GameSpy Industries Relaunches Re-Designed "RPGPlanet.com," The Internet's Premiere Online Resource For Role-Playing Games

Market Wire, September, 2000

GameSpy Industries, Inc., a leading software developer, winner of a 2000 "Webby" Award for its GameSpy.com gaming site, and a pioneer in interactive online entertainment with a network of Web sites specifically catering to the gaming community, has re-launched RPGPlanet.com, the Internet's premiere online resource for role-playing games. The announcement was made today by Mark Surfas, CEO/Founder, GameSpy Industries, Inc.

Visitors to the redesigned site can enter the special RPGPlanet.com LaunchContest (www.rpgplanet.com/contests/),with the chance to win a Voodoo 5 5500, copies of the Diablo II Special Collectors Edition, and copies of top-selling RPGs such as Deux Ex and Icewind Dale, as well as other prizes and GameSpy gear. The contest ends Sept. 14, 2000.

The now-slicker RPGPlanet.com offers daily news on all computer role-playing games, both in a streaming format updated daily, as well as informative, in-depth, full- page stories on important gaming news. RPGPlanet.com also serves as the foundation for a larger community of fan-based sites, each dedicated to specific games such as Deus Ex, Neverwinter Nights, Dungeon Siege, Arcanum, and Star Wars Online, as well as sites dedicated to tabletop role playing games, including Noah's 3rd Edition D&D Site and D&D Core Rules. New sites are constantly being added under the RPGPlanet.com umbrella, offering role-playing gamers more and more content and features each week.

RPGPlanet offers many other interesting features, including:

Previews and early "first looks" at role-playing games still in development. Interviews with developers and other members of the RPG scene, editorials, and feature articles examining various issues and developments of interest to RPG fans.

Ascreenshot gallery, where readers can view new screenshots submitted by developers or shots from preview/beta versions of games.

Reviews of game demos and reprints of GameSpy.com's reviews of RPG games.

An extensive game profiles database, including hundreds of entries on currentand upcoming games. Coupled with a powerful search system, these game profiles give the reader basic information about each game, plus helpful links to other articles on RPGPlanet, the GameSpy Network, and the Internet.

The "Villager's Voice" column, in which gaming fans can mail in their own opinions and editorials.

RPGPlanet will alert its readers to the newest patches, demos, movies, and other files related to RPGs, all driven by FilePlanet.com.

Integration with the extensive GameSpy Network and GameSpy Arcade. RPGPlanet will also host weekly events in GameSpy Arcade, such as chats,pickup games, and more.

ABOUT GAMESPY INDUSTRIES:

Founded in l995, GameSpy Industries, Inc., is synonymous with creating superior gaming experiences, in conjunction with such leading game publishers as Activision, Eidos, WizardWorks, and Gathering of Developers, for the enjoymentof more than six-million gamers located in over 100 countries, worldwide.

More than half-a-million people daily visit the 50+ websites which comprisethe GameSpy Network. These include: the "Webby" Award-winning GameSpy.com,the Web's most comprehensive gaming portal; PlanetQuake.com and PlanetHalfLife.com, comprehensive resources for the world's most popular action games; and FilePlanet.com, the largest game file download site on the Internet, among others.

Also a leading software developer, GameSpy's technologies have become the industry standard in multi-player client software, a multi-platform developer tools, and backend systems for the $8-billion interactive entertainment industry.

The privately-held company is based in Irvine, California. For more information, visit the company's website at: www.gamespyindustries.com.