STARCRAFT SENIOR GAME DESIGNER LEAVES BLIZZARD TO JOIN ACTIVISION'S
DARK REIGN

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Activision's Real-Time, Action-Strategy Title Lures Top Blizzard Game Designer, Ron Millar, as Consultant

Drawing on his depth of experience in creating compelling best-selling games, Millar will contribute creatively to Dark Reign's overall game design, including character development and mission building. The highly anticipated game will combine the best features found in current top-selling strategy games with never-before-seen gameplay elements that will set a new benchmark for the genre.

"Extraordinary games attract extraordinary talent and it's a testament to the commercial potential of Dark Reign that Ron is getting involved with the project. Dark Reign is the perfect vehicle for this pioneer of real-time, action-strategy games to redefine gaming limits," said Kotick. "Ron's participation will help ensure that Activision's first action-strategy game will be bigger and better than any title currently in the marketplace."

Dark Reign challenges gamers to the ultimate battle for galactic supremacy. Featuring player-controllable artificial intelligence, true line-of-sight, native Internet play and advanced gaming options, Dark Reign draws players into an engaging sci-fi universe where armies duel for interplanetary domination in more than 30 battles. Currently slated for a summer release, the Windows 95 compatible title is being co-developed by Activision, Inc. and Australis Microprogramming Pty., Ltd.

Ron Millar recently partnered with James Anhalt to create Redline Games, a software development and design corporation catering to leading game companies. Before that Millar was a senior game designer at Blizzard where he worked on such blockbuster games as Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal (the Warcraft II expansion pack), Diablo, and most recently StarCraft, which is currently under development.

Activision, Inc. is a publicly held developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software for Microsoft Windows and MS-DOS-compatible. Macintosh and other computers, as well as Nintendo, Sega, and Sony PlayStation game systems. Headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in London, Tokyo and Sydney, the company sells and markets products under the Activision and Infocom trade names.

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