Neverwinter Nights limited open Beta Test announced

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Neverwinter Nights limited open Beta Test announced.

EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada – April 22nd, 2002 – BioWare Corp. and Infogrames Inc. are pleased to present the limited open Beta test for one of the most anticipated PC games of the year - Neverwinter Nights. Selected PC game fans will have an unprecedented opportunity to dig into the rich world of Neverwinter Nights before anyone else.

"Neverwinter Nights will appeal to all types of gamers. This limited beta test will allow selected gamers, of every type and interest, an opportunity to find out why Neverwinter Nights is a ‘must own’ addition to every gamer’s collection," said Greg Zeschuk, Joint CEO and Co-Executive Producer of Neverwinter Nights. "We’ve never conducted an open beta test before," added Ray Muzyka, BioWare’s Joint CEO and Co-Executive Producer of Neverwinter Nights. "We’ll be testing module designs, connectivity, and other technical aspects of the game, as well as offering the growing Neverwinter Nights community a snapshot of what we’ve been working on at BioWare these last five years," he concluded.

To enter the Beta test program, prospective testers must visit (http://www.betatests.net/), click on "Register Now" and complete the sign-up form. BioWare and Infogrames staff will select beta testers every week in a rolling acceptance process. The initial wave of Beta discs will be sent to the lucky first testers in early May.

BioWare Corp. is an electronic entertainment company that develops computer and console games. Our published projects include: Shattered Steel™, the genre-defining Baldur’s Gate™ role playing game series, MDK™2 for Dreamcast and PC, and MDK™2: Armageddon for PlayStation®2. Recently, BioWare released the award winning Baldur’s Gate™ II: Throne of Bhaal, a massive expansion pack to Baldur’s Gate™ II Shadows of Amn. BioWare’s developers are currently hard at work on two titles to be released this year; Neverwinter Nights™ - a Dungeons and Dragons® fantasy role playing game for single player and multiplayer (to be published by Infogrames), and Star Wars® Knights of the Old Republic (to be published by LucasArts). As well, development is under way on a new, unannounced, third project. BioWare information can be found online at www.bioware.com.

New York-based Infogrames, Inc. (Nasdaq: IFGM) is one of the largest third-party publishers of interactive entertainment software in the U.S. The Company develops video games for all consoles (Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft), PCs, and Macintosh systems. Infogrames’ catalogue of more than 1,000 titles includes award-winning franchises such as Civilization™ , Backyard Sports™ , Deer Hunter® , Driver™ , RollerCoaster Tycoon® , Test Drive® , and Unreal® , and key licenses including Survivor™ , Warner Bros. Looney Tunes™ , Nickelodeon’s Blue’s Clues™ , Dragon Ball Z® , Mission Impossible® , Harley-Davidson® , Major League Baseball® , and the National Football League® , among many others. The Company’s Humongous Entertainment and MacSoft labels are leaders in children’s and Macintosh entertainment software, respectively.

Infogrames, Inc. is a majority-owned subsidiary of France-based Infogrames Entertainment SA (IESA) (Euronext 5257), a global publisher and distributor of video games for all platforms, as well as interactive digital television, and mobile smart devices (WAP, HDML). In 2001, IESA acquired Infogrames Interactive, Inc. (formerly Hasbro Interactive), including its line of software based on well-known licenses such as MONOPOLY, Jeopardy® , TONKA, and Atari® , which are published and distributed in the U.S. by Infogrames, Inc. For more information, visit the Company’s Web site at www.infogrames.com.