Starship Troopers

Exclusive Licensing Agreement with Sony Pictures Entertainment for Starship Troopers™

EMPIRE INTERACTIVE PLC

Empire Interactive plc ("Empire"), the leading AIM listed UK computer games developer and publisher, announces today at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles, the signing of an exclusive five-year global licencing agreement with Sony Pictures Entertainment to develop and publish Starship Troopers™.

The game will be based on the movie of the same name and animated series franchise.

Developed internally by Empire's award-winning Strangelite Studio, the game will be released on PC, and all current and next generation consoles. The length of the agreement will allow Empire to produce multiple titles.

Ian Higgins, CEO of Empire, said: "Starship Troopers™ is a film licence that lends itself perfectly to the video game genre. We believe it will have global appeal and, combined with our award-winning development team, we will deliver a franchise that will allow gamers the chance to play their favourite scenes from the blockbuster movie."

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Press release (16th May 2003)

STARSHIP TROOPERS™ GAME MUSIC TO PREMIER AT 2004 "GC" CONCERT

**RICHARD JACQUES COMPOSES ORIGINAL SCORE FOR NEW ACTION VIDEOGAME BASED ON COLUMBIA PICTURES' BLOCKBUSTER MOVIE

London, July 6th, 2004** – Top Composer Richard Jacques (www.richardjacques.com) today announced his original score for Empire Interactive's STARSHIP TROOPERS™ (www.starshiptroopers-game.com) will debut as a live symphony suite at this year's GC-Games Convention concert. Members of the Prague Symphony Orchestra will perform the music on August 18th at Gewandhaus in Leipzig, Germany.

"Richard's music is anthemic and inspiring and was so well received at the first GC concert that we decided to feature more of his work again this year," said event producer Thomas Boecker. In 2003, Richard Jacques' music for Headhunter and Headhunter: Redemption was played to a sold-out Gewandhaus concert hall during the first game music symphony outside of Japan.

Ben Wilkins, producer for Empire Interactive, said; "Richard Jacques was the natural choice for STARSHIP TROOPERS™. His 10 years industry experience and past credits, especially in creating cinematic scores, made it abundantly clear that he was the right man for the job. We are delighted to be working with Richard."

STARSHIP TROOPERS™ is based on the movie of the same name and animated series franchise. Developed internally by Empire's award winning Strangelite Studio, the game will be released on PC, and all current and next generation consoles.

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Press release (6th July 2004)

Bugs Sir, Millions Of Them!

Empire Interactive announce an October 2005 launch for the ultimate PC videogame, Starship Troopers™ - a ground-breaking, epic bug-blasting first person shooter capturing for the first time the chaos, action and pure adrenaline rush of the definitive blockbuster sci-fi movie.

Can you hold your nerve, as hundreds of oversized, killer chitin-armoured bugs come scurrying over the horizon? In the blink of an eye your compound is surrounded, your ears ringing with machine gun fire and the screams of a comrade impaled on an arachnid's huge steel mandibles. Swarms of Warrior bugs are nerve-jangling enough, but can you manage to take out a 15m high Tanker Bug with your nuke launcher? As an 'Elite Marauder' you are our only hope. As the General said: "It's time to earn your citizenship, trooper!"

Starship Troopers™ the videogame introduces a terrifying assortment of enemy bugs for you to destroy, with an impressive range of weapons at your disposal, from the classic M2 Morita Rifle through to the infamous nuke launcher. Over 300 of your arachnid foe's can be tackled on screen at any given time. This has to be played to be believed! Become totally immersed in immense bug-blasting battles in both famous action-packed scenes from the movie and never-before-experienced settings and stories from the Starship Troopers™universe.

Starship Troopers™ the videogame is the first opportunity to fully experience and expand on the events and storylines developed in Paul Verhoeven's classic movie. The game boasts a whole host of exclusive features including voice-over commentary by Casper van Dien (aka Johnny Rico from the movie) with numerous and varied combat environments - indoor and outdoor levels, wide-open battlefields, a secret laboratory, claustrophobic bug nests, abandoned mines and lonely outposts.

Starship Troopers™ the videogame is a true PC epic - the most cinematic, all-out-action, adrenaline-pumping first-person-shooter to ever hit the PC. A must-buy title for fans of the Starship Troopers™universe and guaranteed to be top of the Christmas lists for PC Gamers and sci-fi fans alike. The First Person Shooter genre just moved up to the next level. Heed your General's battle cry as you run into another swarm of bugs: "Come on you apes, you wanna live forever?"

Game Features* SWARM Engine allows epic battles featuring 300+ bugs on screen at once, each with its own individual AI, boasting 20 times more action than you will have ever seen before. * 19 different types of non-humanoid enemy bugs to encounter. * Licence that covers the whole Starship Troopers™universe. The books, graphic novels, films and TV series are just the beginning. * Voice-over commentary by Casper van Dien, aka Johnny Rico, now the general who introduces each mission for you. * 9 weapons, each with dual function attacks. Weapons include the standard Morita rifle (seen in the film) as well as the plasma rifle, shotgun and rocket launcher, plus a variety of new and exciting items such as intelligent grenades and the infamous nuke launcher. * 12 single player levels including a mix of huge real-time battles on an epic scale and solo 'infiltration' missions. * Varied Combat Environments - indoor and outdoor levels, including the wide-open battlefields, a secret laboratory, claustrophobic bug nests, abandoned mines and lonely outposts. * Plus LAN and online modes including death match and co-op mode.

THEY JUST KEEP COMING...!
www.starshiptroopersgame.com

Release: PC-CD ROM, 24th October 2005, RRP £35.99

Age Rating: 16+

Developer: Strangelite

System Specs:

Recommended: 3.0ghz CPU, 1Gb RAM, GeForce 6800 or Radeon X800 [1024x768 with shadows], DirectX 9.0c, 600mb free hard drive space, Windows XP ONLY, DirectX compatible PCI soundcard.

Minimum: 2.0ghz CPU, 512mb RAM, GeForce FX5900 or Radeon 9800 [800x600 with shadows], DirectX 9.0c, 600mb free hard drive space, Windows XP ONLY.

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Press release (15th September 2005)

Grab A Big Gun And Prepare To Blast Bugs As Starship Troopers Goes Gold

London – Oct. 20th, 2005—Leading video game publisher Empire Interactive announced today that the highly anticipated and fast-paced video game Starship Troopers, based on the definitive blockbuster film, has gone gold.

Gamers are one step closer to blasting arachnid swarms into oblivion and earning their citizenship as an Elite Marauder, all while trying to restore peace as millions of killer bugs run amuck and threaten human life as we know it.

Starship Troopers™ introduces a terrifying assortment of enemy bugs for you to destroy, with an impressive range of weapons at your disposal, from the classic M2 Morita Rifle through to the infamous nuke launcher. Over 300 of your arachnid foe's can be tackled on screen at any given time. This has to be played to be believed! Become totally immersed in immense bug-blasting battles in both famous action-packed scenes from the movie and never-before-experienced settings and stories from the Starship Troopers universe.

Starship Troopers™ is the first opportunity to fully experience and expand on the events and storylines developed in Paul Verhoeven's classic movie. The game boasts a whole host of exclusive features including voice-over commentary by Casper van Dien (aka Johnny Rico from the movie) with numerous and varied combat environments – indoor and outdoor levels, wide-open battlefields, a secret laboratory, claustrophobic bug nests, abandoned mines and lonely outposts.

Starship Troopers™ is a true PC epic - the most cinematic, all-out-action, adrenaline-pumping first-person-shooter to ever hit the PC. A must-buy title for fans of the Starship Troopers universe and guaranteed to be top of the Christmas lists for PC Gamers and sci-fi fans alike. The First Person Shooter genre just moved up to the next level. Heed your General's battle cry as you run into another swarm of bugs: "Come on you apes, you wanna live forever?"

Release: PC-DVD ROM, October 2005,

RRP £34.99

Age Rating: 16+

Developer: Strangelite

System Specs: Recommended: 3.0ghz CPU, 1Gb RAM, GeForce 6800 or Radeon X800 [1024x768 with shadows], DirectX 9.0c, 600mb free hard drive space, Windows XP ONLY, DirectX compatible PCI soundcard.

Minimum: 2.0ghz CPU, 512mb RAM, GeForce FX5900 or Radeon 9800

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Press release (27th October 2005)