Infogrames Entertainment Announces the Appointment of Mathias Hautefort as Executive Vice President for Worldwide Publishing and Production

Regulatory News: Continuing the organization of the Group’s top management, Infogrames Entertainment (NASDAQ:ATAR) (Paris:IFG) today announced the appointment of Mathias Hautefort as Executive Vice President ("Directeur Général Adjoint”) in charge of worldwide publishing and production. Mathias Hautefort will be responsible for optimizing and developing the Group’s intellectual properties as well as managing product development, whether in internal (Eden Games) or external studios. He will also be in charge of operational and global coordination of the Group (Chief Operating Officer). Patrick Leleu, chairman and chief executive officer, said: "I am pleased to welcome Mathias Hautefort, whose arrival will reinforce the top management at Infogrames. His international experience, his organizational and management skills and his sales experience in new medias and new technologies are important qualities that will help make Infogrames industrially competitive once again.” Mathias Hautefort has a successful track record in the Telecom and Media Sector. Since March 2005, he was the chief executive officer of Viaccess S.A., a France Telecom Content Division company. While there, he contributed to the company’s turnaround by creating a strategy for redirecting its activities towards the Telecom market and established an offering of convergent products. In June 2002 he became chief financial officer of Noos, the leading French cable operator, and was soon promoted to chief operating officer. There until September 2004, he ran successfully the financial and operational turnaround of Noos on an increasingly competitive market. Beginning June 2000, he held the position of Director of Media Activities for the Suez Group (Communication Division). From 1997 to 2000, Mathias Hautefort was Technical Advisor in the cabinets of Christian Pierret, French Secretary of State for Industry, and Technical Advisor to Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Christian Sautter, French Ministers of Economy, Finance and Industry. Mathias Hautefort, 39 years old, is a graduate from Ecole Polytechnique and Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Telecoms. On his nomination, Mathias Hautefort said, "I am thrilled to join the Infogrames team at this momentum of its history. This company, which has defined the exciting video games industry for the last 20 years, is facing new challenges. My goal, along with Patrick Leleu, is to create a worldwide publishing hub for video game production and development that will benefit from both internal know-how and necessary partnerships while being on the lookout for opportunities created by current changes in the market." About Infogrames Entertainment and Atari: Infogrames Entertainment (IESA), the parent company of the Atari Group, is listed on the Paris Euronext stock exchange (ISIN code: FR-0000052573) and has two principal subsidiaries: Atari Europe, a privately-held company, and Atari, Inc., a United States corporation listed on Nasdaq (ATAR). The Atari Group is a major international producer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment software for all market segments and in all existing game formats (Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony) and on CD-ROM for PC. Its games are sold in more than 60 countries. The Atari Group’s extensive catalogue of popular games is based on original franchises (Alone in the Dark, V-Rally, Test Drive, Roller Coaster Tycoon, etc.) and international licenses (Dragon Ball Z, Dungeons & Dragons, etc.). For more information: http://www.atari.com