SNK PLAYMORE/NEOGEO CORPORATION Signs License Agreement with IGNITION ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED

Ignition will publish top titles in all PAL territories

WALL, NJ. – July 8, 2004 – SNK NEOGEO USA CONSUMER CORPORATION, the US publishing arm of the SNK NEOGEO CORPORATION, announced today that SNK PLAYMORE/NEOGEO CORPORATION has signed an agreement with IGNITION ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED that allows many of the company’s most popular titles to be published in all PAL territories including Europe, Australia, and South Africa.

“IGNITION ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED is an energetic and original force in video game publishing in the PAL territories and we are pleased that SNK PLAYMORE/NEOGEO is teaming with them to bring our most popular titles to those markets,” said Ben Herman, SNK NEOGEO USA CONSUMER CORPORATION President.

“The clamor to get these games outside of North America and Japan has been deafening,” said Greg Baverstock, Marketing Director, IGNITION ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED. “SNK has produced some of the greatest hits in the arcades and now longtime fans want to play those games in their homes.”

About IGNITION ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED
Ignition Entertainment Limited is a privately owned software developer and publisher. Ignition was created by a core team of gaming industry veterans with the purpose of building upon their successful track record within the international games industry, and to bring a fresh new approach to both the development and distribution of original gaming product. You can find more information about IGNITION ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED at http://www.ignitionent.com.

About SNK NEOGEO USA CONSUMER CORPORATION
Over the past 15 years, SNK has published classic arcade titles such as THE KING OF FIGHTERS, BASEBALL STARS, METAL SLUG, SAMURAI SHODOWN, and FATAL FURY on a wide variety of home gaming and handhelds systems. In June 2003, SNK opened SNK NEOGEO USA CONSUMER CORPORATION in Wall, New Jersey to again publish arcade classics on the current home and portable gaming systems. You can find more information about SNK NEOGEO USA CONSUMER CORPORATION games at http://www.snkneogeousaconsumer.com
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