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The Movies Gone Gold

(Press Release - PC)

Santa Monica, CA – October 6, 2005 – It’s a wrap! Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) announced today that The Movies™ has gone gold and will premiere at retail outlets nationwide on Tuesday, November 8. Created by renowned life simulation pioneer Peter Molyneux and Lionhead Studios®, The Movies allows gamers to become Hollywood players by creating unique movies and releasing them from the studios they build, starring the actors they discover and develop.

The Movies PC game will be available for a suggested retail price of $49.99. In addition, a Premiere Edition featuring exclusive star costumes, a 20-song game soundtrack, an advanced movie-making hints guide, exclusive trailers and original concept art, will be available for the suggested retail price of $59.99.

Both versions are rated “T” (Teen with blood and gore, crude humor, mild language, sexual themes, use of alcohol and tobacco, and violence) by the ESRB.

For more information on The Movies, please visit www.themoviesgame.com.

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About Lionhead Studios

Lionhead Studios is based in Guildford, Great Britain, and was founded in 1997. The company’s first game, “Black & White” for PC, was released in 2001, and worldwide sales of it have topped 2 million copies. Its second game, “Fable” for Xbox, has sold more than 1.6 million copies worldwide, and the numbers continue to climb, making it one of the top-selling Xbox titles of all time. The Company has three games, Fable: The Lost Chapters, Black & White 2 and The Movies, all scheduled for release on PC this fall.

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For more information about Lionhead Studios, visit http://www.lionhead.com.

About Activision, Inc.

Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision, Inc. is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and leisure products. Founded in 1979, Activision posted net revenues of $1.4 billion for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005.