TRI SYNERGY’S BANDITS: PHOENIX RISING SHIPS TO RETAIL OUTLETS NATIONWIDE Boston, MA - March 26, 2003 – Prominent videogame co-publisher, Tri Synergy, announced today that Bandits: Phoenix Rising, shipped to retail outlets nationwide. Bandits: Phoenix Rising immerses players into a vast, desert wasteland, where they must control a cannon-mounted combat car in order to defeat heavily armed enemies and ultimately defend their gang. Bandits: Phoenix Rising is rated T (Teen) with an SRP of $29.99. “Bandits: Phoenix Rising transports gamers back to a world where association with clans and gangs are essential for survival,” said Shane Nestler, executive vice president of Tri Synergy. “Players will fight for their clans’ victory while engaging in over 22 missions, which include car duels, train robberies and more.” Bandits: Phoenix Rising is a fast paced, action packed game accompanied by an exhilarating soundtrack, extraordinary graphics and elaborate physics. Players can custom build their battle car to fight over enemy territories and ransack enemy caravans. The game also has extensive multiplayer capabilities supported via LAN and Internet. Bandits: Phoenix Rising is set in a post-apocalyptic, Mad-Max world, where the re-emergence of the diabolical weapon known as “The Phoenix,” has reset the balance of society. In this twisted world, the search for Jericho City’s gold leads to an ever-increasing struggle for power between the different clans. Led by Fennec and Rewdalf, the Wolfpack gang battle hordes of heavily armed enemies with custom-built cars that are equipped with missiles, guns, cannons, grenade launchers and mine droppers. In order to complete these missions, the gang must engage in deviant behavior such as train robberies and the storming of outposts, during which they seek out items necessary for survival.