ROBOTS, THE VIDEO GAME BASED ON TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX'S UPCOMING ANIMATED FEATURE FILM EVENT, SHIPS TO RETAIL

An exhilarating interactive experience from Vivendi Universal Games incorporates the best elements from the movie with quality gameplay, exploration, puzzle-solving and combat.

LOS ANGELES (March 7, 2005) - Vivendi Universal Games today announced Robots(tm) has shipped to retail stores nationwide - several days ahead of the March 11th animated feature film release from Twentieth Century Fox and Blue Sky Studios, creators of the hit feature Ice Age. The Robots game puts players in the role of the film's hero Rodney Copperbottom, as he embarks on thrilling adventures through the living mechanical world of the Robots movie. The game is available on six platforms including Sony PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox® video game system from Microsoft, Nintendo GameCube(tm), Game Boy® Advance and DS video game system and PC.

"We have captured all of the fun, excitement, playful humor and visually engaging qualities of Robots in a video game that will appeal to kids and fans of the animated feature everywhere," said Philip W. O'Neil, President of North America, Vivendi Universal Games. "Our multi-platform game will continue the excitement of what is sure to be the movie event of the Winter/Spring 2005."

The Robots game was developed in conjunction with Blue Sky Studios, creators of the Robots movie, to give gamers the distinct experience of playing in the film's universe through the incorporation of unique movie assets. The action commences as players hop on a train to a mechanical metropolis of moving gears and winding parts. Along the way, they encounter an unforgettable cast of characters and battle evil bots, as they discover the many ways a robot can invent cool and unique gadgets. The world of the Robots' is about to be taken over by an evil tyrant, and it is up to the player to save his fellow robots from a tragic destiny!

Robots is available on the Sony PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox® video game system from Microsoft, Nintendo GameCube(tm), Game Boy® Advance and DS video game system and PC with an ESRB "Everyone" rating. The game was developed by Eurocom Entertainment Software (PlayStation®2, Xbox®, GameCube(tm) and PC) and Griptonite Games (Game Boy® Advance and Nintendo® DualScreen). For more information, log on to http://robotsgame.com.