GaiaX Announces March 3 Grand Opening of New 'mupoh' Online Gaming Site - 6 New Titles, All Games Free

JCN Newswires, Feb 18, 2006

Tokyo, Japan, Feb 17, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - GaiaX Co. Ltd. (TSE: 3775), a leading Tokyo-based online game and community developer, is pleased to announce the grand opening of its new online game site 'mupoh' (http://mupoh.jp), at 12:00 PM on Friday, March 3, 2006, with pre-opening from Tuesday, February 14.

'mupoh' is a gaming platform for all online game services managed by GaiaX with all the community characteristics. At mupoh, users will be able to find the titles of all online games scheduled for release by GaiaX in 2006, use only a common ID, enjoy no charge for basic service and purchase various items.

Basic play charges, such as initial game purchase price and monthly price, are free. Additional items are available for purchase by interested players.

In the future, GaiaX also intends to sell and develop these domestic online games in the robust online game markets of Korea, China and Taiwan, the emerging markets in Southeast Asia, and the largest online game markets in North America and Europe.

The five new titles scheduled for release in 2006 are:

1. KongKong Online - Domestic monopoly sales direct from South Korea's Mega Enterprise Co., Ltd (CEO, Sang Min Lee; Head Office, Seoul, Yeouido-dong, Yongdungpo-ku)

2. Twinkle - Joint collaboration with Reveal Lab Ltd. (CEO, Yasuo Tanaka; Head Office, Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku)

3. Tensei! Karakuri Bowling - Joint collaboration with Red Entertainment Corporation (CEO, Yasuaki Nagoshi; Head Office, Tokyo, Chuo-ku) and Dice Co. Ltd. (CEO, Akihiko Kozeki; Head Office, Tokyo, Shibuya-ku)

4. Cho-Gakko - Joint collaboration with io-Spiral Co. (CEO, Hiroyuki Nishitani; Head Office, Tokyo, Shinjuku-ku)

5. Stone Age 2 (tentative) - Domestic monopoly sales rights from Digipark Inc. (CEO, Taeko Nagata; Head Office, Tokyo, Shinjuku-ku)

At mupoh, users need only register their ID once in order to enjoy all the online games provided, thus eliminating the trouble of having to re-register for each new game. Registration on mupoh starts from 2:00 PM on February 14 (Tuesday), the pre-opening. Players only pay for the items they want to buy; there is no charge for basic play. The community section in mupoh only has minimal functions such as profile pages and forums, because the priority is on communication within the games. Nevertheless, our know-how in the construction of online communities has enabled us to make it a user-friendly and enjoyable section.

New Line-Up from mupoh

1. KongKong Online

An online race battle where characters jump and race each other in a toy world. Service scheduled to begin in March 2006.

[Licenser: Mega Enterprise Co., Ltd (Korea)]

[URL: http://kongkong.mupoh.jp]

2. Twinkle

Online racing challenge where contestants ride on "twinkle," a star cart, and travel the universe. GaiaX's first original online game. Service scheduled to begin in April 2006.

[Developer: Reveal Lab Ltd. (Japan)]

[URL: http://twinkle.mupoh.jp]

3. Tensei! Karakuri Bowling

Domestic online bowling game set in "tensei goku," a land modeled on ancient Japan.

[World Concept Characters: Red Entertainment Corporation (Japan); Developer: Dice Co. Ltd. (Japan)]

[URL: http://bowling.mupoh.jp]

4. Cho-Gakko

Domestic online FPS set in an elementary school in the near future.

[URL: http://school.mupoh.jp]

FPS (First Person Shooter)

Simulation game where action is seen from the player's point of view.

[Developer: io-Spiral Co. (Japan)]

5. Stone Age 2 (tentative)

Domestic MMORPG, where players collect and rear monsters in a fictitious ancient world.

[Licenser: Digipark Inc. (Japan)]

[URL: http://stoneage.mupoh.jp]

mupoh is a comical yet warm and magical word that you won't forget once you hear it. mupoh is the ideal online game site GaiaX has had in mind. Through mupoh, GaiaX utilizes its know-how in the online community and online game businesses to provide users the pleasure of online games. In providing this new online game site, GaiaX aims to establish a stronghold in the online games market.

Overview of New Online Game Site mupoh

Service Name:     mupoh
URL:              http://mupoh.jp
Schedule:         Pre-opening (limited release) on Feb. 14, 2006
                  Grand Opening on Friday, March 3, 2006 at noon

Online Games Offered by mupoh: 6 Titles

Stone Age (Japan)

KongKong Online (Korea)

Twinkle (Japan)

Tensei! Karakuri Bowling (Japan)

Cho-Gakko (Japan)

Stone Age 2 (tentative title) (Japan)

(Parentheses indicate country where game was developed)

Copyright Information

mupoh             (C) 2006 GaiaX Co. Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

KongKong Online   (C) 2006 GaiaX Co. Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
                  (C) Mega Enterprise Co., Ltd All Rights Reserved.

Twinkle           (C) 2006 GaiaX Co. Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
                  (C) Reveal Lab Reveal Games 2006

Tensei!
Karakuri Bowling  (C) GaiaX Co. Ltd.
                  (C) RED 2006
                  (C) 2006 DICE Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

Cho-Gakko         (C) GaiaX Co. Ltd.
                  (C) io-Spiral Co.