"The Lost World: Jurassic Park" will be found on ENGAGE games online; on-line game will be exclusive to ENGAGE

Business Wire, June 20, 1997

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 20, 1997--ENGAGE games online has announced that it has secured the exclusive on-line game rights to Universal Pictures' and Amblin Entertainment's "The Lost World: Jurassic Park" through an agreement with Universal Studios Consumer Products Group.

This original game on ENGAGE will follow the story of the blockbuster film and incorporate unique multiplayer capabilities. Availability of the game will be announced later this year.

"`The Lost World: Jurassic Park' represents one of the most exciting titles coming to ENGAGE thus far," said Jeff Leibowitz, president of ENGAGE. "Based on the enormous success of the films and books, as well as the overall mystery of dinosaurs, we believe it will become one of the more popular games we offer."

"The Lost World: Jurassic Park" on ENGAGE will be the only PC-based on-line version of the game. No separate retail version of this game is currently planned.

As in the blockbuster films, the game takes place on a tropical island inhabited by re-engineered dinosaurs. The game challenges players to visit the nests of six different species of dinosaurs, capture one egg from each nest and return them to the lab. In addition to facing numerous dinosaurs, including T-rexes and velociraptors, players will have to battle others trying to complete the same mission. Game play will consist of four teams, up to 32 players.

Universal Studios Consumer Products Group is a part of Universal Studios, a diversified entertainment company and a worldwide leader in motion pictures, television, music, home entertainment and location-based entertainment. Universal Studios is a unit of the Seagram Co. Ltd., a global beverage and entertainment company.

ENGAGE games online provides the world's most popular multiplayer games via the Internet and most major on-line services, including: "Descent," "Warcraft II," "Rolemaster: Magestorm," "SplatterBall," "Darkness Falls," "Virtual Pool," "Castles II," "Billboard Live! Trivia," "Rolemaster: The Bladelands," "Blood" and many more.

ENGAGE is more than just an on-line games service; and there is no monthly subscription fee required to play. ENGAGE is a community of gamers of all levels, with standard and low-latency access, chat rooms, bulletin boards and the widest variety of games of any major on-line games service. ENGAGE is located on the World Wide Web at http://www.engagegames.com and on most major on-line services.

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Kristin Thomson, 310/203-0550

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