Temple of Elemental Evil Patch Announcement

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ATARI PLANS PATCH FOR THE TEMPLE OF ELEMENTAL EVIL

Significant Feedback from Player Community Used to Fine-Tune and Update Latest Dungeons & Dragons Role-Playing Game

LOS ANGELES Oct. 3, 2003 Atari today announced plans to develop a patch for its recently released PC CD-ROM game, The Temple of Elemental Evil™, set in the Dungeons & Dragons® World of Greyhawk created by Wizards of the Coast. The patch, which is initially slated to release later this month, will address a number of issues associated with the retail release of the product, including: technical fixes and general fine tuning; a variety of quest clarifications; corrections for some race and class inconsistencies, such as miscalculated attack modifiers and incorrect weapon and spell use; as well as a number of interface updates.

Developed by Troika Games, The Temple of Elemental Evil features an exciting party-based, single-player campaign, an engaging storyline based on the classic D&D® adventure of the same name, as well as a faithful translation of the latest version 3.5 rules. The Temple of Elemental Evil is now available at retail stores nationwide with an estimated retail price of $49.95 and an ESRB rating of (T) for Teen. Additional information about The Temple of Elemental Evil can be found online at www.greyhawkgame.com, which features message boards, wallpapers, screenshots, game play information and much more.

About Troika Games
Troika Games was founded in April 1998 by Timothy Cain, Leonard Boyarsky, and Jason Anderson. Troika Games debut game was Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura, which was released August 2001 and garnered the 2001 RPG of the Year award from PC Gamer, Computer Games magazine (where it also won their Best Writing award), the Vault Network, the Electric Playground and IGN.COM (where it also won their Reader’s Choice award). The goal of Troika Games is to develop the highest-quality games available for the home computer. Troika Games is located in Irvine, CA and maintains a website at www.troikagames.com.

About Wizards of the Coast
Wizards of the Coast, Inc., a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE:HAS), is a worldwide leader in the trading card game and tabletop roleplaying game categories, and a leading developer and publisher of game-based entertainment products. The company holds an exclusive patent on the method of playing trading card games (TCGs) and produces one of the world’s best-selling TCGs, Magic: The Gathering®, as well as the celebrated Dungeons & Dragons® roleplaying game. Publisher of adventure games, family card and board games, and electronic media products, Wizards of the Coast is also one of the world’s premier book publishers of fantasy series fiction whose novels have made numerous appearances on The New York Times best-seller list and have sold millions of copies worldwide. For more information, visit the Wizards of the Coast website at wizards.com.

About Atari
New York-based Atari, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATAR) develops interactive games for all platforms and is one of the largest third-party publishers of interactive entertainment software in the U.S. The Company’s 1,000+ titles include hard-core, genre-defining games such as Driverâ„¢, Enter the Matrixâ„¢, Neverwinter Nightsâ„¢, Stuntmanâ„¢, Test Drive®, Unreal® Tournament 2003, and Unreal® Championship; and mass-market and children’s games such as Backyard Sportsâ„¢, Nickelodeon’s Blue’s Cluesâ„¢ and Dora the Explorerâ„¢, Civilization®, Dragon Ball Z® and RollerCoaster Tycoon®. Atari, Inc. is a majority-owned subsidiary of France-based Infogrames Entertainment SA (Euronext 5257), the largest interactive games publisher in Europe. For more information, visit www.atari.com.