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Innovative Messaging Games to Reach Mobile Users Worldwide

GameWorld Technologies Expands Game Distribution Agreement With Mforma Corporation

LOS ANGELES, E3, May 23 /PRNewswire/ -- GameWorld Technologies, creators of PureVis, a fully visual development environment for networked applications across any Java enabled system or device, announced today that Mforma Corporation, an open application development platform provider for the wireless market, will distribute five additional titles from GameWorld's wireless games' catalog to Mforma's mobile operator constituency.

GameWorld's SMS-based games: Pundit, Legend Quest, Magic Touch, Temp Agency and Earthball will be available to operators around the globe through Mforma, joining their previous titles Women Are Smarter? and the award-winning Slam!. Mforma's Mserver platform enables content partners and carriers to distribute, manage and provision applications on a wireless network, increasing the opportunity for mobile operators to differentiate their offerings and generate additional wireless data revenues.

The additional GameWorld titles include:

Pundit is a multi-player polling game where the object is to answer topical questions provided by a moderator. Those who most correctly predict the outcome of the player polls are crowned Pundits, whose opinions on future questions are available to all players. Accolades are optional.

Legend Quest is a fantasy-themed adventure game laced with humor. Temp Agency puts a player on the hunt for a satisfying romance and a job that won't drive him crazy. And Magic Touch is a game of narrative vignettes where the player takes the roll of a modern witch in the style of "Sabrina" or "Charmed."

Earthball is a massively multi-player game in which players join or create clans for competition in a rollicking 24-hour global competition. Clans join together on one of three teams pushing a giant ball across a huge virtual arena. Teamwork, coordination and clever phrasing can catapult a clan (or individual player) to greatness.

"Such simplification of the creation and broad deployment of games and applications is a first in the history of software development. PureVis heralds a new age of software production where regular people can implement their vision without programming expertise or an understanding of the complexities of networks," said John Greensage, CEO of PureVis. "Mforma's technology and support team, strong relationships with wireless network operators, and the GameWorld team's deep knowledge of the mobile entertainment were key elements in forging our relationship."

"Based on our existing relationship with GameWorld Technologies and success thus far, we decided that GameWorld would be a first-rate partner to move forward with," said Christophe Watkins, VP of Media, Mforma. "The company continues to develop compelling applications and content that will help drive wireless data traffic for the carrier, while giving the subscriber attention-grabbing games and content to test their knowledge from love and life and challenging their skills at competition on a global scale."

The GameWorld entertainment package is now available. Network operators that are interested in offering the GameWorld Technologies' entertainment products, please contact GameWorld Technologies or Mforma Corporation ( www.mforma.com ) for further information.

About GameWorld Technologies

A division of PureVis, GameWorld Technologies enables the rapid development and deployment of rich networked games and entertainment to anyone, anywhere on any Java-enabled system, wireless device or web-browser. For game distributors, GameWorld offers a pipeline of exciting new games delivered on the high-reliability PureVis servers ready to deploy on their platform. For game designers, GameWorld offers publishing agreements with the widest distribution and its PureVis solution for one-time game development for deployment across the leading platforms. The 100% visual PureVis toolset enables non-programming game designers and level builders to implement their vision for compelling wireless games, multiplayer PC games, and sophisticated Internet communities without ever writing a line of code. Wide distribution combined with the easy to use 100% visual technology of PureVis makes GameWorld the wireless game publisher of choice for game developers. Please visit www.gameworld.com and www.purevis.com for more information.

About Mforma

Mforma provides a platform that enables consumer facing wireless data applications, such as games, ring-tones, location-based-services and personalized information solutions. Mforma's comprehensive platform, extensive developer community and wireless community professional services create the simplest, most consistent and fully differentiated experience for the wireless subscriber. Headquartered in Seattle, Mforma Corporation has a worldwide presence with offices in North America and Europe. For more information, please visit www.mforma.com .

For further information, please contact Greg Gorden of GameWorld Technologies, +1-714-569-1940, ggorden@gameworld.com; or Rebecca Shaw of Mforma, +1-206-334-0448, rshaw@mforma.com.

SOURCE: GameWorld Technologies