Hip Games(tm) proudly presents STOLEN Neutralize, steal, and vanish! Hip Games has signed with developer Blue 52 its multi-format stealth Super Production. Toronto, Wednesday, August 18th, 2004 - Hip Games(tm) the fast-growing publishing division of Hip Interactive announced last month the acquisition of the worldwide publishing and distributing rights to the multi-format game STOLEN. STOLEN is an ultra realistic, third person, stealth-based, action game based around a high-tech female thief. Along with innovative high-tech stealth/robbery game actions and events, STOLEN also boasts some truly amazing technical and presentational features to give it a spectacular look that will captivate gamers. STOLEN, developed by premier developer Blue 52, has already been two and a half years in the making. The team deem they are reaching an unprecedented level of excellence with a specific focus on high quality rendering technology including advance shadowing and lighting techniques, character animations and high-tech gadgets and weaponry. "Blue 52 has impressed us, not only by its amazing technology but also by its ambition and talent in reinventing the genre" said Hip Games, Chief Development Officer Graeme Boxall. "It is so rare these days to see a game that appeals to you immediately. Well we have found it." "Having worked with passion on Stolen for more than two years, we wanted to find the best home for it" commented Blue 52's Managing Director Jason Perkins. "We have definitely found it with Hip Games, not only will they ensure the necessary publishing focus, they will also offer a genuine worldwide distribution through their North-American and European set-ups". Hip Interactive owns all rights to the game and the property, seeing it as a long-term intellectual property which has tremendous potential for sequels. Stolen will be hitting the streets in March 2005. Features Include: · A unique subject matter: play the role of a Hollywood-style thief with a host of athletic and martial abilities. · Break into and out of movie-like locations and steal priceless items. · Use atmospheric real time volumetric shadow technology to hide from your enemies. · Employ hi-tech gadgets, tools and weapons to reach your objectives. · Various security companies and systems to outsmart, each with unique personalities and traits. · A stressful atmosphere - with tense and dramatic action set pieces. · High tech thief equipment: tracking devices, sonic visor, traversal equipment and more. · Various enemies and guards will be doing their best to make you fail. Get ready for some intense action sequences! · Vast array of interesting characters set to a mature background story supported by cinematics. About blue52 blue52 is a games development company, currently developing games for PlayStation2®, X-Box®, GameCube® and PC. The company is based in Camden Town, North London, UK and employs over 50 highly skilled and dedicated staff. blue52's previous game releases include "Peter Pan: Legend of Neverland", developed for Disney Interactive. During the past four years, blue52 has also undertaken development projects for Sony Computer Entertainment, Take 2 Interactive and Vivendi Universal Games. About Hip Games Hip Games(tm) leverages the Company's existing distribution infrastructure to move up the video game supply chain. Hip has entered into distribution and licensing arrangements with publishers and developers from around the world. The licenses give Hip the exclusive right to publish and/or distribute PC and video game titles in North America. With the acquisition of LSP, now Hip Europe, Hip Games(tm) has not only added to its library of games, but will also be able, as its licenses permit, distribute games in Europe. As well, with the acquisition of ARUSH Entertainment, Hip has acquired all of ARUSH's rights to its current projects, including the highly anticipated title Playboy: The Mansion(tm) for Xbox, PS2 and PC and the Fear Factor: Unleashed(tm) video games.