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ADVISORY/Online Gaming Growing in Popularity.


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ADVISORY...

--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 23, 1999

TOPIC: The online gaming See gaming.  industry is thriving as the Internet expands, according to according to
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 an article in today's Washington Post. The electronic game software market reportedly brings in an annual $6 billion in sales, and some experts predict online gaming will become as popular as television watching. According to Forrester Research Forrester Research is an independent technology and market research company that provides its clients with advice about technology's impact on business and consumers. Corporate facts
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, the online gamer population has nearly tripled since 1997, from 5.5 million to 14 million people, and will increase to 33 million by 2002.

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Douglas Lowenstein is president, Interactive Digital Software Association (IDSA IDSA Infectious Diseases Society of America
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). The IDSA is the U.S. association exclusively dedicated to serving the business and public affairs Those public information, command information, and community relations activities directed toward both the external and internal publics with interest in the Department of Defense. Also called PA. See also command information; community relations; public information.  needs of companies that publish video and computer games for video game consoles This is a list of video game consoles by the era they appeared in. Eras are named based on the dominant console type of the era (even though not all consoles of those eras are of the same type). Some eras are referred to based on how many bits a major console could process. , personal computers, and the Internet. 310/967-2955 jeremy_baka@yr.com jennifer_cody@yr.com

Cliff Bleszinski is lead designer, Epic Games. He is an expert on video game design and computer games. 212/320-2292 ejames@tsicomm.com

Doug Littlejohns is president & CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Red Storm. He is an expert on PC games. 919/854-0550 plarmey@brodeur.com

Matt Firme is publisher, PC Gamer Magazine. He has 10 years of experience in the interactive entertainment market. 415/468-4684, ext. 158 mfirme@pcgamer.com

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