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Call of Duty Continues Strong Performance on PC and Consoles

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI - News) announced today that four of its PC games -- Rome: Total War^™, id software's DOOM 3^™, Call of Duty^™ and Call of Duty: United Offensive^™ -- were top 10 titles in the U.S. for the month of October, according to NPD Techworld.

The company's Call of Duty franchise continued to see strong sales on the PC and is off to a strong start on the console platforms. The original PC game, which garnered more than 80 Game of the Year Awards and 50 Editors' Choice honors, has remained a top 10 title since its release one year ago on October 29, 2003. The expansion pack, Call of Duty: United Offensive, has remained a top 10 PC title since its launch this year on Sept. 15, 2004. The newest edition to the franchise, Call of Duty: Finest Hour^™ for the PlayStation® 2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox® video game system from Microsoft and the Nintendo® GameCube^™, has already shipped more than one million units in the U.S.

"We have had an unprecedented year with our PC game lineup and have released an equally powerful slate of console games," said Ron Doornink, CEO, Activision Publishing, Inc. "We now have seven titles that have shipped in excess of one million units including two of our most recent console games Call of Duty: Finest Hour and X-Men Legends^™. We are well on our way to reaching our goal of having 10 million-unit selling titles during fiscal 2005."

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 $948 million for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2004.

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