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NAMCO SHIPS HEAVEN AND HELL NATIONWIDE WITH NEWEST TITLE: SPAWN®: ARMAGEDDON

Todd McFarlane-Inspired Video Game Is Now Available For All Three Gaming Platforms

San Jose, Ca., (November 24, 2003) – Leading video games publisher Namco Hometek Inc. announced that its highly-anticipated, 3rd person action-adventure, Spawn®: Armageddon, has begun shipping to retail stores nationwide.  Now available for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox® videogame system from Microsoft and the Nintendo GameCube, Spawn®: Armageddon is rated M for Mature and has an MSRP of $49.99.

"Spawn®: Armageddon is poised to surprise a lot of people," said Glen Cureton, Producer at Namco Hometek Inc. "This game’s unique evolution of what continues to be an excellent comic book storyline into one of today’s high-tech video games has been an amazing process.  We have no doubt that the close working relationship between Namco Hometek Inc. and Todd McFarlane Productions has resulted in an excellent interactive representation of the Spawn®: Armageddon franchise.”

Developed by Southern California-based Point of View, Spawn®: Armageddon is a 3-D action/adventure game positioning the main character, Spawn, in a personal conflict between factions in the battle of Heaven and Hell.  Players will encounter a variety of enemies through 23 challenging missions, including Cy-Gor, Violator® and Redeemer.  The game will also feature Spawn’s many distinctive abilities including superhuman strength, hand-to-hand combat, an arsenal of weaponry, Hell Powers, and his living symbiotic costume.

About Spawn
Spawn is comic book first published by McFarlane and friends who spun off from the mainstream comic publishing industry in 1992.

Spawn is a dark hero, troubled with the dual aspects of good and evil found in all people. With an appeal to adults, Spawn broke the mold in American comics, selling 1.7 million in its first issue. Published on a monthly basis, Spawn has continuously gained new fans, and is now read by people in 80 countries around the world, translated into 30 languages. It has established the surprising record of a total of 24 million sales in the US.

Aspiring to bring this character to perfection as an action figure, Todd McFarlane created a toy company in 1994 and began selling Spawn figures. Featuring details not found on any other toy, Spawn toys became a huge hit, igniting a global boom in figures. Millions of figures have been sold around the globe, with new products coming out one after the other.

Spawn also developed into a television animated series, broadcast on American cable networks, and was made into a Hollywood film in 1997. Announcements have been made for a theatrical movie at the end of 2004.  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 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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