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CHAMPIONSHIP GAMING SERIES BRINGS PROGRAMMING TO U.S. CABLE TELEVISION FOR FIRST TIME WITH EXCLUSIVE G4 DEAL

Combined CGS distribution will now reach more than 425 million viewers worldwide

LOS ANGELES – June 16, 2008 – Championship Gaming Series™ (CGS), the only worldwide professional video gaming league, today announced an exclusive deal with G4 Media that brings broadcast programming of the league’s competitions to United States cable television for the first time.

G4, the only destination on television for video games, web culture, and the latest must-have tech gadgets, will air four 90-minute episodes beginning July 16, including the CGS 2008 North America Finals and the CGS 2008 World Finals.

The newly-formed publisher FireSky has announced that registrations for the closed beta of Stargate Worlds is now officially open.

Hopeful players can head over to their website at www.StargateWorlds.com, register for an account, and have their name thrown into a giant hat from which beta testers will be chosen.

The press release follows..

MESA, Ariz. - April 24, 2008 - Stargate Worlds, the massively multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG) from new publisher FireSky, is now taking registrations for closed beta at www.StargateWorlds.com .

The closed beta is an invitation-only test of the upcoming science fiction MMORPG Stargate Worlds. Invitations will be sent out this spring and summer as the Stargate Worlds team ramps up the numbers for testing.

Famitsu publisher Enterbrain has released its latest data, a 2007 hardware and software sales round-up. According to Enterbrain's sales data and estimation, the domestic Japan market was worth ¥687.66 billion (US$6 billion). That 25 percent increase is an a record high for the domestic market. Here's the breakdown for those who are into numbers and money:

Total Sales by Year:

• 2006 (December 26, 2005 ~ December 31, 2006)
  Hardware: Approximately 261.9 billion yen
  Software: Approx. 363.89 billion yen
  Total: Approx. 625.79 billion yen
• 2007 (January 1, 2007 ~ December 30, 2007)
  Hardware: Approximately 327.41 billion yen
  Software: Approx. 360.25 billion yen
  Total: Approx. 687.66 billion yen

The breakdown of individual hardware and software top spots after the Jump..