Atari, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATAR) announced today that DRIV3R has dominated the charts in Australia, ranking #1 on multiple Australian gaming charts. (Source: GFK) After only four days on sale, according to GFK, DRIVER has secured the #1 position across All Formats and is ranked #1 on PlayStation2 and #1 on Xbox.

Developed by Atari's Reflections Interactive, DRIV3R is the third installment of the hugely successful Driver franchise, which has sold in excess of 12 million units worldwide to date. DRIV3R is currently available for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system and the XboxT video game system from Microsoft,

For more information, visit http://www.DRIV3R.com , the official website.

New York-based Atari, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATAR) develops interactive games for all platforms and is one of the largest third-party publishers of interactive entertainment software in the U.S. The Company's 1,000+ titles include hard-core, genre-defining games such as DRIV3RT, Enter the MatrixT, Neverwinter NightsT, StuntmanT, Test Drive®, Unreal® Tournament 2004, and Unreal® Championship; and mass-market and children's games such as Backyard SportsT, Nickelodeon's Blue's CluesT and Dora the ExplorerT, Civilization®, Dragon Ball Z® and RollerCoaster Tycoon®. Atari, Inc. is a majority-owned subsidiary of France-based Infogrames Entertainment SA (Euronext 5257), the largest interactive games publisher in Europe. For more information, visit http://www.atari.com .

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