DISNEY INTERACTIVE, SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA AND SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT EUROPE ANNOUNCE MULTI-YEAR, MULTI-PROPERTY DEAL COMPANIES ALIGN TO PRODUCE GAMES FOR PLAYSTATION 2 AND PS ONE CONSOLES BASED ON DISNEY FEATURE ANIMATED CONTENT LOS ANGELES Disney Interactive, Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) today announced an exclusive, multi-title agreement through which the companies will develop and publish video games for PlayStation®2, PlayStation® and PS one™ platforms, based on five upcoming and highly anticipated film properties from The Walt Disney Company: Disney’s Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Disney/Pixar’s Monsters, Inc., Disney’s Lilo and Stitch, Disney’s Treasure Planet, and Disney’s Peter Pan: Return to Neverland. Disney’s Atlantis: The Lost
Empire for PS one and PlayStation launches June 2001 in North America,
in conjunction with the US release of the feature animated film, and October
2001 in Europe. Games for PlayStation 2 and PS one formats based on Disney/Pixar’s
Monsters, Inc., will release around the time of the US film debut, and
in Europe in early 2002. Commenting on the agreement,
Chris Deering, President of SCEE said: “We have worked now with Disney
Interactive since 1995, introducing their first PlayStation title, ‘Disney’s
Mickey’s Wild Adventure’, and since then 10 other PlayStation titles and
very soon Disney’s Atlantis: The Lost Empire on PS one, which is due to
release come out in Autumn of this year. The strength of Disney Interactive’s
development team, and their ability to deliver first- rate entertainment
products on time and in many languages, has played a major role in ensuring
that PlayStation and now PS Oone has extended its reach to a very wide
audience across age groups, gender and country.’’ About Disney Interactive Disney Interactive, part of the Disney Consumer Products division of The Walt Disney Company, develops, markets and globally distributes a wide variety of interactive entertainment, educational and sports CD-ROMs and video games. For more information on Disney Interactive's products, visit www.disneyinteractive.com. About Sony Computer Entertainment
America Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. continues to redefine
the entertainment lifestyle with its PlayStation and PS one™ console and
the PlayStation2 computer entertainment system. The PlayStation 2 computer
entertainment system is set to revolutionize the home entertainment market,
offering the most compelling interactive content and the capability to
be used as a network terminal in the coming broadband era. Recognized
as the undisputed industry leader, Sony Computer Entertainment America
Inc. markets the PS one game console and PlayStation 2 computer entertainment
system and develops, publishes, markets and distributes software for the
PS one game console and the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system
for the North American market. Based in Foster City, Calif., Sony Computer
Entertainment America Inc. serves as headquarters for all North American
operations and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Computer Entertainment
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