Vivendi Universal Games Launches Nationwide Search for the Hottest Unsigned

Music Talent for Scarface: The World Is Yours Video Game Contest on
MySpace.com Offers Musicians Their Big Break - A Chance to be Heard

in the Scarface Video Game and Perform at an A-list Hollywood Concert Event

With Music Industry Executives

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Vivendi Universal Games (VU
Games) has launched the "Scarface: The World Is Yours Video Game
Soundtrack Talent Search," a nationwide talent contest running on
MySpace.com that will reward the best unsigned music talent in North
America with the chance to make it big -- inclusion of a song in the
upcoming hit Scarface video game and the opportunity to perform in
front of music and video game industry leaders at a major concert
event in Hollywood. The nomination process is now open at
www.myspace.com/scarfacegame.

By nominating and voting for their favorite unsigned MySpace Music
artist, MySpace users will choose a winner to be featured in Scarface:
The World Is Yours, a major video game release due out this fall,
alongside some of today's hottest music artists. In addition, the
winner and two runner-ups will be flown to the music capital of the
world -- Los Angeles -- to open for a major label headline act at a
concert event during this year's video game tradeshow, the Electronic
Entertainment Expo ("E3"). More than a thousand people will attend the
concert including executives from Interscope/MySpace Records and VU
Games, celebrities, tastemakers, fans and press.

"There is no question that music continues to play a pivotal role in
video games and video games continue to play a pivotal role in
promoting new artists to a wide audience," said Cindy Cook, Chief
Strategy and Marketing Officer for VU Games. "Through this contest, we
are giving musicians an unprecedented opportunity to be seen and heard
by potentially millions of fans worldwide as well as the opportunity
to be associated with this year's most anticipated video game and one
of Hollywood's most iconic characters."

To be considered for the contest, musicians must have a profile that
includes musical tracks and artist information on MySpace Music
(music.myspace.com).

The top 200 artists nominated by the MySpace community by March 7th
will have their music heard by a panel of music and video game
industry judges, who will determine 20 finalists. On March 20th, one
track from each finalist will be posted on the Scarface MySpace
profile for a final round of voting to determine the winner. The track
with the most votes by March 28th will be featured in the Scarface:
The World Is Yours video game.

Music acts, fans and MySpace users should visit the official
MySpace.com contest page to participate in the nomination process
currently running at www.myspace.com/scarfacegame.

For more information about Scarface: The World Is Yours, please visit
the game's official Web site at www.scarfacegame.com.

About Universal Studios Consumer Products Group

Universal Studios Consumer Products Group (USCPG) is responsible for
global licensing and retail strategies as well as building brand
recognition of the extensive catalogue of NBC Universal properties.
Universal Studios Consumer Products Group is a unit of NBC Universal,
one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies in the
development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and
information to a global audience. Formed in May 2004 through the
combining of NBC and Vivendi Universal Entertainment, NBC Universal
owns and operates the No. 1 television network, the fastest-growing
Spanish-language network, a valuable portfolio of news and
entertainment networks, a premier motion picture company, significant
television production operations, a leading television stations group,
and world-renowned theme parks. NBC Universal is 80%-owned by General
Electric, with 20% controlled by Vivendi Universal.

About Vivendi Universal Games

Vivendi Universal Games (www.vugames.com) is a global developer,
publisher and distributor of multi-platform interactive entertainment.
The company is a leader in the subscription-based massively
multi-player online (MMO) games category, holds leading positions in
the PC, console and handheld games markets, and is an emerging player
in mobile and wireless games. Its development studios and publishing
labels include Blizzard Entertainment(R), Radical Entertainment,
Sierra(R) Entertainment, Massive Entertainment(TM), Swordfish Studios
and High Moon Studios. VU Games' library of over 700 titles features
owned intellectual properties including Warcraft(R), StarCraft(R),
Diablo(R) and World of Warcraft(R) from Blizzard Entertainment; Crash
Bandicoot(R), Spyro The Dragon(R), Empire Earth(R), Leisure Suit
Larry(R), and Ground Control(R). VU Games also maintains strategic
relationships with industry leading content partners, including
Universal Music Group, NBC Universal, Twentieth Century Fox and Ludlum
Entertainment.

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