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revenue is expected to reach $656.
Youxiland Digital Co. The "RYL: Path of the Emperor" $1
Million Tournament is the largest single prize money in the history of the
video game industry." Pixel Poppers are very challenging and addictive casual games
which the company will now market through their worldwide distribution
channels.
company) is establishing itself as an innovative provider of leading online
video games and interactive entertainment. Bringing Worlds Together(TM),
Planetwide Games also develops proprietary online technology, software
products, and is building a worldwide network of affiliates to distribute
their games.

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Planetwide Games, recently launched throughout North
America Pre-Order retail boxes of "RYL: Path of the Emperor" through EB Games,
EB Canada, Gamestop and Best Buy retailers and online stores.

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The first,
Situation Overview, discusses the current online PC gaming market,
including content and business models. This
strategic partnership agreement creates a vertically integrated global
organization with development, production, marketing, and sales thus allowing
the partners to widen their distribution channels and publishing capabilities."
The creation of this vertically integrated strategic partnership will
assist in accelerating new titles to market with a variety of costs
efficiencies.2 million registered online gaming users.

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Editors

DUBLIN, Ireland----Research and
Markets (http://www. online PC gaming
market. The second, Future Outlook
presents a 2004-2008 market forecast, including free and paid
subscribers, downloadable games, and market revenue.com ,
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Mark Politi
Vice President Sales and Marketing
Planetwide Games
800-560-2993 x 202
Mark@PlanetwideGames.

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"RYL: Path of
the Emperor" full version game will launch at retail throughout North America
beginning June 21., Ltd .

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Online PC Gaming 2004-2008 Forecast and
Analysis: Growth Continues to their offering
This IDC study provides an analysis of the U.3 million in 2004, growing to over
$2 billion by 2008.
Planetwide Games will be inviting and including China, United Kingdom,
India, Brazil and Australia regions to become part of the "RYL: Path of the
Emperor" $1 Million Grand Prize Skill-Based Player Tournament which will
launch in North America on July 1, 2005.

Planetwide Games Contacts:
Kevin Donovan
President
Planetwide Games
800-560-2993
kevin .

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Third party vendors, additional partners and sponsors will now be able to
benefit exponentially through the power of this one dynamic global community
resource of over 8. The
company has developed a variety of Internet products and online games.

This category is for general information concerned with online games which are known as 'Muds' or 'MUDs' (including all the different types of server/codebase which exist - MUSH, Diku, LP, etc).

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About Planetwide Games
Based in Costa Mesa, CA, Planetwide Games (a Bluetorch On-Line Games, Inc. Enjoy exploring http://www.com /), a
service of eMediawire.

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About Youxiland Digital Co.youxiland.donovan@PlanetwideGames .

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Bringing Worlds Together(TM) Planetwide Games Expands Worldwide as Marketing Arm and Master Licensor for Video Game Developers Youxiland Digital and Gamasoft

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Taiwan, and their affiliates including Gamasoft of South Korea. The Planetwide Games Focus Group Survey and innovative business model
enables players to earn cash while playing "RYL: Path of the Emperor" and
other game titles.net or
http: //www.PlanetwideGames.

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Originally, Planetwide signed an exclusive licensing agreement with
Youxiland on July 11, 2004 for their "RYL" MMORPG title for the territory of
North America.

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The market has been on a growth path, gaining gamers and
blazing trails in the development of new business models, content, and
usage patterns. Youxiland and Gamasoft have developed
next generation, specialized engines for a wide variety of internet products
and online games.

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On behalf of the combined worldwide partnership between Youxiland,
Gamasoft, and Planetwide, Planetwide Games will now begin executing
immediately upon their licensing plan during E3 (E3 - Entertainment Expo 2005
Kentia Booth #6547) which focuses on securing licensing and strategic
agreements in China, United Kingdom , India, Brazil and Australia.

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"Planetwide Games innovation is at the core of everything they do," said
Mr. Since October 2004, Planetwide's Executive Management team has
built a very close relationship with Youxiland and began strategizing an
expansion and acquisition plan of additional licensed territories for
"RYL: Path of the Emperor" as well as additional MMORPG and Video Games that
Youxiland and Gamasoft developed in its library.RYL., Ltd, setup earlier in 1994.

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'The online PC gaming market represents a diverse market,
accounting for a plethora of content and emerging business models that
have successfully tapped into a diverse demographic of users. company, announces today that it has signed an exclusive worldwide
Marketing and Master Licensor agreement with Youxiland Digital Co. Planetwide
Games has also signed an option to acquire Youxiland and Gamasoft. Daniel Kim, CEO Youxiland. Over
the past seven years the majority of the company's staff has been working on
the entire "RYL (Risk Your Life)" branded franchise which includes, "RYL: Risk
Your Life" MMORPG online game, which was originally released in 2003 in Asia,
and an ambitious and beautifully rendered "RYL: Path of the Emperor.

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Research and Markets: U.S. Online PC Gaming 2004-2008 Forecast and Analysis: Growth Continues in The PC Gaming Market

The combined resources, with worldwide channels of distribution ,
will soon be launching a variety of specialized video game industry firsts
which include new forms of entertainment, several patent pending technologies
and business processes that Planetwide Games owns, which include; MP3 in-game
media player GameTRACKS(TM), music channels and downloadable music,
SoReals(TM) Animated Music Videos, Comic Book Creator(TM), in-game
Self-publishing software and tools, GameFREQ(TM), in-game Micro-payments,
Security Smartcards and Card Readers, GameBUCK$ (TM), in-game Focus Group
Surveys.

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The study is divided into several sections.' - Schelley Olhava, program manager, Consumer
Markets: Gaming
Today, 41% of Internet users in the United States play PC games
online.com, and Yahoo! Games.com/reports/c12448

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Media Contact:
Rita Tennyson
Terpin Communications
310-821-6100 x 104
rita@terpin.com

This press release distributed by PRWEB (http://www.

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Five years ago, PSW revenue was derived
from subscription fees (of those that charged gamers to play), and
revenue for casual games was almost solely derived from advertising
and sponsorships. Planetwide Games Now Combines Over 100 Video Game Titles With 8. and Gamasoft are the developers of MMORPG, PC
online, console, casual and mobile games such as "RYL: Risk Your Life," "RYL:
Path of the Emperor," "RYL: Battle Lohan," "Darcania ," "i-Youxi" series of
games, "Luna," "Friends," "Lion Heart" and many others. was established in April 2001, as a
reorganization of Game Box Multimedia Co.

These games can be played via a telnet or java application, or with one of the many 'MUD clients' which are available (mostly free of charge ), online.

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It also provides
an analysis of the future of three segments of online PC game content:
persistent state worlds (PSWs), casual games, and downloadable
games/games on demand. Whether casual gamers would pay to play was a
significant and frequently asked question, to which the industry has
only begun to see positive answers emerge within the past two years. Ltd.

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Much like any other evolving market, growth has been
obtained through experimentation and evolution, as well as at the
expense of a number of not-so-successful attempts that, ultimately,
have provided valuable lessons learned and used throughout the
industry. Five years ago, the two groups were
clearly differentiated: the PSW targeted the hard-core and serious
gamer audience through massive multiplayer online role-playing games
(RPGs) such as Everquest and Ultima Online (often referred to as
"Dungeons and Dragons" content); and the casual gamer targeted the
mass-market Internet user with a selection of content based on
familiar card, board, and trivia games at sites such as zone.
"Youxiland and Gamasoft are extremely talented video game developers who
have built high-quality video games based on over a decade of experience,
advanced technology and creativity," said Marvin Winkler, CEO Planetwide
Games.
The combination of the companies have over 190 game developers, engineers ,
R+D, and marketing personnel with offices in Taiwan, China, Korea, and the
United States engaged in the development and localization of online computer
games and interactive entertainment.
Youxiland has over 120 R+D personnel based in China, Korea, and Taiwan,
engaged in the development and localization of online computer games.

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com/reports/c12448) has
announced the addition of U.
For more information visit
http://www. Ltd. Marvin and his team are a
natural fit for us and we are very pleased to have Planetwide Games as our
global partner. The company
has stated it is also currently interviewing licensing partners worldwide.
Youxiland Digital Co.com .

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At a very basic level, the market can be segmented into two
categories: PSWs and casual games.researchandmarkets.2 Million
Registered Users Worldwide

LOS ANGELES, Planetwide Games an innovator and
leading video game publisher and distributor -- a Bluetorch On-Line Games,
Inc. "We are honored to be able to expand upon our strategic partnership
with Youxiland Bringing our Worlds Together with People, Talent, Imagination,
Brands, Technology and Geography as one global community offering many
benefits. "They are expert brand building architects and
well respected marketers who have a vast depth of knowledge, experience and
network in the world of licensing and merchandising. Planetwide Games recently
acquired 80 additional video game library under the brand "Pixel Popper
Games(TM ).