 - DreamCatcher Games, an award-winning publisher of PC and console video games, today confirmed Painkiller, for the Xbox® video game system from Microsoft, will ship to retailers in Fall 2005, well in time for holiday Havok.

The Windows® version of Painkiller has achieved resounding success and numerous industry awards, including Computer Gaming World’s 2005 “Single-Player Shooter of the Year” award. Further emphasizing the game’s prowess, Painkiller has begun its reign as the official title of the 2005 CPL World Tour.

Painkiller Xbox® puts gamers in the role of Daniel Garner, an unfortunate victim of a fatal car accident now trapped in a dark and sinister world somewhere between Heaven and Hell. To find his salvation, Garner must fight through more than 50 species of Hell’s wildest incarnations eager to avenge their master in an attempt to stop an imminent Unholy War.

• Intense gameplay: The player will be constantly outnumbered, fighting against seemingly insurmountable odds.

• Includes Xbox® Live Multiplayer action!

• Next-generation graphics: The game uses the proprietary 3D “PAIN Engine” capable of pumping out an unbelievably high polygon count, while adding increased texture quality and the latest lighting and shadowing techniques.

• Combo weapons: All weapons come in pairs, with a primary and secondary fire.

• Morphing: Your unholy pact gives you the power to morph into a powerful possessed creature with every 66 souls collected.

• Lasting replay value: Painkiller features a standard single player campaign, with additional modes to encourage replay. The game also features full multiplayer Live support.

• Physics Engine: Painkiller employs the Havok 2.0 physics engine, allowing for inverse kinematics ("rag-doll physics") and deformable, interactive environments.

DreamCatcher Games is a worldwide publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment software committed to the release of quality action, strategy and roleplaying games on the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox® video game system from Microsoft, and Windows®. Its large portfolio of games includes Painkiller: “Single-Player Shooter of the Year” and the official title of the 2005 CPL World Tour. More information about DreamCatcher Games and its products can be found at http://www.dreamcatchergames.com.

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Xbox Live, which launched in the United States Nov. 15, 2002, allows gamers to play multiplayer Xbox games with other gamers everywhere via a broadband connection. With a built-in hard drive and Ethernet port, the Xbox console is the only video game system built from the ground up for online gaming, negating the need to buy additional, costly peripherals or upgrades. Xbox Live enables gamers to easily find their friends; talk to other players during game play through the Xbox Communicator headset; download current statistics, new levels and characters to their Xbox hard drive; and play online—all exclusive features to Xbox Live.