BUENA VISTA INTERACTIVE ANNOUNCES ONLINE LEADER BOARD FOR TRON 2.0: KILLER APP FOR XBOX®  

First Person Shooter Takes Advantage Of Xbox™ Live Functionality

BURBANK, Calif. (November 17, 2004) Buena Vista Interactive, a publishing label of Buena Vista Games, Inc., announced today its online leader board plans for TRON 2.0: Killer App, the company’s recently released first person shooter. Players can track and compare their stats compiled during play over Xbox™ Live by logging on to www.tronkillerapp.com.  TRON 2.0: Killer App recently shipped for the Xbox® videogame system from Microsoft to North American retail outlets.
 
We wanted to deliver an exciting and competitive experience with TRON 2.0: Killer App on Xbox™ Live, as well as give strong support to the TRON community,” said Mike Scharnikow, marketing manager at Buena Vista Games. By launching the leader board we are giving players the chance to show how they have honed their skills on the unique weapons and game modes offered by TRON 2.0: Killer App.”
 
Developed by Climax game studio, TRON 2.0: Killer App brings players inside the digitized world of a war-ravaged computer system near collapse from an onslaught of corrupt programs controlled by an evil user named Thorne.  Equipped with an arsenal of powerful digital weapons, players take to battle alongside security forces and legions of mutated programs to prevent corruption from terminating computer systems worldwide.  
 
The TRON 2.0: Killer App experience on Xbox® includes:

• Battle through more than 60 single player levels and 10 new, huge multiplayer maps

• Command an arsenal of 16 high-impact weapons, including the powerful Tron disc, digital grenades and cyber sniper rifles     

• Battle up to 16 players over new multiplayer maps on Xbox™ Live and link play, and take on six modes of combat, including death match mode, Light Cycle racing and Data Capture   

• Split screen capability for up to four players

• overRIDE mode allows players to instantly switch between first person and light cycle combat, allowing for more control and flexibility     

• Voice talent of supermodel and actress Rebecca Romijn-Stamos as Mercury and Bruce Boxleitner reprising his role as Alan Bradley   

• Multiplayer game soundtrack featuring Hollywood Records recording artist Breaking Benjamin, including music from their latest album, We Are Not Alone    

• New Light Cycles designed by world-famous concept designer Syd Mead (TRON, Aliens, Blade Runner)   

• Xbox™ Live functionality specifically designed to deliver a state-of-the-art online multiplayer gaming experience

TRON 2.0: Killer App is currently available at retail for the Xbox® and Game Boy® Advance.  For more information, please visit www.tronkillerapp.com.
 
About Buena Vista Interactive
Buena Vista Interactive is an award-winning publishing label of Buena Vista Games, Inc., the interactive entertainment arm of The Walt Disney Company's Consumer Products business unit.  The label publishes, markets and distributes a broad portfolio of multi-platform video games based on the diverse businesses within The Walt Disney Company. The company also licenses properties and works directly with third-party interactive game publishers to bring products for all ages to market.

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