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Toronto, April 22nd, 2003 , DreamCatcher Games today announced its full line-up for the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). The company will be showcasing 5 new products, including the much anticipated Painkiller on PC and Arx Fatalis on Xbox.

“ With such a strong and diverse portfolio , this is set to be our most exciting E3 ever,” commented DreamCatcher Games CEO, Richard Wah Kan, “we have some great new games that we ’ re anxious to show off , and look forward to the positive impressions our line-up will create at this year ’ s show .”

Two products will stand out at E3 for DreamCatcher Games . The first is Painkiller , the company’s head-lining product - a stunning first-person shooter for the PC. The second is Arx Fatalis – the critically acclaimed PC game being shown on Xbox for the first time. BattleCruiser Generations , Pilot Down and X-treme Beach Soccer complete the line-up.

Details of these products and the full line-up follows.

E3 2003 Product Line-up

Painkiller PC only
Developed by People Can Fly
Release Date: September, 2003
This first-person horror shooter takes ‘Painkiller , ’ a mercenary for hire, and puts him smack in the middle of his favorite environment - the home of the undead. Painkiller uses the Havok ™ physics engine allowing inverse kinematics and deformable, interactive environments. A proprietary 3D engine puts out 100 times the polygons of some of the latest FPS games.

Arx Fatalis Xbox
Developed by Arkane Studios
Release Date: Q4 , 2003
Venture into the underworld and fight your way through goblins, trolls and snake-women... Turn the lights off, sneak into the shadows and backstab your enemies. Visit the great Arx city and stroll through its streets and its shops. Solve the mysteries of the snake-women and free the world from its evil future. To have a chance to withstand your opponents, c raft your own weapons, brew potions in alchemist’s odd laboratories and enchant artifacts with powerful spells.

Battle Cruiser Generations PC only
Developed by 3000 A.D.
Release Date: August, 2003
Battle Cruiser Generations is the fourth title in the acclaimed Battle Cruiser series. Taking off from where its predecessor left off, Battl eC ruiser Generations takes the series further into the epic realms of sci-fi greatness with a suite of brand new engines, features and gameplay enhancements.

Pilot Down ( US Only ) Play Station 2
Developed by Wide Games Xbox
Release Date: Winter , 2003 PC
It’s winter 1944 and your plane has just been shot down over Germany. The manhunt is now on! Pursued by the Germans, all you have is your army back-pack and your only hope of survival is to reach Switzerland on foot. Equipped with an arsenal of authentic WWII weapons, infiltrate, sneak and shoot your way through nine increasingly dangerous levels spanning war-torn Europe.

X-treme Beach Soccer ( US Only ) Xbox
Developed by PAM Development PC
Release Date: September , 2003 Game Boy Advance
The first Beach Soccer video game ever offers all of the excitement of this new sport and takes soccer excitement to a new level. This arcade game is set in the unique and exotic atmosphere of stadiums from Rio to Venice. X-treme Beach Soccer is a terrific new game with cool looking players, spectacular moves, laser shows and DJs playing hot original tunes!

About DreamCatcher Games:
DreamCatcher Games is a fast-growing publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment for both core gamers and the mass market. Established in 1996, DreamCatcher Games is committed to publishing great games on the PC, PlayStation ® 2 computer entertainment system, Xbox ® , GameCube ™ and Game Boy ® Advance. Visit www.dreamcatchergames.com for further details.