San Jose, Calif. (June 17, 2008) - San Jose-based online game publisher, Gamescampus.com (www.gamescampus.com, run by OnNet USA), announced today the appointment of game industry executive David Chang as Executive Vice President of Marketing and Business Development.

Chang will manage the marketing, business development and public relations departments for the company and will report to Gamescampus.com and OnNet USA CEO, Kevin Kim.

“We are delighted to welcome a seasoned industry professional of David’s caliber to Gamescampus.com,” said OnNet CEO Kevin Kim. “His extensive experience in driving both the growth of organization and its marketing and communication efforts will be a tremendous asset as we take advantage of the market opportunities in 2008 and beyond.”

David Chang brings more than 11 years of game and media industry experience to his post at Gamescampus.com. Prior to his joining Gamescampus.com, Chang served as Vice President of Business Development for PlaySpan, the game industry’s first publisher-sponsored in-game commerce network.

Previously, Chang was active in IGN’s highly successful business and corporate development practice. Following the merger and acquisition of IGN by Fox Interactive Media, Chang served as IGN’s Managing Director of International Business where he led Fox Interactive Media’s international content strategy, corporate development and operational expansion into Europe and Asia.

Prior to his post at IGN, Chang held international positions at E.piphany and SEVEN Networks. He began his career as an entertainment attorney in San Francisco where he represented local film studios and San Francisco talent.

Chang is a graduate in Philosophy from the University of Southern California and earned his Juris Doctorate from The University of California, Hastings College of the Law.

“I am very pleased to have the opportunity to join OnNet USA as their Executive Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for Gamescampus.com” said David Chang. “Our goal as an organization is to provide gamers the best online gaming experience possible by offering a community-based free-to-play online video game portal with innovative and entertaining products and I can’t wait to contribute to this awesome effort.”

The upcoming extension Epic V: Dragonic Age for the free-to-play MMORPG Rappelz, scheduled for the beginning of this summer, will introduce a lot of new content in the Rappelz world. Here are some of the changes regarding new areas and dungeons:

The main new zone brought by the Epic V is the Veiled Island. Once an untouchable and hidden fortress built by the Draconians to protect the secret of the Dragon’s Powers, the Veiled Island has been discovered by explorers who opened the road for new adventurers and monster hunters. Without adventurers to control the monsters populations for ages, the creatures did proliferate and became stronger. The Veiled Island is now one of the most dangerous areas of the world of Rappelz, where only the strongest will be able to survive…

The Dragon’s Lair is the dungeon of the Veiled Island, a deep cave full of agressive dragons and powerful magical monsters. Far more impressive and dangerous than the Donjon of Palmir, the Dragon’s Lair is a challenge for the highest level adventurers and characters below level 120 may not even survive at the entrance of the cave. The Dragon’s Lair will be the location to collect new equipements, but above all, it will be the only place to tame the new unique creatures: the White Dragon and the Cerberus.

Apart of these two new epic zones, many other territories have been revamped and changed in order to propose to the adventurers new hunting grounds. New monsters, such as the Blood Faeries, Twisted Succubus or White Wolf will also join the existing bestiary.

With several hundreds of thousands of players around the world, Rappelz is one of the major international free-to-play MMORPG. The extension Epic V: Dragonic Age, scheduled for the beginning of this summer on the French and German servers, is the first major content addition since the launch of the game in its European versions.

CARY, NC – JUNE 17, 2008 – Icarus Studios, which provides a turnkey solution for creating virtual worlds, MMOGs and serious games, today announced that it has signed a partnership agreement to license the Icarus Platform to The Venue Network, Inc., a provider of on-demand virtual venues where presenters can share content and customize unique experiences for online attendees. The Icarus Studios Platform provides a solution for leading entertainment companies, intellectual property owners, and e-learning customers.

“We are very excited to partner with The Venue Network,” said Jim Hettinger, CEO, Icarus Studios. “Serious games and distance learning have become core uses for our virtual world technology platform, and The Venue Network’s 3D virtual venues is a great example.”

The Venue Network (TVN) is an on-demand virtual venue solution, where presenters and educators can easily meet with online attendees and share documents and media in a console-game quality 3D experience in a Web browser. Through the use of avatars and point-and-click templates, TVN empowers companies and individuals to create immersive and interactive learning, collaborative, social, and entertaining experiences unhindered by distance, time, and impractical costs.

“The Venue Network had to select a very user-friendly technology platform that could provide MMOG-quality experiences with the ease and social features of virtual worlds in a Web browser,” said David Gardner, CEO, The Venue Network. “The Icarus Platform is the only enterprise-grade solution that met this requirement and is also easy to develop on and cost-effective to run.”

The Venue Network is currently in private beta testing and is scheduled to be available to the general public in Q3, 2008.

Dutch developers and publishers of PC Windows games Xing Interactive are pleased to announce the completion of “Chess Match”, a Vista ready chess game which comes in French and English language. You can play against the computer at 3 difficulty settings which translate to 500, 1500 and 2500 ELO, the latter being grandmaster level.

This product will be available from Xing Interactive and its partners worldwide in retail and through digital distribution.

SPACE STATION SIM BETA TESTED BY NASA PERSONNEL

Space Station Sim, a new simulation game for PC, will be released this month by Avanquest Software Publishing. The game provides an out of this world experience as players manage the creation of an international space station in true 3D construction. Space Station Sim was developed in conjunction with, and beta tested by NASA personnel, leading to the possibility of it being used for future mission planning.

Space Station Sim challenges players to embark on a new age for man amongst the stars as they build a home 240 miles high, while flying at 17,500 miles per hour. The game begins in the Mission Control Centre, where the player launches new modules and components, recruits crew members, organises supply missions and manages the project budget.

As the Chief Administrator of NASA, players are challenged to build their own space station utilising modules developed from actual NASA, ESA (European Space Agency), JAXA (Japanese Space Agency), CSA (Canadian Space Agency) and RSA (Russian Space Agency) designs.

To man the International Space Station (ISS), crew members must be recruited with certain skills, specialities and character traits by the player. During the game, these factors will have an impact; crew members with a poor work ethic may not complete repairs, while certain specialists will be required to fulfil specific tasks. Initially the crew will need to be guided, but as the game progresses, they will become more automated, allowing the player to concentrate on other objectives.

Back in the control centre, players must maintain good political relationships between the different represented countries. The budget rises and falls in relation to international goodwill, forcing players to manage the allocation of resources across research, funding and construction carefully to avoid compromising development of the ISS.

Fast facts:
Publisher: Avanquest Software Publishing
Developer: Vision VideoGames / NASA / Japanese Space Administration
Distributor: Open
Release date: June 2008

www.StreamMyGame.com, which enables games to be played remotely, has released today a new version of its software targeted at the highly popular Eee PC and Ebox from ASUS and over 100 UMPCs from other manufacturers.

StreamMyGame’s new software runs at full screen resolution on both Windows and Linux versions of the Eee PC and many other Netbooks and UMPCs.

“The Linux player has been requested by our Eee PC members and has been optimised to run on both the original and new ranges of the Eee PC. The Window’s player has also been optimised.” said Richard Faria, StreamMyGame’s CEO.

“You can have your games installed on your home PC and play them on your Netbook around the home and remotely, providing a portable gaming experience on screens that have resolutions of 1024×600,” he said, “There are over 100 Netbooks and UMPCs that are now compatible with our technology and we will guarantee similar compatibility with the MID market.”

Utilising StreamMyGame’s technology, high-end games including Crysis, Call of Duty 4, BioShock and HalfLife2 can be played smoothly and without lag on the Eee PC and other UMPCs providing a responsive gaming experience. The gaming power is delivered from your main PC and networked to your Netbook. The new range of Eee PCs using 802.11n and WiMAX will further improve game play by substantially reducing any network lag.
YouTube link to an Eee PC 701 running Windows playing Crysis and Quake4.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4cUl9WFv7g
StreamMyGame has released a list of over 100 compatible Netbooks and UMPCs which can take advantage of its game streaming technology and the latest optimisations.

http://www.streammygame.com/smg/modules.php?name=Compatible

11th June 2008 – Exeter, England.

The biggest media resource for Sonic the Hedgehog is making a long awaited return on Sunday the 22nd of June at 7pm GMT. Since 2003 FastFeet Media has been the biggest provider of audio, images, video and any media creations based around the Sonic the Hedgehog series. On Sunday a lot is set to change though, FastFeet Media will adopt its new name of FastFeet Media.NET after becoming independent from its previous hoster, the Sonic Stadium.

Unlike previous versions the new website has been rebuilt from the ground up to incorporate various overdue features, some of which will be able to experience on launch day:

• FastFeet Media.NET Passport
By registering for free, members will have their own ‘passport’ allowing them to maintain their own profile, navigate around the site with ease and access special areas of the website that guests cannot.

• Refreshing and Simple New Look
In comparison to previous versions FastFeet Media.NET provides an easy to use system to navigate around the website, incorporating a fresh new design, media elements and a new colour scheme across the website.

• Keep up to date with RSS Feeds
New technology has been pushed in so visitors can pull out the best from FastFeet Media, 5 RSS feeds are available from launch to keep up to date with the latest news, features and files available.

• Wider Coverage
Whilst the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise is still mainly covered, Sega on the whole will be discussed far more often as well as some of the latest developments in the video games industry. Both news and feature articles will debate a wide range of topics from dedicated FastFeet Media staff writers.

• Network Websites
FastFeet Media.NET now hosts its own network websites. On launch day ‘DoubleDMix’ will be available showcasing original and remixed music by artist ‘D-VoLVE’ with singles and albums available on iTunes. Tempus Mobius previously known as the Cy-Fox series is the second network site and will provide musings from the Sonic universe in fan-fiction form.

Whilst the website has improved considerably, the content always has top priority. This time round FastFeet Media has 6 main areas to browse through:

• FastFeet Media Home
Obtain the latest developments from around the Sega and Sonic community as well as the latest news, issues and content from around the FastFeet Media Network right on the homepage. You can also read all about FastFeet Media in this area too.

• FTP Hub
The heart of FastFeet Media; with a huge archive of over 6000 files and 25Gb of downloads available this is what makes FastFeet Media the ultimate Sega and Sonic media resource. Visitors will be able to browse through the archives with members being able to download and upload files as well as rate, comment and search for files.

• Media Center
Whilst this area will not be available on launch it has great potential. Presenting all of the audio, image and video files available on the FTP Hub but available to browse and view instantly via streaming media technology.

• Public Access
Still in development, Public Access is where all member generated content will appear. Content uploaded via the FTP Hub will end up being displayed here and available to browse. With new content and work of a high standard being featured throughout the website.

• FastFeet Media Studios
Here is where all of FastFeet Media’s in-house productions are available to watch as well as the all new ability to interact with each studio via flash. On launch day you can explore the SEGASonic:TV studio as well as watching the first episode of series 2. Black Dwarf will be arriving shortly after launch.

• Forums
With a brand new website comes a new forum, powered by phpBB 3 and a great range of topics to debate ranging from Sega and Sonic the Hedgehog to technical help, media tutorials and more.

This time round FastFeet Media has been packed full of features for the average person to enjoy whilst there is still lots of content for the enthusiast to enjoy. Visit the all-new FastFeet Media on Sunday the 22nd of June @ 7pm GMT, until then preview the website and countdown the launch by visiting www.fastfeetmedia.net.

It’s alive!

Just as Dr Frankenstein shouted upon giving life to his creation we want to tell the world that our creation is now alive and kicking. But instead of bringing torches and pitchforks to slay the beast we hope you join us and play Dreamlords the Reawakening, MMORTS as it should be.

A glorious day!

It is a big day not only for us, but for you too. Without the invaluable help, support and above all *feedback* we have received over the years and months this hadn?t been the great game it is today. So, let?s all celebrate together, we couldn’t have made it without you and we sincerly hope that you feel a part of this great community.

DID YOU KNOW? POKÉMON FANS TO CATCH RARE CHARACTER AT GAMESTOP STORES

June 17, 2008

There are many ways to catch a Pokémon, but for two special weekends in June, there’s only one failsafe way for fans to get one of the most unique characters in the enthralling Pokémon® universe on their Nintendo DS™.

From June 20-22 and June 27-29, Pokémon players are invited to bring their Nintendo DS systems and Pokémon® Diamond or Pokémon® Pearl games to the nearest GameStop store where they can receive Deoxys™, a legendary character with transformative powers and an impressive set of battle-ready moves.

With an imaginative roster of characters and richly interactive game play, the blockbuster Pokémon game series has attracted millions of fans worldwide. According to the independent NPD Group, Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl have sold more than 4.2 million combined in the United States alone, while Nintendo DS continues to be ranked as the nation’s top-selling hand-held game system. For more information about Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl, please visit www.Pokemon-Games.com.

IGG (http://www.igg.com/) has released a new event– Family Fund for Wonderland Online (http://wl.igg.com/). From June 19th to June 22nd, players can team up with other players to form a family and receive special family funds. They will also have a chance to obtain big rewards (5 Holy EXP Potion) only if they participate in the event.

For more info about this event visit: http://wl.igg.com/news/newscontent.php?aid=541