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Yummy Interactive partners with ALAWAR ENTERTAINMENT to distribute games to BROADBAND OPERATORS

Alawar's popular casual games to be included in Yummy'sfamily-targeted game packages

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Vancouver, Canada - October 22, 2007 -- Yummy Interactive, Inc. ( www.yummy.net), a leader in digital distribution technology for video games, has partnered with Alawar Entertainment, Inc. ( www.alawargroup.com) to distribute Alawar's game products for digital download and Games On Demand subscriptions to global broadband service providers.

Yummy provides on-demand video game delivery platforms to broadband telecommunications and cable companies in North America, Europe and Asia. "Alawar's great games add top notch casual entertainment to Yummy's turnkey games services. Their games have wide market appeal and are a perfect fit for our core audience of family households," says Chris Astolfo, VP of Business Development, Yummy Interactive. "Yummy continues to offer to publishers a new and growing online distribution channel as well as new market opportunities for their game products, while providing broadband service providers access to top-tier videogames from partners such as Alawar."

As part of their Agreement, Yummy will distribute popular Alawar games such as Treasures of Montezuma, Magic Ball and Snowy.

"Yummy's business savvy and innovative technology make them the ideal partner for taking Alawar's games to broadband providers worldwide," says Andrew Postnikov, Head of Publishing, Alawar Entertainment. "Yummy's superb digital distribution solutions and our creative talent are a perfect match as Alawar continues to raise the bar for the production and design of high quality casual games."

About Alawar Entertainment, Inc.

Alawar Entertainment has specialized in the development, publication and distribution of casual games since 1999. The company has published more than 150 titles, won fans all over the world and is the biggest provider of casual games in Eastern Europe. Today, Alawar works with more than 50 developers, providing a full range of services that includes production, distributing and marketing. Alawar also distributes its own games via its broad network of Web sites. The company's releases have also found a home on the Web sites of numerous other online distributors. In addition to distributing games online, Alawar works with CD publishers in more than 20 countries. In 2006, Alawar significantly increased its presence in Eastern Europe, gaining a dominant 65% share of the casual games market.

About Yummy Interactive

Yummy Interactive Inc. is a leading technology provider of secure digital distribution solutions for games and applications via broadband. Yummy provides a comprehensive turnkey platform, CONDUIT, to broadband service providers, consumer portals, retailers and software publishers that enables a variety of revenue models, Digital Rights Management (DRM), game streaming, flexible billing management and content/application services. CONDUIT delivers and supports game downloads, periodic subscription, limited-time rentals, micro-transactions and Try-Before-You-Buy. Yummy has solutions deployed in North America, Central America, Europe and Asia with leading telephone, broadband and cable companies. For more information on Yummy, visit www.yummy.net.

Contacts:

Tara Gregg

Yummy Interactive, Inc.

tarag@yummy.net

Tel: 1+604-682-0471 ext. 241

David Laprad

Alawar Entertainment, Inc.

david@alawar.com

tel: 615-785-7472

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