AT&T's GameHub Entertainment Site Has Successful Launch.RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK Research Triangle Park, research, business, medical, and educational complex situated in central North Carolina. It has an area of 6,900 acres (2,795 hectares) and is 8 × 2 mi (13 × 3 km) in size. Named for the triangle formed by Duke Univ. , N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 16, 1999-- More Than 100,000 Visit Site, I-Magic Adds New Games, Quick-Play Plug-Ins at GameHub Interactive Magic (Nasdaq: IMGK), a leading provider of Internet game content, announced today that more than 100,000 people have visited GameHub since it was launched at the AT&T WorldNet Service website in late December. GameHub, a full-featured Internet entertainment site, now has fun, new games such as Bingo and Video Poker, as well as easy to use "challenge ladders" for hosting Checkers and Backgammon backgammon (băk`găm'ən, băk'găm`ən), game of chance and skill played by two persons upon a specially marked board divided by a space, called the bar, into two tables (inner table and outer table), each of which has 12 tournaments. GameHub also added a new "plug-in" feature that seamlessly launches players into games played directly over the Internet. This reduces the amount of steps a player needs to take to begin playing, enabling users to access online games at the click of a mouse. In addition to offering a variety of interactive games, GameHub lets people create Internet alter-ego characters, join in real-time chat, page their friends, and get informative news updates. GameHub also contains full advertising and marketing features to promote new products and services offered at the site. Interactive Magic recently acquired the GameHub through its merger with MPG-Net, an industry leader in online multiplayer entertainment. Discounts on Games A free subscription to GameHub is available through a special AT&T Personal Network package that includes Internet access, as well as wireless and wireline calls on a single bill with a single customer care number. For a monthly fee of $44.94, power users get 150 hours of AT&T WorldNet Internet access, a one-year subscription to the Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition or GameHub and the same low rate of 10 cents a minute on a wide array of services. These services include local and domestic long distance wireless calls made from the home wireless area and long distance calls made from home within the United States and to Canada, the U.K., and border cities in Mexico List of the largest cities in Mexico: City Population (est. 2002) México, DF (Mexico City) 8,548,639 Ecatepec de Morelos, México 1,969,858 Guadalajara, Jalisco 1,651,417 Tijuana, Baja California 1,465,649 Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua 1,440,025 . Also included in the AT&T Personal Network package are domestic calls made with an AT&T calling card, and domestic calls made to an AT&T personal 800 number. Greater Availability for GameHub This spring, Interactive Magic will include GameHub software with all of its computer-boxed products shipped around the world. Interactive Magic will also run GameHub advertisements in leading computer game industry publications and will feature GameHub through their Interactive Magic and iMagic Online Web sites. GameHub is available through the AT&T WorldNet Web site ( www.att.net ), and comes with AT&T WorldNet's sign-up software. "By providing interactive games, news, and e-commerce, along with the social interaction of group chat, GameHub serves as a fun entry point for AT&T WorldNet subscribers who enjoy games," says Bill Stealey, Chairman and 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. of Interactive Magic. "Interactive Magic remains focussed on leveraging its full-service capabilities into the most powerful Internet gaming service. We have aggressively established a global customer base across more than seventy countries. The MPG-Net acquisition is the first in a series of Internet acquisitions that Interactive Magic is evaluating and expects to close in 1999." About Interactive Magic: Interactive Magic has strategic or OEM/bundling arrangements with numerous companies including AT&T (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : T), Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade ), GTE GTE General Telephone & Electronics GTE Génie Thermique et Énergie (French) GTE Gas Turbine Engine GTE Global Tropospheric Experiment GTE Geothermal Energy GTE Gas Turbine Efficiency plc (Sweden & USA) (NYSE: GTE), America Online (NYSE: AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. ), Earthlink (Nasdaq: ELNK ELNK EarthLink, Inc. (stock symbol) ELNK Ethernet Link ), Columbia House, Software-Of-The-Month Club, Diamond Multimedia (Nasdaq: DIMD DIMD Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary ), Thrustmaster (Nasdaq: TMSR TMSR Thorium Molten Salt Reactor TMSR Technical Manual Seatask Requirement ), Logitech (Nasdaq: LOGIY), Enlight Software (Seven Kingdoms/Capitalism), Sinister Games (Shadow Company) and Topware Interactive (Knights & Merchants). Interactive Magic has established sales and marketing operations in the UK and Germany. Interactive Magic, Inc. (Nasdaq: IMGK) is based in the Research Triangle Park area of North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. and is a leading developer and publisher of Internet and hot PC CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). computer games. Interactive Magic owns iMagic Online(SM), a pay-for-play online service with customers from more than 70 countries. Interactive Magic's PC CD-ROM titles are marketed and distributed through more than 15,000 foreign and domestic software outlets. For more information, contact Dave Murray at dmurray@imagicgames.com or call (919) 461-0722 ext. 3013. For Interactive Magic Investor Relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. information please contact Corey Cutler of Dewe Rogerson at (212) 419-4229. Forward-Looking Statements: The foregoing may contain "forward looking statements" which are based on management's beliefs as well as on a number of assumptions concerning future events made by and information currently available to management. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on such forward looking statements, which are not a guarantee of performance and are subject to a number of uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside Interactive Magic's control, that could cause actual results to differ materially from such statements. For a more detailed description of the factors that could cause such a difference, please see Interactive Magic's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Interactive Magic disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. GameHub is a trademark and Interactive Magic is a registered trademark of Interactive Magic, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. Copyright 1999 Interactive Magic, Inc. All rights reserved. AT&T WorldNet is a registered service mark of AT&T. |
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