Games Publishing Update

Zoo Digital Group PLC 14 April 2005 Embargoed for 0700 on Thursday 14 April 2005 ZOO DIGITAL GROUP PLC ('ZOO' or 'the Group') UPDATE ON GAMES PUBLISHING ZOO Digital Publishing Ltd ('ZDPL'), the games publishing division of ZOO Digital Group plc, today announced that it has secured the rights to publish a portfolio of twenty-two games from Destination Software Inc ('DSI'). The deal brings the total number of games in ZOO's active portfolio to over 60. The deal is estimated to deliver around £3 million in games sale revenues to ZOO over the next two years. In a separate agreement announced today ZOO has extended it relationship with Universal Pictures and agreed to publish the next version of its popular football DVD Game 'International Championship Challenge 2'. DSI Games Portfolio ZOO has secured the rights to publish twenty-two DSI products over the next two years. Games featured in the agreement include four new titles for the recently released Nintendo DS handheld games console as well as six for the established GameBoy Advance ('GBA') device. Under a separate agreement ZOO have secured the rights to a series of twelve compilations from DSI for GBA consoles. Each compilation will include three games on one cartridge. These games will start shipping from June 2005. In both cases ZOO will pay DSI an advance against a royalty on sales of the games. International Championship Challenge 2 Universal Pictures has secured the rights to publish the next version of Championship Challenge for Interactive DVD, this follows the success of the first release that Universal also published. The game will be released for this Christmas 2005. ZOO will be paid a royalty for each unit sold. Ian Stewart, Chief Executive of ZOO Digital Group plc, commented: 'We are extremely pleased to be able to extend our partnership with DSI which demonstrates their confidence in our ability to distribute its product . ZOO has built a solid reputation in the Nintendo hand-held market and we now have the products to exploit the already successful new Nintendo DS. The games further underline the quality of our games portfolio and will help the continued growth of our publishing business. Universal's confidence in the Interactive DVD market is again confirmed with them committing to International Championship Challenge 2. We expect to see lots of further activity on this side of the business in the near future as we secure more rights.' - ends - Enquiries: Ian Stewart James Chandler/Helen Thomas CEO, ZOO Digital Group plc Weber Shandwick Square Mile 0114 241 3700 020 7067 0747 John Llewellyn-Lloyd Noble & Company Limited 020 7763 2200 Notes to Editors: About ZOO Digital Group PLC ZOO is divided into two separate divisions; ZOOtech Ltd ('ZOOtech') and ZOO Digital Publishing Ltd ('ZDP'). ZOOtech Ltd ('ZOOtech') ZOOtech focuses on R&D and licensing of DVD-EXTRA, the Group's highly original development software capable of creating complex interactive content for standard DVD players. The strategy for ZOOtech is simple; to create the industry standard tool for the production of interactive DVD content and drive revenues through licensing worldwide in a combination of up front fees and royalties. ZOO Digital Publishing Ltd ('ZDP') ZDP focuses on the publishing and distribution of interactive entertainment products across multiple platforms such as interactive DVD, PS2, Xbox, GBA and PC. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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