GLOBALSTAR SHIPS SERIOUS SAM: NEXT ENCOUNTER FOR THE PLAYSTATION®2

AND NINTENDO GAMECUBE

Serious Sam Advance Also Set To Ship For Game Boy Advance

New York ­ April 15, 2004 ­ Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:

TTWO) announced today that its Global Star publishing label has shipped

Serious Sam: Next Encounter for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment

system and Nintendo GameCube to North American retailers and is expected to

be released in Europe and Australia on April 30, 2004. Developed by Climax,

the newest addition to the popular first-person shooter franchise features

online play for up to eight players and two-player split screen action on

the PlayStation 2, a four-player deathmatch option on the Nintendo GameCube,

and two-player cooperative mode for both platforms. Serious Sam: Next

Encounter is rated M for Mature and is available for the suggested retail

price of $19.99.

Serious Sam: Next Encounter finds Sam gearing up once again to defend the

Earth from Mental and his limitless extra-terrestrial hordes. Sam is

launched back in time to rid the alien scum from more than 40 levels spread

throughout three beautifully rendered, massive new time periods ­ Ancient

Rome, Feudal China and legendary Atlantis. For the first time ever, Sam will

have access to vehicles to help him mow down the enemies, and of course

he¹ll be armed to the teeth with an arsenal that contains old favorites and

some high-powered new additions. Throughout it all, Serious Sam: Next

Encounter maintains the same hilarious and high speed shoot-Oem-up action

that fans have come to love, while introducing tons of new features that

will keep the fingers of experts and newcomers alike wrapped around their

trigger buttons.

In addition, Global Star has also shipped Serious Sam Advance for the

Nintendo ® Game Boy Advance, the first Serious Sam title for the system.

Serious Sam Advance retails for $19.99.