Reaxion Brings New Mobile Game Hive of Evil: Alien Strike to Verizon Wireless Get It Now Customers; Get It Now Customers Can Now Access Reaxion's Hive of Evil Through Verizon Wireless' Virtual Store

Business Wire, May 11, 2005

BEDMINSTER, N.J. & SEATTLE -- Verizon Wireless, the nation's leading wireless service provider and Reaxion Corporation, a market leading publisher and developer of cutting-edge 3D, 2D and multiplayer mobile games, today announced the availability of Hive of Evil: Alien Strike on Verizon Wireless' Get It Now(R) service. Hive of Evil features an exciting survive and escape scenario where players are alien attack survivors on a research base on the planet Terribilis. Using five different kinds of weapons, gamers will fight their way through the monsters and zombie soldiers, conquering nine game levels in warehouses, laboratories, waste disposal plants and hangars.

Hive of Evil includes a built-in mini map to help players navigate the monster infested research facility. On the way, gamers will locate experimental equipment that makes them invulnerable to monsters or speeds up their weapons. Winners must survive the "hive of evil" and leave the base in an escape shuttle. Players score points by clearing the base of monsters and can compete with friends by using a local hi-score table. Games can be saved and loaded at any time during game-play.

"Hive of Evil offers an interactive environment with hours of game-play featuring destructible objects, automatic doors, acid pools, electric charges and a large variety of monsters," said Nathan Manning, Reaxion's VP of Marketing. "Verizon Wireless' Get It Now service is one of the most successful value-added service brands in the U.S. and Reaxion is dedicated to making sure our games meet their high-quality standards."

Pricing and Availability

Gamers can download and purchase Reaxion's Hive of Evil in the getGAMES shopping aisle of the Get It Now virtual store for $1.99 monthly access or $4.99 for unlimited use purchase on any of the following mobile phones from Verizon Wireless: LG VX4400, Vx4500, VX4600, VX6000, VX6100, VX7000; Samsung SCH- a530, SCH-a610, SCH-a650, SCH-A670 and SCH-a790; Kyocera KX2 and SE47; Motorola T720, v265 and v710. Download charges for Get It Now applications vary and airtime charges apply when browsing, downloading and using certain applications. Customers need a Get It Now-enabled handset and Verizon Wireless digital service to access the Get It Now virtual store.

For more information about Verizon Wireless products and services, visit a Verizon Wireless Communications Store, call 1-800-2 JOIN IN or go to www.verizonwireless.com.

About Reaxion

Founded in 2001, Seattle-based Reaxion is a market leading publisher and developer of cutting edge 3D, 2D and multiplayer mobile games. With titles available through more than 50 top CDMA and GSM wireless carriers, Reaxion has access to over 160 million subscribers worldwide. Our mission is to create games featuring engaging situations, dazzling graphics, dynamic gaming communities and top entertainment brands. As a mobile entertainment publisher and developer, Reaxion makes it easy for established entertainment companies, including Paramount, Warner Music Group and Nickelodeon, to take their content and license assets to the mobile market. Reaxion has published successful titles including Fight Hard 3D, Pro Curling, Mahjong and Minigolf.

About Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless owns and operates the nation's most reliable wireless network, serving 45.5 million voice and data customers. Headquartered in Bedminster, NJ, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) and Vodafone (NYSE:VOD)(LSE:VOD). Find more information on the Web at www.verizonwireless.com. To preview and request broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.> About Get It Now

Get It Now from Verizon Wireless puts a virtual software store inside a wireless phone and lets customers download applications over the air and purchase them directly from their phones. Virtual shopping aisles, including getGAMES, getTONES, getGOING, getPIX, getFUN and getMESSAGING, are organized to help customers find what they want, when they want it.

Get It Now is a registered trademark of Verizon Wireless.

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