Activision Rides With Hawk Again With Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2

London, UK - February 22, 2000 - Legendary pro skateboarder Tony Hawk and Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) are in development to bring Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, to the PlayStation game console, Nintendo 64, Game Boy Color, Sega Dreamcast and PC. The highly anticipated sequel is expected to be released this Autumn. As with Tony Hawk's Skateboarding, the sequel's PlayStation game console version is being developed by Neversoft Entertainment.

One of last year's best-selling PlayStation game console titles, Tony Hawk's Skateboarding has sold through over 110,000 units since it's launch in Oct '99 and has garnered critical acclaim winning multiple awards including, Official Playstation Magazine "Simply a brilliantly playable and hugely entertaining game" 9/10 and Official Ninetendo Magazine"A magnificent game that not only looks awesome but plays brilliantly."

With the most comprehensive roster of pro skaters, an intuitive control scheme, and enhanced skating physics, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater will deliver the most authentic and cutting-edge skateboarding experience and expands on the groundbreaking features of the original game. The sequel's increased number of tricks and combinations - including new grabs, grinds, inverts and lip and nollie tricks - will challenge players to master new skills as they work their way up the skateboarding ranks.

Adding depth and replayability to the game is the most advanced Skatepark editor, allowing players to build their own dream parks from scratch. Players can see exactly how their park will look in the game as they plot out a course using a variety of parts - ramps, rails, obstacles and quarterpipes - in the real-time 3D editor. Once a level is laid out it can be saved to a Memory Card and shared with friends. Additionally, a total character customization feature allows gamers to modify the pro skaters' clothing, physical appearance and trick sets, or build an entirely new character from scratch.

Players can ollie and grind in a variety of new international real world settings, including skate parks and locations in New York, Marseille, and Rio de Janeiro. Each environment is littered with secret areas, short cuts, ramps and interactive objects allowing players to trick off of just about everything in sight.

Offering several modes of play, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater's two-player split-screen trick attack mode give skaters the ability to interact with other players, allowing them to compete on ramps and in skateparks for style points, race between various obstacles on the tracks or play in graffiti mode in which players "tag" different obstacles in the environment by performing tricks off of them. The game also features a variety of multiplayer modes including an all new multiplayer competition mode in which players can compete with and against up to seven opponents in a judged skate competition, new street, vert and best trick modes and an enhanced version of H-O-R-S-E. Additionally, the game also features new mini-games that players can unlock as they advance through the improved career mode as well as a replay mode where players can view the highlights of each run.

Based in Woodland Hills, California, Neversoft Entertainment is a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision, Inc. 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 revenues of $436 million for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1999.

Activision maintains operations in the US, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan, Australia, The Netherlands and Belgium. More information about Activision and its products can be found on the company's World Wide Web site, which is located at http://www.activision.com.