Giant Robots Wage Intergalactic War in Two Heavy-Metal Strategy RPGs.

IRVINE, CA - March 3, 2006 - Atlus U.S.A., Inc., a leading publisher of interactive entertainment, today announced the acquisition of the North American publishing rights to Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation and Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation 2. Both games were developed and published in Japan by Banpresto.

Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation is scheduled for release in the summer of 2006, followed by Original Generation 2 in the fall of 2006.

"The Super Robot Taisen franchise has been entertaining Japanese gamers for more than 15 years," said Yu Namba, Project Lead of Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation. "We're very happy to bring this incredible strategy RPG series to the United States for the first time."

Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation and Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation 2 have not yet been rated by the ESRB.