Global Gaming League Selects Speakeasy's Gamecloud for Ongoing Strategic Partnership; Gamecloud to be Exclusive Provider of Game Servers for GGL and Sponsor of GGL's AmeriCup Tournament

Business Wire, April 6, 2005

SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- GGL(TM) (Global Gaming League), the worldwide leader in organized competitive online and live video game tournaments and events, today announced it has entered into an ongoing strategic partnership with Gamecloud, a Speakeasy company that provides game servers, content repositories, and online services to facilitate competitive online game play. Gamecloud will extend the services of its GameDaemons game server business, America's number one provider of high performance game server hosting for competitive online game play, to be the official game server and hosting provider for GGL, as well as sponsor of GGL's AmeriCup tournament (for more information, visit www.ggl.com).

With GameDaemons providing GGL with a dedicated nationwide network of top-quality game servers and access to Filecloud hosting services (file downloads such as game demos, trailers, etc.), GGL further enhances the quality of the online gaming and spectator experience it currently offers. As part of the alliance, GameDaemons will be providing game servers and spectator proxies to support GGL from the following locations: Atlanta, GA; New York, NY; San Jose, CA; Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX; and Ashburn, VA.

"GGL provides the most complete online gaming environment to the rapidly growing group of worldwide video game enthusiasts," said Patrick Yee, director of business development, GGL. "The relationship with GameDaemons fortifies the infrastructure necessary to further our evolution of online gaming."

"GameDaemons is excited to work with GGL," said Michael Mings, general manager of Game Daemons. "We look to support their continued evolution and expansion of online gaming with our high-quality game servers and our brand new Filecloud file management service."

About GGL

GGL(TM) (Global Gaming League) is the worldwide leader in organized competitive online and live video game tournaments and events (V-Sports). GGL services its worldwide community of videogame enthusiasts via its state-of-the-art online gaming network, led by its destination website GGL.com, its year-round live videogame events, and by providing a broad array of gaming-oriented services and content of deep interest to video gamers in the U.S. and abroad. Through these offerings, GGL creates an immersive entertainment experience for a rapidly growing community of connected gamers. For more information, visit www.ggl.com.

About Speakeasy

Founded in 1994, Speakeasy is the nation's largest independent broadband service provider, specializing in residential and small business broadband solutions for those who demand more than just a connection. Speakeasy offers a superior online experience through its private, dedicated nationwide network, intelligent customer service and pioneering technologies and product offerings, including unrestricted WiFi, dedicated loop ADSL and VoIP. Speakeasy owns Gamecloud, which is an infrastructure of servers, content repositories, online services (such as GameDaemons and Filecloud), editorial properties and partners that operate on multiple internet backbones and peering connections in order to deliver the best online gaming experience for broadband enabled customers. Speakeasy broadband is available in most metropolitan areas within the 48 contiguous United States. Those interested in Speakeasy's services can visit www.speakeasy.net or call 1-800-556-5829.