EXHIBIT 10.52A

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                                                                  EXHIBIT 10.52A

Confidential  information  omitted where indicated by "[*]" and filed separately
with the Securities  Exchange  Commission pursuant to a request for confidential
treatment under Rule 406 of the Securities Act of 1933.


James Alan Cook
The 3DO Company
200 Cardinal Way
Redwood City, CA 94063

         Re:      Amendment to Xbox Publisher License Agreement:
                  Euro Royalty Rates and Payment Selection

Dear James Alan Cook:

The  purpose of this  letter is to inform  you of changes to the Xbox  Publisher
License  Agreement  ("PLA")  affecting Euro royalty rates, as further  described
below.  As a result of this  change,  for a limited  time you will also have the
opportunity  to change  your  royalty  payment  options  between  worldwide  and
regional.  Please  indicate  your  acknowledgment  and  acceptance  of these PLA
changes by counter-signing  this letter where indicated below, and faxing a copy
to Xbox Accounting Services at (775) 826-0506 no later than December 5, 2002. If
you would like to change your payment option from worldwide to regional, or vice
versa,  please also indicate this change  according to the  instructions  below.
Except as amended by this letter,  you agree the terms and conditions of the PLA
shall remain in full force and effect.

         1. The Euro royalty rates will decrease as follows:

      Finished Product                       Royalty per
     Units Manufactured           Applicable Finished Product Unit
     ------------------           --------------------------------
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         The new Euro royalty  rates set forth above will be effective  November
         1, 2002 for all Finished  Product  Units  manufactured  in Europe on or
         after  November 1, 2002.  U.S.  Dollar and Japanese  Yen royalty  rates
         remain unchanged.

2.       You may change the payment option you originally selected in the PLA by
         initialing  one of the  two  boxes  below,  as  appropriate.  Your  new
         designation  shall

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         be effective November 1, 2002, provided Microsoft receives a completed,
         countersigned faxed copy of this letter no later than December 5, 2002,
         and shall  binding  throughout  the  remaining  term of the PLA for all
         Software Titles.

              Change from Worldwide to Regional  ____________ (initials)

              Change from Regional to Worldwide  ____________ (initials)

Thank you for your prompt  attention  to this matter.  Please mail  originals to
Xbox Accounting Services 6100 Neil Road, Suite 100, Reno, NV 89511-1137.  Please
contact your Xbox Account Manager if you have any questions.


                                                     Sincerely,

                                                     /s/ Brian Russell

                                                     Brian Russell
                                                     Microsoft Licensing, Inc.

Accepted and Agreed:

The 3DO Company

/s/ James Alan Cook
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By (sign)

James Alan Cook
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Name (Print)

Exec. Vice President
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Title

December 3, 2002
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Date


CC:      Xbox Account Manager

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