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E3 2003: Wallace & Gromit in Project Zoo Playable In Nintendo's Booth

14th May 2003, 7:59pm
BAM! Entertainment announced today that its video game Wallace & Gromit in Project Zoo will be on display in the Nintendo booth at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), May 14-16, 2003.

Created by Aardman, the popular clay characters Wallace & Gromit have starred in several half-hour films that have won more than 45 international awards including two Oscars®.

Wallace & Gromit in Project Zoo is the first video game product to feature the popular British characters and is due to release on intendo GameCube this fall.

"Having Wallace & Gromit in Project Zoo chosen to be part of Nintendo's booth is a great honor," said Ray Musci, Chief Executive Officer of BAM! Entertainment. "Nintendo is helping get the word out that this much-loved duo is on its way."

"We are excited that Wallace & Gromit will be exhibited in Nintendo's booth and that they will be making their first trip to E3 in style," said Sean Clarke, Vice President of Consumer Products at Aardman. "Fans of Wallace & Gromit have waited a long time to see these timeless characters come to video game platforms."

Wallace & Gromit in Project Zoo is an action-adventure game where the player is on a mission to liberate the zoo from the evil clutches of the maniacal penguin Feathers McGraw. Gamers will play as the non-speaking yet charismatic dog, Gromit. With Wallace in tow, building ingenious contraptions, Gromit will navigate six diverse and lush levels completing 24 missions and 12 mini-arcade games as he rescues baby zoo animals, solves puzzles and attempts to defeat Peathers the Penguin at his evil game.

The Wallace & Gromit films have been dubbed into more than 20 languages with U.S. and U.K. video sales reaching over 10 million units. Aardman recently released Cracking Contraptions, a series of ten one-minute Wallace & Gromit films and is set to begin production with DreamWorks on the first feature-length Wallace & Gromit movie slated for release in 2005.

For more information on Wallace & Gromit in Project Zoo for Nintendo GameCube or any of BAM! Entertainment's video games visit www.bam4fun.com.

About Aardman

Aardman is a privately owned character creation house founded 1972 by David Sproxton and Peter Lord. Nick Park joined Aardman in 1986 and is now a Director of the company. Integrity and innovation are at the heart of Aardman's work. Rejecting experiment for its own sake, Aardman thrives on the excitement of new discoveries in the creation of animated film. Aardman specializes in: animated shorts and series, animated feature films, commercial productions, and merchandising and licensing. Aardman's website is www.aardman.com.

About BAM! Entertainment, Inc.

Founded in 1999 and based in San Jose, California, BAM! Entertainment, Inc. is a developer, publisher and marketer of interactive entertainment software worldwide. The company develops, obtains, or licenses properties from a wide variety of sources, including global entertainment and media companies, and publishes software for video game systems, wireless devices, and personal computers. The company's common stock is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the symbol BFUN. More information about BAM! and its products can be found at the company's web site located at www.bam4fun.com.
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by Damien