Max Payne 2 Ships

Rockstar Games, the world-renowned publishing division of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), announced today that Max Payne 2:The Fall of Max Payne for PC has shipped to retail stores throughout North America. The game will be in stores in Europe on October 24, 2003. Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne will be in stores on the PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system and Xbox(R) video game system from Microsoft on December 3, 2003.

Additional information about Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne is available at:

http://www.rockstargames.com/maxpayne2.

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