Press release: 2000-07-18: Eidos Interactive Announces: ``Chicken Run'' is Flying Onto the Sega Dreamcast

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SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 18, 2000

Eidos, one of the world's leading developers and publishers of entertainment software, announced that it has extended its exclusive worldwide publishing deal for the video game based on the hit film "Chicken Run"(TM).

Eidos will now publish the Dreamcast version in addition to the PlayStation and PC games announced in May. The game is being licensed from and developed by Blitz Games and is due for release later this year. The film is being distributed by DreamWorks SKG and Pathe.

"Chicken Run"(TM) has torn up film charts around the world and won extensive critical acclaim since its release in June. The film is a co-production from DreamWorks SKG, Aardman and Pathe, and the adventure-comedy's cast includes the voices of Julia Sawalha, Miranda Richardson, Imelda Staunton and Jane Horrocks.

Aardman was founded in 1972 by David Sproxton and Peter Lord along with Nick Park, have received Oscar(R) nominations for seven different films and have won three times for "Creature Comforts," "The Wrong Trousers" and "A Close Shave."

Blitz Games, formerly Interactive Studios, is an independent games development company established by the Oliver twins, who started writing games in 1981 and have developed over 100 games.

Mike McGarvey, COO of Eidos, said: "We are delighted to have extended our deal to publish the video game based on `Chicken Run.' As we expected, the film has been a massive success, and we hope that the game will do just as well."

Eidos is one of the world's largest publishers and developers of entertainment software. Eidos develops and publishes a diverse mix of titles for the Sony PlayStation(R), Dreamcast(TM), Nintendo(R) Game Boy(R) Color and multimedia PC markets in the U.S., the U.K., Europe and Asia.
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