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Strategy First partners with GDI to Deliver Multiple Titles via its AWOMO Platform

Top Strategy Titles Available In Minutes Rather Than Hours

Montreal, Canada. February 12, 2008. Software publisher Strategy First, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of Silverstar Holdings, Ltd. (NASDAQ: SSTR), and Game Domain International Ltd (GDI), a company dedicated to providing solutions for online digital delivery of interactive entertainment product, are pleased to announce they will be offering leading strategy titles via AWOMO, the world's first 3D games platform dedicated entirely to games and gamers in Spring 2008.

AWOMO will offer Strategy First's entire catalogue, powered by its own new, patented streaming technology, playable within minutes rather than hours over standard broadband connections. The games are set within a virtual island where the global games community can meet, talk, sample free games, buy stuff, and enter tournaments to win big prizes. In addition to a presence in GDI's own AWOMO offering, Strategy First titles are available for all GDI's white label associates to offer to their customers, including partner GAME.co.uk.

Emanuel Wall, Business Development Manager at Strategy First said, "We are excited to bring our upcoming games and back catalogue to AWOMO and its partners. Our digital initiatives will be greatly enhanced by this new partnership as our affiliate network continues to grow worldwide. With the addition of AWOMO and its partners, we will reach over twenty million active gamers and households, all over the world."

"Strategy First consistently produces critically acclaimed and commercially successful games," said Andrea D'Orta, Third Party Relations Director at GDI. "AWOMO would not be complete without their involvement and we are delighted to welcome their entire catalogue into our online world."

About Strategy First Inc.

Strategy First Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Silverstar Holdings (NasdaqCM:SSTR), is a leading developer and worldwide publisher of entertainment software for the PC. Founded in 1990, the company is well known for its proprietary groundbreaking titles, like the award winning Disciples, Jagged Alliance and Space Empires series of games, which are under continuing development. The company provides a unique alternative for independent developers seeking to market their games to a worldwide audience. www.strategyfirst.com

About Silverstar Holdings

Silverstar Holdings Ltd. is an international publisher and developer of interactive entertainment software. It currently owns Empire Interactive, PLC and Strategy First, Inc. Empire Interactive ( www.empireinteractive.com) is a leading developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software games, including Starsky & Hutch, Big Mutha Truckers, Ford Racing and FlatOut. Empire's products are delivered on both console and PC platforms. Strategy First ( www.strategyfirst.com) is a developer and worldwide publisher of entertainment software for the PC. For more information about Silverstar Holdings visit www.silverstarholdings.com

About GDI Game Domain International Ltd.

(GDI) was founded in January 2006 by Wikalo S.A., an investment group targeting new media technologies. GDI owns the exclusive rights to a proprietary system to deliver video games to consumers, playable in minutes over a standard broadband connection by means of a small download file followed by streamed game data, in contrast to standard game download services, which require the entire game to be downloaded before playing, typically hours later. GDI is developing its own games on demand service known as AWOMO, accessible by means of a desktop client and a cutting edge 3D virtual world of the same name, in which launching a game is as simple as walking into a room. GDI is also using its proprietary technology to build 'white label' games download services for third parties branded 'Powered by AWOMO'. For more information visit www.awomo.com

For more information, please contact:

Maria Loreto

Strategy First Inc.

Mloreto@strategyfirst.com

Tel: 514-844-3040 ext.242

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