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EDISON, N.J., July 24, 2008 –Majesco Entertainment Company (NASDAQ: COOL), an innovative provider of video games for the mass market, today announced that the popular anagram game, Bananagrams, will be available August 18 as a free Facebook Application. Developed by Large Animal Games, Bananagrams ignores all the rules of traditional board games in favor of an every-player-for-themselves approach that delivers lightning-fast puzzle play guaranteed to get the mind moving and drive players “bananas.”

“Casual gaming applications have exploded on social networking sites like Facebook and Bananagrams is an ideal fit for the demographic,” said Gui Karyo, Executive Vice President of Operations, Majesco.” With its fast-paced action and addictive but simple gameplay, we believe this game has potential to become one of the most popular gaming applications on the site.”

The object of Bananagrams is to create as many words as quickly as possible from an initial batch of selected tiles. Unlike other turn-based games, Bananagrams has players simultaneously playing to form interconnected words. Once the tile pile is depleted, the player who is able to use all of his or her tiles first wins.

Facebook users will have the option to play alone or online against up to four or eight friends. The game will offer two single player modes – Banana Solitaire and Single Player Banana Café – in which players compete in a timed race to place letters in order to beat their own or their friends’ best times. After honing their anagramming skills in the single player modes, Facebookers will be able to compete against friends in one of two multiplayer modes – the Classic Multiplayer Game, with up to four players, or the Banana Café, where they can race against time and up to seven other players to take first place! All game modes will let players chat online during gameplay and compare their results against each other via the Bananagrams Leaderboard.

Bananagrams will be available August 18 as a free Facebook Application. After the initial launch, new features will be introduced on a regular basis. For additional information about Majesco’s exciting line of products, please visit: www.majescoentertainment.com.

New Title Currently in Development Follows the Global Success of Glu’s 2007 Game Based on TRANSFORMERS Film

San Mateo, Calif. – July 24, 2008 – Glu Mobile Inc. (Nasdaq: GLUU), a leading global publisher of mobile games, today announced that it is currently developing a new TRANSFORMERS mobile game, TRANSFORMERS G1: AWAKENING, scheduled to launch worldwide this Fall. TRANSFORMERS G1: AWAKENING will take players back to the TRANSFORMERS’ roots and include characters, storyline and classic visuals from the original GENERATION 1 series – the hugely popular original cartoon that spawned a pop culture phenomenon.

The upcoming game will be the second title from the licensing agreement between Glu and HPG, Hasbro’s (NYSE: HAS) licensing division, bringing the TRANSFORMERS brand and characters upon the fast-growing mobile gaming market.

“TRANSFORMERS has a vast consumer base worldwide, and we saw great enthusiasm and reception with the launch of our TRANSFORMERS game last year,” said Jill Braff, senior vice president of global publishing, Glu. “With TRANSFORMERS G1: AWAKENING, we’ve incorporated classic elements true to the original franchise while creating an innovative and enthralling mobile strategy game that will appeal to TRANSFORMERS fans new and old.”

TRANSFORMERS G1: AWAKENING will be available September 2008 and available worldwide through Glu’s global network of wireless carriers and distributors.

For more information, visit www.glu.com.

Set up your own band and start your career as a Music Star / international top-hits to play along / compose songs for the next party with your friends
In September 2008, the time has come: The multimedia-publisher Tivola announces the music game “Music Monstars” for Nintendo® DS™. The Austrian producer JoWooD is in charge of the distribution for North- and South America, Portugal, Spain and India.

Who has not had the dream of being part of a cool band and/or become a big star? “Music Monstars” will make this dream come true. Learn to play the songs performed by internationally acclaimed artists. To rock the world, you operate with the DS-Touchpen and play with Pianos, Drumsets and E-Guitars. Songs like “Can`t get you out of my head” by Kylie Minogue, “I want to break free” by Queen, “The final Countdown” by Europe or “Personal Jesus” from Depeche Mode and many more are waiting for your interpretation of these songs.

The 5 different game modes make the game a unique experie nce. Together with your manager Max, you learn to play songs, organize big gigs and much more in the career mode. Only the best performers will be called a “Music Monstar”. In composer mode you pull the strings as a music producer and you compose your own songs. Via LAN-Connection you can start a gig together with friends! The more accurate you play, the higher your score will be. A higher score equals more success and more top hits unlocked for you to play on your Nintendo® DS™!

First pictures are already available: http://youtube.com/OneMonstar

FANTASY RPG SILVERFALL EARTH AWAKENING COMING SOON

Silverfall Earth Awakening is the new fantasy RPG for PC from Monte Cristo Games. A stand alone extension for Silverfall, this exciting action game launches in August 2008, taking place in a mysterious fantasy world. Whilst travelling across the unknown territories of Nelwë, players will need to battle with an impressive array of formidable creatures in order to save the realm.

Players can choose to play as one of six races – Humans, Elves, Goblins, Trolls and two new tribes, the stocky Dwarves and treacherous Lizardmen. Each race has skills specific only to them. Elves are skilled archers, Trolls have great strength and Goblins are dexterous and intelligent.

There are over 150 skills and magic spells to be mastered including 8 ‘Ultimate’ skills and 12 unique ‘High Level’ skills used to cause devastating effects. Players can also use object crafting skills to create armour, weapons and enchantments. A special crafting tool creates thousands of items by combining shapes, textures, colours and types of magic. Players can completely customise their equipment, design weapons for other players and exchange certain items when in multiplayer mode.

Fans of the original Silverfall game can import their character into Earth Awakening, making the most of any previous skills and equipment they have gained. Alternatively, newcomers can start the adventure from the beginning with a new character.

Silverfall Earth Awakening allows up to eight players to play together in the cooperative multiplayer mode or to battle against each other in the Player vs. Player (PVP) multiplayer mode via LAN or via the Internet.

Fast facts:
Developer and Publisher: Monte Cristo
Distributor: Ascaron Entertainment
Web: www.Ascaron.com
Release date: 15th August 2008
Format: PC
Genre: Hack’n’Slash

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