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Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Gameloft Brings Sci-Fi Action Battles to Mobile Phones With 'Terminator Salvation'

Gameloft Brings Sci-Fi Action Battles to Mobile Phones With 'Terminator Salvation'

NEW YORK, March 10/PRNewswire/ -- Gameloft, a leading developer and publisher of video games for
mobile phones and consoles, today announced a licensing agreement with The
Halcyon Company to develop, distribute and publish the official mobile game
to the first film of the new Terminator trilogy, Terminator Salvation. The
game will be available day and date of the film release on May 22, 2009.

In the highly anticipated new installment of The Terminator
film franchise, set in post-apocalyptic 2018, Christian Bale stars as John
Connor, the man fated to lead the human resistance against Skynet and its
army of Terminators. But the future that Connor was raised to believe in is
altered in part by the appearance of Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington), a
stranger whose last memory is of being on death row. Connor must decide
whether Marcus has been sent from the future, or rescued from the past. As
Skynet prepares its final onslaught, Connor and Marcus both embark on an
odyssey that takes them into the heart of Skynet's operations, where they
uncover the terrible secret behind the possible annihilation of mankind.

"The Terminator franchise is one of the world's most recognized brands
and Gameloft is pleased to create the game that brings the excitement of
the movie to your fingertips," said Gonzague de Vallois, senior vice
president of publishing, Gameloft. "The film provides an optimal
environment for our new game and will capture the thrills of the sci-fi
adventure for Terminator Salvation fans worldwide."

"We are excited to bring an immersive cinematic experience to
mobile gaming with the release of Terminator Salvation" said Cos Lazouras,
president of Halcyon Games. "Players will have the ability to expand their
interaction with the Terminator universe with content that is unique to this
platform."

About Halycon

The Halcyon Company is a privately financed, media development,
production and financing company, headed by co-CEOs Derek Anderson and
Victor Kubicek. The company is designed to create, acquire, manage, publish
and maintain the creative integrity of each and every project delivered by
The Halcyon Company across traditional and non-traditional channels of
distribution. In May 2007, Halcyon acquired all of the rights in
relationship to the Terminator franchise. These rights include the right to
produce any future Terminator films, as well as all future merchandising and
licensing rights, certain future revenues derived from Terminator 3: Rise of
the Machines, as well as certain rights in the television project The Sarah
Connor Chronicles and the sole right to produce all future Terminator
projects in any new or existing media. In 2009, Warner Bros. and Sony will
distribute the highly anticipated re-launch of the franchise, Terminator
Salvation. Halcyon recently secured the highly-coveted first-look rights to
the works of science fiction and cyber-punk writer Philip K. Dick. Through
this unprecedented agreement, Halcyon will have the first option to develop
in conjunction with Electric Shepherd for film adaptations, as well as
television and other media projects, based on Dick's vast body of works.

About Terminator Salvation

Terminator Salvation is directed by McG from a screenplay is
by Michael Ferris & John Brancato and Jonathan Nolan and Anthony Zuiker,
story by Michael Ferris & John Brancato., Derek Anderson, Victor Kubicek,
Moritz Borman and Jeffrey Silver are the producers, with Jeanne Allgood, Dan
Lin, Mario F. Kassar, Andrew G. Vajna and Joel B. Michaels serving as
executive producers. Opening nationwide on May 22, 2009, Terminator Salvation
will be distributed in North America by Warner Bros. Pictures. Sony Pictures
Entertainment is distributing the film in most international territories

About Gameloft

Gameloft is a leading international publisher and developer of
video games for mobile phones and consoles. Established in 1999, it has
emerged as one of the top innovators in its field. The company creates games
for mobile handsets equipped with Java, Brew or Symbian technology. The total
number of games-enabled handsets is anticipated to exceed four billion units
by 2012. Gameloft games are also available to players on WiiWare and DS,
Microsoft's Xbox LIVE Arcade, Apple's iPod, iTouch and iPhones, and PCs.

Partnership agreements with leading licensors and sports
personalities such as Ubisoft Entertainment, Universal Pictures, ABC,
Dreamworks Animations SKG, Endemol, 20th Century Fox, Viacom, Sony Pictures,
Touchtone Television, Warner Bros., FifPro, Ferrari, Paris Hilton, Gus
Hansen, Kobe Bryant, Derek Jeter, Reggie Bush, Chuck Norris, Jonny Wilkinson
or Robinho allow Gameloft to form strong relationships with international
brands. In addition to the partnerships, Gameloft owns and operates titles
such as Block Breaker Deluxe, Asphalt: Urban GT and New York Nights.

Through agreements with major telephone wireless carriers,
handset manufacturers, specialized distributors and its online shop, Gameloft
has a distribution network in over 80 plus countries.

Gameloft has worldwide offices in New York, San Francisco, Seattle,
Montreal, Mexico, Buenos Aires, Bogota, Sao Paulo, Santiago Paris,
London, Cologne, Milan, Madrid, Lisbon, Copenhagen, Warsaw, Helsinki, Vienna,
Bucharest, New Delhi, Seoul, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Beijing, Hong Kong,
Singapore, Tokyo and Sydney. Gameloft is listed on Euronext Paris (ISIN:
FR0000079600, Bloomberg: GFT FP, Reuters: GLFT.PA)

For further information, please contact:

Sanette Chao-Director, Public Relations, Sanette.chao@gameloft.com,
+1-212-994-2495

For more information, visit http://www.gameloft.com


Source: Terminator Salvation

For further information, please contact: Sanette Chao-Director, Public Relations, Sanette.chao@gameloft.com, +1-212-994-2495


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