Acquisition

Zoo Digital Group PLC 1 October 2003 1 October 2003 ZOO Digital Group plc ('ZOO' or 'the Company') ZOO acquires 33 titles from Atari and launches 'ZOO Classics' range ZOO Digital Group plc ('ZOO'), the technology and games publishing company, today announced that it has acquired the intellectual property rights of Gremlin Interactive together with a catalogue of fifteen PlayStation One ('PSOne') games and eighteen PC games for an undisclosed one-off payment. The games are a collection of classic best-selling titles from Gremlin Interactive, which was acquired by Atari in 1999. ZOO will publish all the games under its new 'ZOO Classics' range of budget titles. The Company intends to launch the PSOne range in mid October across Europe, with the view to capturing the Christmas market. The PC titles will be published in 2004 and further PSOne and PC titles will be added to the range for release throughout next year. The intellectual property rights and games acquired include titles from the best-selling Actua range such as Actua Soccer 3, Actua Golf 3 and Actua Tennis. Highly acclaimed titles such as Judge Dredd and Hogs of War are also included. Ian Stewart, CEO of ZOO commented: 'This is an excellent opportunity for us to take advantage of the value market which is offering superb prospects across Europe. This acquisition enables us to enter this marketplace with a substantial line up of established titles, which should help underpin our financial position this year. We expect to increase this value range with a number of classic and also previously unreleased games in Europe during 2004.' Ends For Further Information: Ian Stewart, CEO, 0114 241 3700 Robert Deri, Finance Director, 0114 241 3700 James Chandler / Gemma Smith, Beattie Financial, 020 7398 3300 Alasdair Robinson, Noble & Company Limited, 0131 225 9677 Notes to Editors ZOO Digital Group Plc (www.zoodigitalgroup.com) ZOO Digital Group, the DVD technology and games publishing company, was founded in 1999 by Ian Stewart ( founder of Gremlin Interactive plc). In April 2001 it reversed into AIM listed technology company Kazoo 3D. ZOO has strong expertise in two areas - games publishing and DVD authoring software. • DVD Authoring Software In DVD, ZOO has developed a technology called DVD-ExtraTM. The software enables DVD authors to introduce new interactive functionality - playable on standard DVD players - to the DVD. Additionally, it vastly reduces the time and cost taken to produce such content. DVD-ExtraTM enables the DVD industry - from Hollywood to corporate and educational institutions - to provide highly interactive stand-alone and bonus content for DVD at lower cost and time than ever before possible. Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? will be released on DVD this November 2003. 40 DVD Authoring houses are currently part of a DVD-ExtraTM 'Early-Adopters' programme including Technicolor and Warner Bros (GDMX). • Games Publishing In gaming, ZOO concentrates mainly on licensing and publishing existing games rather than on the development of new titles. This is a lower risk business model has been adopted due to the low break even sales levels required and the ever increasing costs development. ZOO has published and distributed a wealth of quality titles predominantly on GBA, PS2 and PC platforms including Medal of Honor Underground, Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf, Premier Manager, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? and Sim City 2000. Over 40 sku's will be released in Q4 2003. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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