Red Alert Fans Prepare for Impending Counter Strike Westwood Studios announces new expansion pack for its best-selling title Las Vegas, NV, January 27, 1997 Hot on the heels of Command & Conquerr Red Alert, currently the number one computer game in the country, Westwood Studios today announced it is developing a Red Alert expansion pack called Counter Strike. The expansion pack will be available at retail in March for a suggested retail price of $29.99. Counter Strike will feature 16 new missions and 100 new multi-player maps for Red Alert fans to command and conquer. Players must have Red Alert installed on their hard drive to access the new missions and multi-player maps on Counter Strike. Players will be able to use these new maps for multi-player games on various online services such as Westwood's free online gaming service, Westwood Chat, Ten and MPlayer. "Consumer demand for Red Alert was so strong that the logical thing to do was to give them what they wanted -more Red Alert," said Brett W. Sperry, president and CEO of Westwood Studios. "Counter Strike's fun and extremely playable missions and multi-player maps will give Red Alert fans something new to sink their teeth into." Westwood recently announced that worldwide sales of Red Alert topped 1.5 million units after only six weeks at retail, making it also the fastest-selling computer game in history. "We're confident that Counter Strike will be a huge success, given that the demand for Red Alert has remained strong, and retail orders have remained constant, even after the initial holiday rush," said Scott Berlin, vice president of sales at Virgin Interactive Entertainment. Westwood Studios is a prominent publisher of best-selling PC, Mac and next-generation console games. Formed in 1985, Westwood Studios has consistently released popular titles including: Dune II, the Kyrandia adventure trilogy, Lands of Lore, the Command & Conquer game series and Monopolyr CD-ROM with Internet capabilities. All of Westwood Studios' title have sold more than 250,000 units world-wide, with Command & Conquer and Red Alert selling more than 2.8 million units combined. Westwood has released versions of Command & Conquer for Segar Saturn, Macintoshr, DOS and Windowsr 95 platforms, and plans to release a version for Sonyr PlayStation. For more information, contact Westwood at 702/228-4040 or visit http://www.westwood.com. - # # # # Media Contact: Westwood Studios, Inc. Chris Rubyor Westwood Studios Tel: (702) 228-4040 Fax: (702) 228-3939 Internet: chris@westwood.com