Press release: 2000-07-26: Prima Games and Crave Entertainment Sign Multi-Book Deal

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Prima Games and Crave Entertainment Sign Multi-Book Deal

Prima Granted Exclusive Rights to Crave Titles 

Roseville, Calif. - July 26, 2000-Prima Games, the world's leading source of official print and online strategy for PC and console games, and Crave Entertaniment announced today they have signed an agreement granting Prima Games official and exclusive strategy guide rights for upcoming Crave games.

Among the list of titles covered under the agreement are:

· Ultimate Fighting Championship: Prima gives you a no-holds-barred look at all the moves and combos that will make you the king of the Octagon!

· Starlancer: The Alliance wants you to join the fight against the coalition and Prima's official strategy guide will give you all the information and strategies you'll need to succeed.

· Tokyo Xtreme Racer 2: Let Prima guide you through the world of Tokyo's underground street racing.

· Draconus: Cult of the Wrym: It's swords and sorcery as Prima's official strategy guide relays all the spell tables, weapons stats and monster info you need to get medieval!

· Super Magnetic Neo: It's the super-hero with the magnetic noggin and Prima will give you all the moves and strategies, along with the locations of all the hidden items, to keep you from losing your head.

· SnoCross: Championship Racing: It's a cold, hard fact that Prima will give you all the stunt moves, course maps and sled stats that you'll need to successfully navigate every race!

· Kengo: Master of Bushido: Let Prima be your sensei as blood and honor collide in this martial arts fighting game.

· AeroWings 2: Air Strike: Prima will provide you with all the techniques you'll need to master flying with the AeroWings 2 official, strategy guide.

· Mort the Chicken: Mort may not look like your average superhero but they don't come any braver! Let Prima help you solve addictive feather-ruffling puzzles, fight off the cubic hordes and lead the baby chicks to safety across five unique worlds.

· The Lost: Prima will guide you through the nine circles of Hell itself. This game is posed to redefine the survival horror RPG as it gives the player total control of both the camera and the development of his character's skills. The player can freely change between four unique entities, each with their own strengths and weaknesses.

"Crave Entertainment has a fantastic lineup of new games with everything from dynamic racing titles to intense fighting games. Prima Games is excited that Crave has chosen us to provide exclusive strategy guides for their games," said Debra Kempker, President of Prima Games.

"This is a strong business partnership for Crave as Prima Games has proven to be the top publisher of strategy guides for computer and console games," said Martin Spiess, Senior Vice President of Global Marketing for Crave Entertainment. "We are looking forward to working with Prima as these strategies will further enhance the players' gaming experience by providing them with such features as cheat codes and detailed story lines and maps."

About Primagames.com
Prima Games is the world's leading publisher of strategy guides for computer and console games, now with more than 40 million strategy guides in print. Renowned for its consistent high quality, the Roseville, California-based company continues to dominate the field it created in 1990. Prima Games now has offices in the United States, United Kingdom, France and Germany. Primagames.com is the World Wide Web extension of Prima Games. Combining the exclusive content of our strategy guides with news and information from the game industry, Primagames.com is an ideal homepage for gamers on the Web.

Founded in 1984, Prima Publishing, the parent of Prima Games, has four divisions including Games, Lifestyles, Health and Technology.

About Crave Entertainment
Headquartered in Los Angeles, CA, with offices in Paris, London and Hamburg, Crave Entertainment is a privately held publisher of innovative videogame entertainment products for the major console platforms including Sega Dreamcast, Nintendo 64, Game Boy Color, the PlayStationâ game console, and PC. For more information about Crave Entertainment, please visit www.cravegames.com.