MASH IT UP! Mashed: Fully Loaded hits in 2005

London, February 2005, Xplosiv announce the forthcoming release of Mashed: Fully Loaded for PlayStation^®2. Mashed Fully Loaded offers old and new players alike an upgraded version of 2004's critically-acclaimed and award-winning top down, multiplayer racer, Mashed - hailed by Official PlayStation^®2 Magazine as 'the most addictive game we've played for years'.

In case you need reminding and/or were living on Mars last year, Mashed was a top down racing game that pits up to four players against each other in a gladiatorial racing battle extravaganza. Mashed: Fully Loaded steps the Mashed experience up a gear, taking everything that is good and great from the original game and packing it with Fully Loaded extras, bringing players a whole new experience in top-down, multiplayer mayhem.

Mashed: Fully Loaded boasts extra tracks, more environment variations, more cars to race in, new improved handling, training modes, more single player challenges, new tournaments and a host of other in game improvements.

MASHED: FULLY LOADED - FEATURES:

• Up to four players at one time, play "all-against-all" or collaborate with friends in the team mode.

• All New Special Effects and Graphical Polish

• Improved Smooth Camera System

• Improved Power-up Pickup System

• 30 tracks to race on including training ovals, sandy deserts in Egypt, icy mountains and twisting forests + 3 New Tournaments - Turbo, Ice and Night.

• Different cars for each track that suit the terrain are waiting for you to master - a total of 15 Vehicles, all with Varied Handling

• Nine hi-tech weapons to pick up and unleash on your rivals including machine guns, mortars, missiles, shotguns, oil slicks, flamethrowers, mines, barrel bombs and blinding flares.

• Air Strike system that allows players knocked out of a race to unleash death from the skies on their rivals

• 60 Single Player Challenges

• 6 Training Modes (over an hour of extra game play)

Mashed: Fully Loaded will be released in Q1 2005 at a value price of £19.99

What the press said about the original Mashed:

'The most addictive game I've played for years'

Stephen Pierce, Official PlayStation^® 2 Magazine

"We just can't stop playing it. All day. Every day. Can't get it out of our heads."

Richard Keith, Official PlayStation^® 2 Magazine

"Mashed will remind you why you got into gaming in the first place"

Edge

"the most addictive PS2 game we've played in ages!" - 8/10

Toxic Magazine

"...last you weeks, months and years." - 5/5

Ice Magazine

"...the mini races will take over your life" - 5/5

The Independent

Release: PlayStation^® 2, Microsoft Xbox and PC CD-ROM scheduled for Q1 2005.

Age Rating: 12+

Developer: Supersonic

For further information, please contact:

Doug Johns, Specialist PR Manager

Tel: +44 (0) 1243 671767

Email: doug@1-upmedia.com

Adam Hartley, Mainstream PR Manager

Tel: +44 (0) 845 166 2854

Email: adam@wearenice.co.uk

Notes for editors

About Xplosiv

Empire launched Xplosiv as a value brand selling low-price PC software in mid 2000 and PS2 in 2002, proving a great success in the UK and overseas due to the group's license wins with, Sega, Ubisoft, Taito, Activision, Microsoft, Vivendi and CDV, Altus, Psyiko and Success. Further information on Xplosiv products can be found at www.xplosiv.net

About Empire Interactive

Empire Interactive is a leading publisher of interactive entertainment software that has been established for 14 years. The company floated on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange in July 2000. Headquartered in the UK, Empire Interactive also has offices in the US, Germany, Italy and Spain. The company develops and publishes a varied range of titles across all platforms in the US, Europe and Asia. Further information about Empire Interactive and its products can be found at: www.empireinteractive.com