VIVENDI UNIVERSAL GAMES OFFERS GAMERS EPIC DEAL WITH EMPIRE EARTH: GOLD EDITION New Product Combines Original Empire Earth PC Game and Empire Earth: The Art of Conquest Expansion for One Low Price BELLEVUE, WA (March 4, 2003) - Vivendi Universal Games today announced the shipment of Empire Earth: Gold Edition to retail stores nationwide. Published under the Company's Sierra Entertainment label, the new video game combines Gamespy.com's 2001 "PC Game of the Year" Empire Earth(tm) with the Empire Earth: The Art of Conquest(tm) expansion released in 2002. Together, both games have sold nearly two million copies worldwide and won numerous industry awards. The new combo-pack gives real-time strategy game fans everything they need to conquer the world. In addition to the two full games, Empire Earth: Gold Edition also includes the official Prima Games strategy guides for both Empire Earth and Empire Earth: The Art of Conquest. The Empire Earth: Gold Edition game is rated "T" for teen audiences by the Entertainment Software Rating Board, and carries a suggested retail price of $39.99. More information about the game can be found at http://www.empireearth.com/. In the Empire Earth: Gold Edition game, gamers can become the greatest conqueror of all time by creating, building, and leading a civilization to transcend the ages - from the discovery of fire, to flight, to the next frontier: space. From Prehistory to the Space Age of the 22nd Century, Empire Earth and Empire Earth: The Art of Conquest serve up gaming on an epic scale. The games cover over 500,000 years of human history, from the discovery of fire to the laser battles of the future. Each player takes control of a fledgling civilization and strives to forge the greatest of all empires.