Topic: Game Live Events Announces Game Life College Tour

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Game Live Events Announces First Ever "2003 College Game Life Tour"

National 13 City College Tour to Feature Top Video Games and Special 'Beta' Previews of New Game Titles From EA SPORTS(tm), EA SPORTS BIG(tm), EA GAMES(tm), Rockstar, Ubi Soft, Midway, the U.S. Army, THQ(r) and Vivendi Universal Games

SAN FRANCISCO - (April 1, 2003) - Game Live Events, one of the country's leading producers of live video game and PC touring events, today announced their first ever "2003 College Game Life Tour." The 13 stop College tour begins on Friday, April 4th in Philadelphia, PA at Temple University and runs through Tuesday, April 29th in Chico, CA at Chico State University.

This tour marks the first time video games and PC games will be featured in an industry wide event on major college campuses throughout the US. The tour will feature this spring season's most highly anticipated video and PC game titles.  The tour will showcase titles that are in final build beta version or current first stage launch including Def Jam VENDETTA(tm) from EA SPORTS BIG(tm), MVP Baseball(tm) 2003 from EA SPORTS(tm), Midnight Club 2(tm) from Rockstar Games, Midway Sports(tm) MLB(tm) SlugFest(r) 20-04 from, America's Army from the U.S. Army, NBA STREET Vol. 2 from EA SPORTS BIG(tm), Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell(tm),  Rayman(r) 3: Hoodlum Havoc and Murakumo(tm) Renagade Mech Pursuit from Ubi Soft Entertainment(tm) and Run Like Hell(tm) from Vivendi Universal Games.

More than 20 titles will be featured on a state-of-the-art, 50-screen Game Live interactive 'GamePort' system from publishing partners Electronic Arts(tm), Rockstar Games, Ubi Soft Entertainment(tm), THQ(r), Midway, the U.S. Army and Vivendi Universal Games.  PC partners include Alienware(r) Ultimate Gaming Machines - the Official Tour PC, ATI Technologies RADEON 9700 PRO Graphics Card - the Official Graphics Card and the NYKO "Air Flo(tm)" controller - the Official Video Game Controller.  G4(r), the cable TV network dedicated to video games, has signed on as the Official Broadcast Media Partner, and, Game Informer Magazine is the tour's Official Game Magazine Partner.  GameStop is the tour's Official Retailer partner throughout the US tour.

The tour offers each campus the rare experience of sampling the spring's most anticipated titles for the first time, as well as preview unreleased demos of many hot new titles.  "'The Game Life Tour' is a great opportunity to generate trial and awareness of our latest titles to our target consumers in a fun, interactive environment," said Alison Ross of Electronic Arts.

Admission is free and all game play is unlimited.  For complete details of the tour, including tour locations, event times, and the latest list of games included on the tour, visit www.gameliveevents.com.

2003 College Tour Schedule

• Friday, April 4th Temple University
• Monday, April 7th University of Virginia
• Wednesday, April 9th North Carolina State University
• Thursday, April 10th Auburn University
• Monday, April 14th Florida A&M University
• Tuesday, April 15th Florida State University
• Wednesday, April 16th Tulane University
• Friday, April 18th University of Texas at Austin
• Tuesday, April 22nd Arizona State University
• Thursday, April 24th Cal State Long Beach
• Friday, April 25th University of California Santa Barbara
• Monday, April 28th University of California Berkeley
• Tuesday, April 29th California State
• University Chico

Show Times Start at 10:00 AM

 GAME TITLES ON TOUR

EA SPORTS(tm

• MVP Baseball(tm) 2003
• Tiger Woods PGA TOUR(r) 2003
• NBA Live 2003
• Madden(r) NFL(tm) 2003

EA SPORTS BIG(tm

• Def Jam VENDETTA(tm)
• NBA STREET Vol. 2

EA GAMES(tm)

• The Sims(tm)
• The Lord of the Rings(tm), The Two Towers(tm)
• James Bond 007(tm): NIGHTFIRE(tm)
• Medal of Honor Frontline(tm)

ROCKSTAR

• Max Payne(tm) Platinum Hits
• Midnight Club 2(tm)

MIDWAY(r)

• Mortal Kombat(r): Deadly Alliance(tm)
• MLB(tm) SlugFest(r) 20-04

UBI SOFT ENTERTAINMENT(tm)

• Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon(tm)
• Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell(tm)
• Rayman(r) 3: Hoodlum Havoc
• Rocky(tm)

The U.S. Army

• America's Army

THQ(r)

• Pride FC(tm)

Vivendi Universal Games

• Run Like Hell(tm)
• Outlaw Volleyball(tm)
• Jurassic Park(tm) Operation Genesis