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ACTIVISION LAUNCHES HEXEN II/3Dfx Contest!

Gamers Can Win a 3Dfx Monster Board and HEXEN II T-Shirts

Los Angeles, CA, May 28, 1997 -- Get ready for a gristlier and more graphic Hexen II! Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) has teamed up with 3Dfx Interactive to launch a Hexen II/3Dfx contest on the Activision Web site. Beginning now, and running through August 29, 1997, Hexen fans can visit the site, participate in a trivia contest and enter to win a Diamond Monster 3D board worth over $200.

"Hexen II marks the first of many titles from Activision that will support the 3Dfx card," said Bobby Kotick, CEO and Chairman of Activision, Inc. "3Dfx makes Hexen II look spectacular and heightens the immersion factor even more for gamers, resulting in an incredible display of pyrotechnics and carnage." Hexen II is the eagerly awaited sequel to Hexen: Beyond Heretic. Developed by Raven Software and id Software the game transports players to four worlds - a medieval town and castle, a Roman villa, Egyptian Pyramids and Meso-American ruins - and pits them against droves of foul fiends including scorpions and mummies as well as some nefarious Boss monsters. Players fight as one of four character classes with weapons and powers specific to each class.

In order to enter the contest, Web surfers need to fill out an entry form at Activision's Web site and correctly answer a few questions about Hexen II and/or 3Dfx. The questions will vary from day to day and gamers can play the contest as many times as they wish, but they will only be entered once for the drawing. Once a week, six names will be randomly drawn and posted on a winner's page. The winner's page will also feature new screenshots of Hexen II and details about the gameplay, weapons, monsters and artifacts. Each week, one of the six winners will win Diamonds' Monster 3D board featuring 3Dfx graphics worth over $200, while the other five gamers will win Hexen II t-shirts.

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3Dfx Interactive, a privately held corporation with headquarters in San Jose, California, develops 3D accelerators designed to deliver a highly immersive and realistic 3D experience across multiple platforms. 3Dfx technology is used by leading manufacturers in PC add-in cards, arcade coin-operated machines and Location-Based Entertainment (LBE). Current 3Dfx Interactive products include the Voodoo family of accelerator chip sets, Voodoo GraphicsT and Voodoo RushT.

Raven Software, founded in 1990, is a leading developer of fantasy and science fiction role playing games. The company is based in Madison, Wisconsin. id Software, founded in 1991, is a software development company located in Mesquite, Texas. id's team of talented developers continue to make gaming history by creating and publishing one sensational action game after another. Wolfenstein 3D, DOOM, DOOM II, Heretic, HEXEN and QUAKE have created a frenzied demand worldwide and have managed to consistently break shareware and retail sales records at home and abroad.

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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