Bethesda Softworks(R) and Amazon.com Announce Fallout(R) 3 Survival Edition

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Fri Jun 6, 2008 9:00am EDT

Fallout 3 Survival Edition to be Available Exclusively on Amazon.com

ROCKVILLE, Md., June 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Bethesda Softworks(R), a ZeniMax
Media company, and Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) today announced the Fallout(R) 3
Survival Edition for Xbox 360(R)video game and entertainment system from
Microsoft, PLAYSTATION(R)3 computer entertainment system and Games for
Windows.  The limited Survival Edition is now available for pre-order
exclusively through www.Amazon.com/fallout3.
    This ultimate Fallout 3 package includes a life-size replica of the
Pip-Boy 3000, the wrist-mounted device worn by characters in-game.  The
Pip-Boy 3000 has been painstakingly recreated and modified for real world
display as a digital clock.  In addition to the Pip-Boy 3000, the Survival
Edition will include all of the items included in the Fallout 3 Collector's
Edition:    --  The Fallout 3 game;
    --  Customized, metal Vault-Tec lunch box;
    --  5" Vault Boy Bobblehead;
    --  'The Art of Fallout 3' hardcover book; and
    --  'The Making of Fallout 3' DVD


    "We're thrilled to be working with Amazon.com on this exclusive edition,"
said Vlatko Andonov, president of Bethesda Softworks. "The Survival Edition
offers gamers the unique opportunity to own a piece of video game history
along with a collection of limited edition items -- it's the definitive
Fallout 3 package."
    "This is an exciting day for Amazon customers and Fallout fans," said Greg
Hart vice president of video games and software at Amazon.  "We're delighted
to be the exclusive destination for Fallout 3 Survival Edition; this is a
great example of the continually expanding selection we offer to gamers."
    Fallout 3 features one of the most realized game worlds ever created.
Create any kind of character you want and explore the open wastes of
post-apocalyptic Washington, D.C.  Every minute is a fight for survival as you
encounter Super Mutants, Ghouls, Raiders, and other dangers of the Wasteland.
    Currently under development at Bethesda Game Studios -- creators of award
winning The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion(R), the 2006 Game of the Year
-- Fallout 3 is one of the most anticipated games of 2008 and is slated for
release this Fall on Xbox 360, PLAYSTATION(R)3 system and Games for Windows.
    Fallout(R) 3 has not yet been rated by the ESRB.  For more information on
Fallout 3, visit http://fallout.bethsoft.com.
    About Bethesda Softworks
    Bethesda Softworks, part of the ZeniMax Media Inc. family of companies, is
a premier developer and worldwide publisher of interactive entertainment
software and has produced numerous award-winning titles, most recently with
2006 PC and Xbox 360(TM) Game of the Year and RPG of the Year, The Elder
Scrolls IV: Oblivion(R), and the 2002 PC and Xbox(R) Game of the Year and RPG
of the Year, The Elder Scrolls III: Morrrowind(R).  Among Bethesda's more
popular franchises are The Elder Scrolls(R) series and Fallout(R), as well as
its licensed properties, such as Star Trek(R).  Its product line spans the
sports, racing, RPG, strategy, and action genres.  For more information on
Bethesda Softworks' products, visit www.bethsoft.com.
    Fallout(R) 3 (C) 2008 Bethesda Softworks LLC, a ZeniMax Media company.
Bethesda Softworks, Bethesda Game Studios, ZeniMax and related logos are
registered trademarks or trademarks of ZeniMax Media Inc. in the U.S. and/or
other countries.  Fallout and related logos are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Bethesda Softworks LLC in the U.S. and/or other countries.
Other product and company names referenced herein may be trademarks of their
respective owners.  All Rights Reserved
    About Amazon.com
    Amazon.com, Inc., (Nasdaq: AMZN), a Fortune 500 company based in Seattle,
opened on the World Wide Web in July 1995 and today offers Earth's Biggest
Selection. Amazon.com, Inc. seeks to be Earth's most customer-centric company,
where customers can find and discover anything they might want to buy online,
and endeavors to offer its customers the lowest possible prices.  Amazon.com
and other sellers offer millions of unique new, refurbished and used items in
categories such as books, movies, music & games, digital downloads,
electronics & computers, home & garden, toys, kids & baby, grocery, apparel,
shoes & jewelry, health & beauty, sports & outdoors, tools, auto & industrial.
    Amazon Web Services provides Amazon's developer customers with access to
in-the-cloud infrastructure services based on Amazon's own back-end technology
platform, which developers can use to enable virtually any type of business.
Examples of the services offered by Amazon Web Services are Amazon Elastic
Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon
SimpleDB, Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS), Amazon Flexible Payments
Service (Amazon FPS), and Amazon Mechanical Turk.
    Amazon and its affiliates operate websites, including www.amazon.com,
www.amazon.co.uk, www.amazon.de, www.amazon.co.jp, www.amazon.fr,
www.amazon.ca, and the Joyo Amazon websites at www.joyo.cn and www.amazon.cn.
    As used herein, "Amazon.com," "we," "our" and similar terms include
Amazon.com, Inc., and its subsidiaries, unless the context indicates
otherwise.
    Forward-Looking Statements
    This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning
of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934. Actual results may differ significantly from
management's expectations.  These forward-looking statements involve risks and
uncertainties that include, among others, risks related to competition,
management of growth, new products, services and technologies, potential
fluctuations in operating results, international expansion, outcomes of legal
proceedings and claims, fulfillment center optimization, seasonality,
commercial agreements, acquisitions and strategic transactions, foreign
exchange rates, system interruption, significant amount of indebtedness,
inventory, government regulation and taxation, payments and fraud.  More
information about factors that potentially could affect Amazon.com's financial
results is included in Amazon.com's filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2007, and subsequent filings.
SOURCE  Bethesda Softworks

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Bethesda Softworks, +1-301-948-2200; or Amazon.com Media Hotline,
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