MCA INC. INCREASES ITS STAKE IN MULTIMEDIA LEADER INTERPLAY PRODUCTIONS

Irvine, California, May 14, 1996...MCA INC. has increased its investment in
Interplay Productions, a leading manufacturer and distributor of
award-winning entertainment and educational software, it was announced
today by Sandy Climan, Executive Vice President, MCA INC. and Brian Fargo,
Chief Executive Officer, Interplay Productions. "Our relationship has
grown stronger over the last two years and I'm glad to have the strong
support of the new management at MCA," said Mr. Fargo. "We have worked
closely in many areas, ranging from licensing and television to
distribution channels and strategic relationships, and I look forward to
continuing our teamwork."

Mr. Climan said, "Interplay is a key strategic partner for us as we
continue to expand our new media business. Increasing our partnership
reflects the strength of our commitment to recognizing talent and
supporting growth and product development. Brian and his creative team
have been making outstanding progress, and we look forward to additional
exciting, leading-edge developments in this area." Interplay recently
announced Interplay Pictures, a new production division of Interplay that
will develop feature films, and that it has spun off ENGAGE Games Online,
a new and unique online service for multi-player games and entertainment.
Interplay is culminating the most successful year in its 13-year history
with a string of hit CD-ROMs including Descent, Virtual Pool, Battle
Chess, and Stonekeep, as well as the Sony Playstation hit Loaded and the
irreverent video game Boogerman. In 1995, Interplay acquired Shiny
Entertainment, makers of the world-wide hit video game Earthworm Jim. The
game was a #1-selling video game in 1995 and the animated television show
based on its characters debuted as the #1 show on the WB Kids Network.

Founded in 1983, Interplay Productions is a company dedicated to
manufacturing and distributing a wide range of award-winning entertainment
and educational software designed by gamers, for gamers. Interplay
releases products through its Interplay, MacPlay, VR Sports and Shiny
Entertainment divisions and its affiliated labels for personal computers
as well as leading console game platforms. In addition, the company's OEM
division represents a wide variety of publishers' software to the OEM
community for hardware bundling.
 
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