Maximum-Football Now Available

For Immediate Release

Staten Island, NY, March 4th, 2006 - Matrix Games (www.matrixgames.com) and Wintervalley Software (www.maximum-football.com) are proud to announce the second sports title in the Matrix Games line, Maximum-Football, is now available from the Matrix Games Online Store. Maximum-Football gives players total control over every aspect of a team, from drafting to play design to setting the very rules of the league.

Primarily a coaching and management game, Maximum-Football is a robust North American Football game where you can change nearly every single aspect of the rules and features. Use Indoor, outdoor, Canadian, or American rules, or any combination thereof. Utilize the robust play editing system to create your own playbook specifically tailored for the team you drafted and trained in the pre-season. Compete in player run leagues and discover if you have what it takes for a championship ring.

It isn't just managing every aspect of a team though, Maximum-Football also features fully functional 3D coaching and arcade mode where you can watch the action or take the controls to run, pass, block, and tackle. The feature list for Maximum-Football is tremendous, but here is a peek at just some of the key items on the list. For the complete list, please visit the Matrix Games Maximum-Football forum at www.matrixgames.com and the Maximum-Football site at www.maximum-football.com.

Maximum-Football Feature List:

• Multiple rules styles. Play Canadian, American Pro, American Amateur, or Indoor styles of football, all with a single game.

• Ability to mix and match rules to create your own league with your own rules.

• Simulate games and seasons quickly or watch them unfold in real time 3D.

• The Play Development System. The most advanced play design system available for any football title on any platform.

• A full practice mode allows you to take to the full 3D practice field and run your newly created plays with or without a defense.

• Open source data and team artwork allows for simple addition of user created artwork for team uniforms and field artwork and easy modification of data through external databases.

• Basic career mode allows for drafting players from a free agent pool, developing their skills through a training camp system, and watching them perform on the field until they eventually retire.

Discover the ultimate gridiron game! Maximum-Football is now available as a US $39.99 digital download from the Matrix Games Online Store at www.matrixgames.com. A boxed version will be available next week.

ABOUT MATRIX GAMES

Matrix Games produces, markets and publishes historical wargames as well as other computer gaming products. Since 2000, Matrix Games has published over two dozen titles and several award-winning games, including War in the Pacific, Highway to the Reich, Gary Grigsby's World At War, Flashpoint Germany, Battles In Normandy, Starshatter and Tin Soldiers: Julius Caesar. Matrix Games is based in Staten Island, New York. For more information, visit the Matrix Games website at www.matrixgames.com.

ABOUT WINTERVALLEY SOFTWARE

Founded in 1990 as a side business, Wintervalley has grown to produce the first game for the Canadian Football League in 1999. Since then they have been tirelessly working on Maximum-Football which will be released early 2005. Wintervalley's founder, David A. Winter, is an ex-navy seaman in the Canadian Navy and believes that games should be created for all types of gamers, rather than tailored to a select few. More information can be found at their website, http://www.maximum-football.com.

Press Contact:

Joseph Lieberman

Matrix Games

press@matrixgames.com