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Microids and Mindscape announce Syberia on the Nintendo DS for October 2008

Paris, April 17, 2008 - Microïds, one of the leading adventure games producers and publishers and owner of the Syberia franchise, and Mindscape, an international player in the multimedia market for over 10 years, have signed an agreement to publish and distribute the "Syberia" video game on Nintendo DS consoles.

Produced by Microïds and developed by Tetraedge Games, Syberia will be released in October 2008 and published by Mindscape throughout Europe.

While trying to remain faithful to the famous original PC game, developers redesigned the DS version, puzzle by puzzle, to optimize the specific features of the DS and make full use of the stylus. The aim is to provide gamers with a more immersive experience by allowing them to control their movements directly - a truly different way of playing or replaying Syberia.

Furthermore, Microïds is determined to offer an intuitive game with a simplified ergonomic interface. For example, the inventory will be coupled with a scaled-down, dynamic inventory always available on the touch-sensitive screen; the dialog interface will offer more enjoyable 2D encounters… Similarly, the graphics will also be optimized for the console to maintain all the beauty of the original: the Tetraedge engine displays real 3D characters in pre-generated, but remastered scenes perfectly geared towards the DS. The cutscenes (approximately 15 minutes) and soundtrack will be adapted to the performance of the DS, but kept in their entirety.

Roch Roustan, Managing Director of Microïds, explains: "Following the success of the PC version of Syberia, we owed it to our gaming community to offer a new way of plunging into game's universe while on the move. Tetraedge's adaptation will try hard to remain faithful to the world created by Benoît Sokal, while streamlining the game for the DS, and we hope to see a new generation of Kate Walker fans in the near future."

"Building on the tremendous success of the PC version, we are convinced that our adaptation of the magnificent Syberia franchise will appeal to a wide audience of Nintendo DS gamers. This agreement combines the expertise of Microïds and Tetraedge in the adventure games segment with Mindscape's in-depth knowledge of the mainstream games market for PCs and consoles," adds Philippe Cohen, Executive Vice-President of Mindscape Video Games.