Post-apocalyptic first person shooter scheduled to reach Australian & New Zealand on March 18^th – pre-order at selected retailers for bonus content 

AGOURA HILLS, Calif. January 29^th, 2010 — THQ Inc. today announced that Metro 2033^TM, the hotly anticipated first person shooter for Xbox 360^® and PC, is scheduled to release in Australian & New Zealand retail stores on March 18^th 2010.   

A special edition will be available for both formats, including an exclusive in-game weapon – the formidable automatic shotgun – and four art cards by the Russian painter Anton Grechko, who was commissioned to create a range of artwork inspired by the universe of Metro 2033. This special edition is available exclusively in Australia & New Zealand from EB Games.

Standard and Special Edition versions of Metro 2033 are available to pre-order now, with selected retailers offering free Metro 2033 themed Xbox LIVE^® Avatar items with every pre-order. Avatar items special edition is available from retailer GAME. Customers who purchase Metro 2033 from retailer JB Hi-fi will receive a specially designed Metro 2033 t-shirt complete with soviet star.

For the latest Metro 2033 news, visit Metro2033Game.com, follow Twitter.com/Metro2033 or become a fan at Facebook.com/Metro2033.

About Metro 2033

Set in the shattered subway of a post apocalyptic Moscow, Metro 2033 is a story of intensive underground survival where the fate of mankind rests in your hands.

In 2013, the world was devastated by an apocalyptic event, annihilating almost all mankind and turning the earth’s surface into a poisonous wasteland. A handful of survivors took refuge in the depths of the Moscow underground, and human civilization entered a new Dark Age.

The year is 2033. An entire generation has been born and raised underground, and their besieged Metro Station-Cities struggle for survival, with each other, and the mutant horrors that await outside.

You are Artyom, born in the last days before the fire, but raised Underground. Having never ventured beyond your Metro Station-City limits, one fateful event sparks a desperate mission to the heart of the Metro system, to warn the remnants of mankind of a terrible impending threat. Your journey takes you from the forgotten catacombs beneath the subway to the desolate wastelands above, where your actions will determine the fate of mankind.

About Dmitry Glukhovsky

Dmitry Glukhovsky, (born 12th June 1979) is a Russian author and journalist.

Glukhovsky’s first novel, Metro 2033, was originally made freely available via his own website in 2002 and quickly became a cult classic, attracting thousands of readers. A publishing deal followed, and Metro 2033 was eventually released in hard copy in 2005. It has since sold 450,000 copies in Russia, whilst online readers have topped 2 million. The book publishing rights have been sold in more than 20 countries, including Germany where the book has already been released to critical acclaim; and the UK, where it goes on sale later this year. Metro 2033 the game has been in development at 4A Games for just over two years, and the film rights are currently in negotiation with a number of Hollywood studios.

As a journalist, Dmitry Glukhovsky has worked for EuroNews TV in France, Deutsche Welle, and the Russian Television station, RTtv. He writes columns for Harper’s Bazaar, l’Officiel and Playboy.

Glukhovsky has lived in Israel, Germany and France and speaks English, French, German, Hebrew and Spanish apart of his native Russian.

About THQ

THQ Inc. is a leading worldwide developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software. The company develops its products for all popular game systems, personal computers and wireless devices. Headquartered in Los Angeles County, California, THQ sells product through its global network of offices located throughout North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. More information about THQ and its products may be found at www.thq.com. THQ and the THQ logo are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of THQ Inc.

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Experience This Year’s Best Online Multiplayer Game before it Hits Stores on March 4 

Sydney, Australia – January 29, 2010 – DICE, an Electronic Arts Inc. studio (NASDAQ: ERTS), today announced that first-person shooter fans will get early access to the best-in-class online war experience in Battlefield: Bad Company™ 2. Players can now download a free* console demo worldwide on Xbox LIVE™ Marketplace. A PC beta is also now available to players that pre-order** the game at participating retailers in Australia through participating retailers. On February 4^th, the demo will be accessible on the PlayStation®Network in Europe and Australia. Defined by its increasingly intense vehicular warfare, destruction, variety of weapons and huge sandbox environments, Battlefield Bad Company 2 promises to be one of the finest online FPS games of 2010.

From the director of Borat comes a hilarious and provocative look at religion, starring Bill Maher -a must see for both believers and non believers.

Comedian, acerbic commentator, raconteur, sceptic, seeker Bill Maher and Larry Charles (director of Borat) set off in search of answers in this raunchy, rude, disrespectful, outrageous and shocking documentary about the greatest fiction ever told. From the Western Wall to the Vatican, from self-professed messiahs to self-professed pariahs aim is to expose the hypocrisy and corruption in organised religion and highlight the absurdly hilarious logic that holds it together.

For the first time on Blu-ray comes the profound story of courage and sacrifice that depicts the final twelve hours in the life of Jesus Christ. The Passion Of the Christ is directed by Academy Award® Winner Mel Gibson.

Experience the astounding retelling of The Passion of the Christ like never before with this Director’s Edition Blu-ray available in a limited digi-pak, rent on Blu-ray March 3, 2010. Also available The Passion of the Christ two disc director’s edition on DVD.

Kung Hei Fat Choy! To welcome in the year of the tiger and celebrate the 2010 Chinese New Year, audiences will have an opportunity for the first time to see the original two part Chinese theatrical version of Red Cliff: Part 1 & 2 on the big screen at Dendy Opera Quays on Wednesday 17 February. Red Cliff: Part 1 & 2 is Hong Kong master, John Woo’s (Mission Impossible II, Face Off) spectacular action packed return to his Chinese roots.

Presented in conjunction with Icon Films and the City of Sydney, see this magnificent film in this epic one-off screening of Red Cliff: Part 1 & 2 at Dendy Opera Quays on 17 February 2010.

EVENT: Red Cliff: Part 1 &2
DATE: 6pm Wednesday 17th February
VENUE: Dendy Opera Quays, 2 East Circular Quay, Sydney
TICKETS : $12 General / $10 Club Dendy
HOW: Tickets are strictly limited! Book now via phone on 9247 3800 or online www.dendy.com.au

The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony available together on a single disc and individually for digital download

January 29, 2010 – Rockstar Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), is pleased to announce the much anticipated release of Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City for the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Games for Windows® – LIVE on March 30, 2010. For the first time, PS3 and Games for Windows – LIVE players will have the opportunity to experience the last two thrilling chapters of the Grand Theft Auto IV saga.

The two action packed episodes will also be available for download on the PlayStation®Network and Games for Windows – LIVE on March 30, 2010. Each episode takes place in the same detailed and immersive world that made Grand Theft Auto IV one of the most critically acclaimed games of all time. Games for Windows – LIVE players can enjoy 32-player multiplayer matches and an advanced video editor, and all fans will experience new songs on the updated soundtrack as featured across Liberty City’s 13 diverse radio stations, alongside in-game television and Liberty City’s own internet.

“It’s been a long time coming, but we are proud to finally deliver Episodes From Liberty City for the PC and PlayStation 3,” said Sam Houser. “We appreciate the patience of our PlayStation 3 and PC fans worldwide, and we look forward to putting the games in your hands this March.”

The Lost and Damned is a dark trip through Liberty City’s seedy underbelly as outlaw biker, Johnny Klebitz, fights to keep his gang together as a rift in the gang’s leadership threatens to tear the brotherhood apart. In The Ballad of Gay Tony, players explore Liberty City’s high-end nightlife as Luis Lopez, struggling to balance the temptations of money and vice against loyalties to family and friends. Both episodes feature a slew of new vehicles and weapons, and each episode adds new activities including cage fighting, gang wars and BASE jumping.

Episodes from Liberty City – Available March 30, 2010 globally

(The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony together on one disc)

Does not require a copy of Grand Theft Auto IV

PlayStation 3

Games for Windows – LIVE

The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony – Available March 30, 2010 globally

(Individual episodes for digital download)

Requires a copy of Grand Theft Auto IV

PlayStation Network

Games for Windows – LIVE

Episodes from Liberty City is rated MA15+ by the Australian Classification Board and is currently available for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and each episode is also available from the Xbox LIVE® Marketplace.

For more information visit www.rockstargames.com/episodesfromlibertycity.

About Take-Two Interactive Software

Headquartered in New York City, Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. is a global developer, marketer, distributor and publisher of interactive entertainment software games for the PC, PlayStation®3 and PlayStation®2 computer entertainment systems, PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, Wii™, Nintendo DS™, iPhone™ and iPod® touch. The Company publishes and develops products through its wholly owned labels Rockstar Games and 2K, which publishes its titles under 2K Games, 2K Sports and 2K Play. Take-Two also distributes software, hardware and accessories in North America through its Jack of All Games subsidiary. The Company’s common stock is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the symbol TTWO. For more corporate and product information please visit our website at www.take2games.com.

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2K Games and Gearbox Software are excited to announce the largest DLC for Borderlands to date: The Secret Armory of General Knoxx (coming to the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC)!  Get ready to face off with brutal, never-before-seen enemies in a huge new environment complete with tons of brand new missions.  Don’t worry, you’ll be able to get guns (yes, even more guns!) to give you the firepower you’ll need as you discover entirely new weapons and items!  

This DLC extends the Borderlands experience, providing new challenges and opportunities for growth for characters from around level 34 to level 50.  Growth for characters at 50?  Yeah, that’s right, we’ve raised the level cap; even players who think they’ve seen it all have tons more to do!  The Secret Armory of General Knoxx offers hours of thrilling shooting and looting for Borderlands players!

Lost Planet 2  – War is coming to E.D.N. III, and it promises to rip the Lost Planet apart.

www.lostplanet2game.com has launched and in this 1st stage, offers a glimpse of the epic action in store for Lost Planet 2 players.

Over the coming weeks the world of E.D.N III will open up with new features, promotions and exclusive assets.
Fans can register on the website now to ensure they don’t miss out on any updates.

MotoGP 09/10 
The ultimate two-wheel racing game, MotoGP 09/10, is speeding towards stores this March. To give fans the most up-to-date racing experience the game will offer players all the riders, tracks and teams from the official 2009 GP season straight out the box with free downloadable content allowing you to race the 2010 season as it unfolds coming shortly after launch.

There will be two free DLC packs, the first pack will contain the 800cc bike class with all the bike, rider and team liveries, plus the brand new tracks for the 2010 MotoGP – Silverstone (UK) and Balatonring (Hungary). The second pack will include all the bike, rider and team livery updates for the 600cc and 125cc bike class, giving players everything they need to play the season earlier than ever before.

Additionally, we are pleased to announce that the official demo will be released a month before launch on XBLA and PSN. Play as your favourite GP hero in a battle to cross the finish line and be the star in Championship mode or race against the clock in Time Trial. For those who like to take a risk you can show off your skills in the Arcade mode where extra time will be added for pulling off daring manoeuvres but put in a bad performance and your dreams of victory will be over.