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SPAWN®: ARMAGEDDON

Namco Spawns New Name For Video Game Based On Todd McFarlane’s Anti-Hero

San Jose, Ca., September 25, 2003 - Namco Hometek Inc. announced today the full name of their Todd McFarlane inspired epic, Spawn: Armageddon.  Due to hit retail stores nationwide this November on the next-generation consoles, Spawn: Armageddon is a thrilling, mission-based action/adventure game that thrusts players into the role of the infamous anti-hero Spawn.    

Spawn: Armageddon is set against the backdrop of a darker, near-future New York City environment, where Spawn is caught between the factions in the battle of Good vs. Evil.   The intuitive controls allow players to maneuver their way through various interactive and destructible environments which include 25 missions with more than 60 sublevels, as Spawn struggles to break free of the controlling forces of Heaven and Hell.  Based on the first 99 comic books in the Spawn series, Spawn: Armageddon features all of Spawns signature abilities including his vast arsenal of weapons, Hell powers, superhuman strength and his living, symbiotic costume.
For additional information on Spawn: Armageddon, visit www.namco.com.

About Todd McFarlane and Spawn
Spawn is a comic book created and published by Todd McFarlane, the Emmy and Grammy winning producer and director, and Image Comics, the No.3 comic book publisher in America. With an appeal to adults, Spawn broke the mold in American comics, selling 1.7 million copies in its first issue. Published on a monthly basis and currently at issue 128, Spawn has continuously gained new fans, and is now read by people in more than 30 countries around the world, translated into dozens of languages. It has sold more than 150 million copies worldwide.

Aspiring to bring this character to perfection as a toy, McFarlane started McFarlane Toys in 1994 and began selling Spawn figures. Featuring award-winning detail and accuracy not found on any other toy line, Spawn toys became a huge hit, igniting a global boom in figures and allowing the company to expand into music, movies, horror, sports and electronic gaming. McFarlane Toys has sold more than 50 million figures around the globe since 1994. The company will release more than 30 action figure lines in 2003, including three new Spawn series. To date, McFarlane Toys has released 24 Spawn series, plus several additional specialty releases.  

Spawn also developed into an Emmy-Award winning animated cable television series, broadcast between 1997 and 2000, and also was made into a Hollywood film in 1997. McFarlane is currently developing a live-action sequel to the Spawn movie and is scheduled to begin development of a new animated Spawn project within the next year.

For more information, visit www.spawn.com. 

About Namco Hometek Inc.
Namco Hometek Inc. is the U.S. consumer division of Namco Limited, a Tokyo-based world leader in the high-tech entertainment industry. Based in San Jose, CA, Namco Hometek Inc. is an award-winning video games publisher for the next generation game consoles.  Namco has created some of the industry's greatest video game franchises: Tekken®, SOULCALIBUR®, Dead to Rights®, Pac-Man World, Ridge Racer®, Time Crisis® and Ace Combat®. For more information about Namco and its products log onto www.namco.com
 

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