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HOLD ON TIGHT, WHIRL TOUR™ IS NOW AVAILABLE! Trick sports combined with arcade fun now available on two platforms

LOS ANGELES, CA - (November 5, 2002) - Crave Entertainment, a leading publisher of videogame entertainment products, and the Games division of Vivendi Universal Publishing (VU Games) announced today that Whirl Tour has shipped and will soon be at retail stores throughout North America. Whirl Tour is available for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system and Nintendo GameCube™.

"Whirl Tour capitalizes on the unique technology offered on both the Nintendo GameCube and Sony PlayStation and we are pleased to bring this fast paced, trick-oriented action experience to consumers," explained Anthony Crouts, Director of Marketing at Vivendi Universal Games.

In Whirl Tour, players assume the role of Wasa B., the roadie for the rock band Flipside. After the band is mysteriously kidnapped during a concert, Wasa B. must rescue his friends and uncover the mystery of their capture. The action takes players through eight creative, colorfully rendered, interactive levels, including a castle, a theme park, a movie set and even a floating city.

Whirl Tour features:

  • · A wide variety of gas, electric, and rocket powered scooters to complete

  • the game levels.

  • · Trick skills and puzzle solving are key aspects of the game as players

  • battle crazy boss characters and pull off a huge variety of mad tricks.

  • · Several hidden bonus areas and bonus game levels and "mini" games where

  • players acquire new scooters

  • · Kidnapped friends, once rescued, become playable characters, and introduce

  • new tricks to the player's arsenal.

  • · A soundtrack that includes 33 tracks from 26 up-and-coming bands, covering

  • four distinct musical styles: Techno, Rock, Punk and Hip Hop.

For more information, visit the Whirl Tour web page at www.whirltour.com

About Crave Entertainment:Based in Los Angeles, California, Crave Entertainment is a privately held publisher of videogame entertainment products. The company's best-selling line-up features top brands and franchises such as Ultimate Fighting Championship and Tokyo Xtreme Racer.

Crave produces games for the major console platforms including Game Boy® Advance, Nintendo GameCubeä, the PlayStation® game console, PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox™ video game system from Microsoft, and for the PC. For more information about Crave Entertainment, please visit http://www.cravegames.com. Whirl Tour Ships

About Vivendi Universal Publishing Vivendi Universal Publishing, a division of the world's second largest communications group (Vivendi Universal), publishes content in four major languages and has strong local brands. As the world's third largest publisher, the Company's key content areas include literature, reference, school, college, kids, games and consumer press. Vivendi Universal Publishing is a global leader in multi-platform interactive entertainment. A leading publisher of PC, console and online-based interactive content, its portfolio of development studios includes Black Label Games, Blizzard Entertainment, NDA Productions, Sierra Entertainment and Universal Interactive. Through its subsidiary VU Games, it distributes worldwide its interactive contents and co-publishes and/or distributes products for a number of strategic partners. VU Publishing's digitization policy provides its content with a doorway to multi-platform international distribution giving the group a competitive edge in a changing market.

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