RedOctane Honored By Software Entertainment Industry.

Sunnyvale, Calif., February 14, 2006 - Guitar Hero, the hit rock 'n roll guitar video game for the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system, was honored by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences (AIAS) at the 9th annual D.I.C.E. Summit's Interactive Achievement Awards at last week's ceremony in Las Vegas. The RedOctane published sensation was nominated in seven categories and received a total of five awards including the Family Game of the Year award.

The Interactive Achievement Awards is a peer-based award that recognizes the outstanding products, talented individuals and development teams that have contributed to the advancement of the multi-billion dollar worldwide entertainment software industry.

"Guitar Hero was made possible through the hard work of two dedicated teams who believed in this title - Harmonix and RedOctane," said Kai Huang, President of RedOctane. "We are thrilled to be recognized by our peers in the video game industry and we would like to thank all of those who were involved in making Guitar Hero a great success."

Guitar Hero won five D.I.C.E. Awards including:

* Outstanding Innovation in Gaming:
* Outstanding Achievement in Soundtrack
* Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Engineering
* Outstanding Achievement in Game Design
* Family Game of the Year

Guitar Hero has picked up a stack of awards since its announcement. Game Rankings.com - a site that collates all press comment and reaction - lists Guitar Hero's average review score as 93 per cent, including 10/10 from 1up.com, 9/10 from Gamespot and 4.5/5 from Official PlayStation 2 Magazine US.