Majesco Entertainment and Roadrunner Records Partner on Explosive In-Game Soundtrack for 'Infected' Video Game

Majesco Entertainment and Roadrunner Records Partner on Explosive In-Game Soundtrack for 'Infected' Video Game

Top Heavy Metal Bands Provide Licensed Songs and Appear as In-Game Characters

EDISON, N.J., Oct. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Providing a thundering musical backdrop to "infect" by, Majesco Entertainment Company (NASDAQ:COOL) and developer Planet Moon Studios today announced a deal with Roadrunner Records and several top heavy metal bands, including Slipknot, Fear Factory, Chimaira, Trivium, Ill Nino, and The Agony Scene to provide licensed music for the in-game soundtrack for Infected, scheduled for release on PSP(TM) (PlayStation(R)Portable) in November.

In addition to providing tracks, all nine members of Slipknot appear in- game as unlockable characters for use in either single player or multiplayer modes. 3volution Studios, co-owned by Raymond Herrera, drummer of Fear Factory, will be responsible for creating all the sound F/X and recording voice-overs for Infected.

"We've compiled music from some of today's hottest metal bands to create an in-game soundtrack that perfectly amplifies the hardcore, fast-paced game play experience of Infected," said Ken Gold, vice president of Marketing for Majesco. "Players' pulses will pound as they attempt to complete intense missions while being shredded by the bone-crunching sounds of some of heavy metal's finest bands."

Licensed songs from Roadrunner Records confirmed for the Infected soundtrack include:

-- "Eyeless" - Slipknot -- "Everything Ends" - Slipknot -- "Pulse of the Maggots" - Slipknot -- "Power Trip" - Chimaira -- "Nothing Remains" - Chimaira -- "Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr" - Trivium -- "When It Cuts" - Ill Nino -- "Prey" - The Agony Scene -- "Remanufacture" - Fear Factory

In addition to the licensed music from Roadrunner, driving electronica tracks round out the soundtrack, including previously unreleased songs:

-- "Release the Tempo" - Junkie XL -- "Message in a Beat" - Junkie XL -- "Noiser" - Junkie XL -- "Brouwersgracht Love" - Junkie XL -- "Unsupported Obsolete" - Pimp X -- "Walking with the Dead" - Pimp X -- "Served Chilled" - Pimp X -- "Reaktor" - Pimp X (previously released) -- "Replicator" - Pimp X (previously released)

About Infected

The first in a series of original games exclusively for the PSP(TM) from Planet Moon Studios and Majesco, Infected features pulse-pounding two-gun action as players cleanse the mean streets of New York City of mad, flesh-hungry beings known as Infected. Infected brings the frenetic gameplay of a classic arcade game to a cutting-edge, third-person shooter and allows players' avatars to invade opponents' PSP(TM) systems via Wi-Fi multi-player victories.

Additional information on Infected can be found online at: http://www.infected.com/.

About Roadrunner Records

Roadrunner Records was founded in Amsterdam in 1980 to license U.S. hard rock repertoire for European release. Since then Roadrunner has gone on to be a major player in the worldwide hard rock and heavy metal genres, with offices in New York, London, France, Germany, Paris, Australia and Japan. With a repertoire boasting current multi-platinum artists such as Nickelback and Slipknot and a catalog which includes Gold and Platinum albums from such diverse acts as Type O Negative, Coal Chamber & Sepultura, Roadrunner continues its rich tradition of bringing the best of both the rock and heavy metal genres to the fore. The label has seen unprecedented growth in recent years due in part to a strategic partnership with The Island Def Jam Music Group. For more information about Roadrunner Records and their artists, log on to www.roadrunnerrecords.com.

About Majesco Entertainment Company

Headquartered in Edison, NJ, Majesco Entertainment Company (NASDAQ:COOL) is an innovative provider of digital entertainment products and content. The Company's diverse product lineup includes forthcoming video games such as Aeon Flux(TM), JAWS(TM) Unleashed and Infected(TM) for the PSP(TM) (PlayStation(R)Portable), as well as digital entertainment products like Frogger(R) TV Arcade. Utilizing its proprietary video compression technology, Majesco plans to offer Game Boy(R) Advance Video versions of the beloved DreamWorks Animation movies Shrek, Shrek 2 and Shark Tale. More information about Majesco can be found online at www.majescoentertainment.com.

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Source: Majesco Entertainment Company

CONTACT: Laura Heeb of HighWater Group, +1-212-338-0077, ext. 307, or Laura@highwatergroup.com

Web site: http://www.majescoentertainment.com/ http://www.infected.com/ http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/

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