REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Oct. 2 -- The 3DO Company (Nasdaq: THDO) today announced that the Sammy Sosa High Heat Baseball 2001 Championship Edition game for PC shipped to retail outlets throughout North America and online stores last week. The game is the latest edition of last year's "Sports Game of the Year'' and allows users to play with team rosters as of the July 31st, 2000 trading deadline, but it also features the line-ups from the recent 2000 MLB(TM) All-Star Game®.

The Sammy Sosa High Heat Baseball 2001 Championship Edition game is a fast-paced baseball game featuring 16-bit color, high-resolution graphics, highly detailed 3D stadium environments and high quality 3D player animations derived from motion capture. It strikes the perfect balance between action and realism and is accentuated through a unique pitcher-batter
confrontation, superior artificial intelligence, and speedy pace of play unlike any other baseball game on the market today.

During the season the major league baseball landscape is altered dramatically by blockbuster trades and impact rookie call-ups. The Sammy Sosa High Heat Baseball 2001 Championship Edition game allows users to play with team rosters as of the July 31st, 2000, including new team additions such as rookies Pat Burrell of the Phillies, Barry Zito of the Oakland A's , and Jon Garland of the Chicago White Sox, and players who were traded or came off the disabled list such as Jeff D'Amico of the Milwaukee Brewers, David Segui of the Cleveland Indians, and Curt Schilling of the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Other upcoming games from the Company include Army Men® -- Sarge's Heroes(TM) 2, World Destruction League(TM): Thunder Tanks(TM), World Destruction League: WarJetz(TM), Army Men -- Air Attack(TM) 2, and Warriors of Might and Magic(TM) for the PlayStation® 2 computer entertainment system and the PlayStation® game console, Army Men -- Sarge's Heroes 2 for the Nintendo® 64 game system, Legends of Might and Magic(TM) for the PC, and Army Men 2 for the Game Boy® Color.

The 3DO Company, headquartered in Redwood City, Calif., develops, publishes, and distributes interactive entertainment software for personal computers, the Internet, and advanced entertainment systems such as the PlayStation game console and the Nintendo 64 game system, and is a licensed publisher of software products compatible with the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system. 3DO markets and publishes its products worldwide under multiple brand names including Army Men, Heroes, High Heat Baseball, Might and Magic®, Vegas Games®, and World Destruction League. More information about 3DO's products can be found on the Internet at www.3do.com.

NOTE: 3DO, Army Men, Army Men Air Attack, Heroes, High Heat Baseball, Legends of Might and Magic, Might and Magic, Sarge's Heroes, Thunder Tanks, Vegas Games, Warriors of Might and Magic, WarJetz, World Destruction League, and their respective logos, are trademarks and/or service marks of The 3DO Company in the U.S. and other countries. Major League Baseball trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of Major League Baseball Properties, Inc. PlayStation and the PlayStation logos are registered trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Nintendo and Nintendo 64 are registered trademarks of Nintendo of America Inc. Game Boy and Game Boy Color are registered trademarks of Nintendo of America Inc. All other trademarks and trade names belong to their respective owners.

Source: The 3DO Company.

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