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GOLF, GUNS AND GOALS!

GOA ANNOUNCES THE FIRST THREE TITLES TO LAUNCH ON ITS REVOLUTIONARY NEW ONLINE GAMING PORTAL, GOA.COM

PARIS, France, 16th June 2006 - GOA, the France Telecom-owned online games publisher, is delighted to reveal the first three games which will be available to play on its forthcoming online gaming portal GOA.COM: Pangya, Gunbound and eXtreme Soccer.

Launching in the second half of 2006, www.goa.com is a revolutionary new online gaming portal that offers free games, downloadable content and exciting community features. GOA.COM will be available all over Europe in English, German, French and Spanish.

Pangya, Gunbound and eXtreme Soccer will all be available to play for free on GOA.COM. They will also feature additional content that players can obtain through experience points or by making special micropurchases within the game.

"These three initial titles offer accessible, addictive and diverse gameplay experiences", commented Ghislaine Le Rhun, Senior Vice President of GOA. "They will cater for the multiple tastes of all sorts of players, from casual gamers who enjoy dipping in and out of titles in their spare time, to the hardcore who are devoted to climbing to the top of the online leagues."

"Pangya and Gunbound have experienced tremendous success throughout the world - tens of thousands of players consistently flock to their servers at any one time. As for eXtreme Soccer, which we spotted early in its development, it is now enjoying a very successful closed beta in Asia. We look forward to offering a completely localized experience of these games to European players."

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ABOUT PANGYA:

Pangya offers competitive multiplayer golf gameplay in a totally unique setting. You've probably played digital golf before, but never like this! The game is set against a rich fantasy backdrop where the boundaries between realistic golfing simulation and fantastical characters and otherworldly magic combine in a blinding flash of colour, humour and club-swinging action. Pangya boasts an impressive array of features including: different play modes for single, small group and large team tournaments; customizable characters with a variety of skills and abilities; crazy caddies including a fairy and a friendly forest giant; and several courses of varying difficulties and styles, including lush forests, chilly winter courses, seaside links and a neon-lit night time course. Players may customize their characters with a wide range of outfits, additional skills to use during play, as well as new types of balls and clubs. Pangya is so much fun that you're sure to immediately like it, even if you have no interest in golf games!

ABOUT GUNBOUND:

When you feel the need for one-on-one strategy, visceral blasting and off-the-wall characters, you're truly Gunbound! Join a cast of outlandish heroes and their fully customizable "Mobiles" - vehicles from which you can unleash fantastic firepower and sneaky tricks - and attempt to obliterate your rival. He or she could be playing in the next street, or as far away as a different European country. Gunbound mixes the classic Worms-style turn-based gameplay with cutting edge online technology to enable players to battle against each other online, via a central server. Access is fast and easy and the gameplay is frantic and fun. Players can also enhance their Gunbound experience by increasing their avatars' skills in areas such as attack power, defence, and health regeneration. With almost limitless combinations of items and skills to try, Gunbound offers ever-changing and addictive action, comprehensive online leagues and a quirky, colourful presentation to dazzle your senses.

ABOUT EXTREME SOCCER:

Play soccer like you've never played it before in eXtreme Soccer. Become an urban soccer maestro in a hardcore combination of b-boy breakdance moves, elite street soccer skills and urban style and culture. eXtreme Soccer is all about team battles. Playing up to four-on-four where every player is an actual person, the team with the most goals wins but will you use stylish moves, dirty tricks or even a bit of physical contact to wrest control of the game? With different skills set to enhance and experiment with, matches that can be played with as many as eight players, and leagues to climb, eXtreme Soccer takes online street sports to the next level in a blinding flash of bling and urban attitude.

ABOUT GOA AND ITS PARTNERS:

GOA is the videogames department of France Telecom's "Content

Division", which benefits from six years experience in the management of massively multiplayer online role-playing games. Forerunner of this activity in Europe, its teams conciliate expertise with passion for games and lean on France Telecom's technical platform to offer the best of online games to European players.

Pangya is developed by Korea-based Ntreev Soft Co., Ltd. and published by Hanbitsoft, Inc., a global publisher headquartered in Seoul. Gunbound is developed by Korean developer and publisher Softnyx Co., Ltd.

eXtreme Soccer is developed by SonicAnt Co., Ltd. a Korean company specialized in online sports games.

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