Rockstar is pleased to announce Red Dead Revolver from Rockstar San Diego, the developers of Rockstar Games' best-selling Midnight Club and Smuggler's Run franchises. As a major new franchise from Rockstar Games, Red Dead Revolver is a stylish, western themed, gun-fighting extravaganza intended for release on the PS2 and Xbox in the second fiscal quarter. Additionally, Rockstar looks forward to the expected March release of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City for PS2 and PC in Japan, under a license agreement with Capcom Co., Ltd.

As previously announced, Rockstar also expects to introduce The Warriors, a new title based on the Paramount Pictures feature film. The release date of the title has been moved from the second fiscal quarter to the third fiscal quarter. Additional Rockstar products planned for fiscal 2004 include the next installment in the Grand Theft Auto franchise, which will be released in the fourth fiscal quarter. Rockstar also plans to release Manhunt for Xbox and the PC as well as an extension of the Grand Theft Auto franchise for the GBA during fiscal 2004.

Gathering's lineup includes Vietcong: Fist Alpha, an add-on to the popular Vietcong, and Vietcong: Purple Haze which will include Vietcong and Fist Alpha together; Destruction Derby Arena on PS2, the next generation installment to the successful PlayStation franchise, Destruction Derby, complete with full online playability; a sequel to the popular Hidden & Dangerous (the expansion pack perhaps?) franchise, and the introduction of several new properties from Gathering's distribution arrangement with Destineer Publishing. Titles planned for release under the Gathering label from TDK's portfolio include Robotech and Spy vs Spy.

Global Star is focusing on building strong, aggressively-priced game franchises primarily for the console systems, across various popular genres including racing, sports and action games. Global Star's lineup of original sports and racing titles includes Carve, a personal watercraft based racing game for the Xbox, with online racing capability on Xbox Live, as well as Motocross Mania 3, the latest in the top selling Motocross Mania franchise, and a new console release in the successful Virtual Pool franchise. Global Star is also extending the recently acquired Army Men franchise with Army Men: Sarge's War for PS2 and Xbox. Additionally, Global Star will release sports and racing console products from TDK's portfolio including Corvette and the PS2 title UFC: Sudden Impact.