LOS ANGELES, CA (June 19, 2003) - Vivendi Universal Games announced today that the sci-fi action shooter Mace Griffin Bounty Hunter&153; is shipping to retail stores nationwide for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system and the Xbox® video game system from Microsoft. Mace Griffin will also be available for Windows PC and for Nintendo GameCube&153; in early September. Key Features: Mace Griffin Bounty Hunter offers a wealth of innovative features, including: * Seamless transition between first-person combat and space flight action * A dynamic lead character and an epic story with the pacing and drama of a blockbuster movie * Consistent flight control and weapons management systems both in space and on the ground * The ability to pilot six different ships from alien fighters to massive carriers * Lifelike Non-Player Characters (Artificial Intelligence) react depending on their intelligence, bravery, health and weapons * 10 different player weapons and 11 different spaceship weapons * An array of diverse environments offering different physics, obstacles, inhabitants and creatures. Examples include gas refineries, alien cattle ranches and temples Against a futuristic backdrop of corporate, religious and political intrigue, players will take up the quest of Mace Griffin, once a valued member of an elite police force, The Rangers. Griffin becomes the unsuspecting pawn in a sabotaged incident that kills his comrades and disbands the Rangers, and earns him a 10-year stint behind bars. Emerging from prison hardened and bitter, he becomes a bounty hunter, a vocation that gives him access to classified information and a means to aggressively search for the people who set him up to fall. The character of Mace Griffin is being brought to life by hard rock front man, actor and spoken word artist, Henry Rollins.